Standards of Living Review

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Gross National Product (GNP)

Gross National Income (GNI)

Developing Nations

Developed Nations

Per Capita GDP

Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

Human Development Index (HDI)

Literacy

Scattergraph

Poverty Trap

Poverty Cycle

Scurvy

Rickets

Newly Industrialized Countries (NICs)

Least Developed Countries (LDC)

Economic Vulnerability Index

"Scramble for Africa"

Kwashiorkor

Marasmus

Protein-Energy Malnutrition

Needs versus Wants

King Leopold II

Africa's "Big Men"

Parasites

Infectious & Non-infectious Diseases

Vectors

Ratus Ratus

Bubonic Plague

Malaria

AIDS

World Health Organization (WHO)

Arsenic

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs)

United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

Concepts to Understand

Why do some developing nations have huge debt loads?
Why is GDP and Per Capita GDP not always a good measure of a country's wealth?
What does it mean when poverty is relative?
How can individuals in poor countries get caught in the poverty cycle?
How are women and children around the world considered vulnerable?
What are the struggles that developing nations face when trying to develop?
What role do basic vitamins play in terms of an individual's health?
If the world can support a population of 10 billion, how come there are 1.3 million people without sufficient food.
How can aid from developed nations become a trap for developing nations?
While always changing, know examples of nations that are highest and lowest on the HDI.
What are some of the risks when young woman get pregnant?
How can overweight people in developed nations also be considered malnourished?
What nations are the major food suppliers for the world?
Itemize and understand the reasons for Africa's current political, economic, and social dysfunction.