Case Study of Development (Edexcel GCSE Geography A): Exam Questions

International trade has influenced the development of many developing and emerging countries, such as Guyana.

Study Figure 2a and Figure 2b below.

Label Figure 2a, by using the information in the table below, to complete the pie chart.

Calculate the total percentage of Guyana’s imports that came from Liberia and the USA.

Name the country that received the largest percentage of Guyana’s exports.

State two ways that international trade may help a country to develop.

Explain one way a geopolitical relationship has affected the development of a named developing or emerging country

Named country

Study Figure 2c

Identify two reasons why life expectancy has increased in some countries over the last 30 years.

Explain one way that investment by transnational corporations (TNCs) has increased the development of some developing and emerging countries.

Changes have been taking place in the economic sectors of developing and emerging countries.

Study Figure 2b

Identify the economic sector shown in Figure 2b

The growth of this economic sector has increased the average earnings of the people in India.

State one other possible positive impact of the growth of this sector for people in India.

The starting salary for the workers in Figure 2b is 260,000 Indian Rupees per year.

Calculate the starting salary for these workers in British Pounds (£).

£............................... per year

Describe how one geopolitical relationship has affected the development of a named developing country or emerging country.

Named developing or emerging country

Explain two negative environmental impacts of rapid development.

You have studied development in either a developing country or an emerging country.

Assess the importance of different factors that have led to uneven development within this country.

Named country