HSS homework: video review

This project is a very smart idea. The project enables people to help themselves without relying on others. There are many positives about this project like: Other rural areas can be influenced by it and it can create a ripple effect, it gives everyone a place to live with walls around them, the shelters will now be much stronger, it solves a problem that most rural areas face (not enough shelter) and people may get building jobs in the future because of this experience that they are gaining. This projects helps the country as one develop into a more structured community.

HSS homework activity 1

1.       I think development is improvement of a certain thing or place, like a country.

2.      Five ways of measuring development in a country are: Economic indicators (measure money and wealth), Social indicators (measure the well-being of people in a country, Life expectancy), Development indicators (tell you about the conditions of a community or country), GNI (gross national income, an economic indicator) and HDI (human development index).

3.      Developed countries	Less developed countries
More urban	Less urban (rural)
Clean	Dirty
More employment	Less employment
Latest stuff (technology etc.)	Newest things only come later

4.      LEDC= Less economically developed countries , MEDC= More economically developed countries.

5.      It is better to use the HDI to classify if a country is developed or un-developed because it measures: literacy, poverty, education, life expectancy and other factors.

5.1  . Some of the countries are selected in both the images.

5.2  . This could be because the countries are more un-developed than others.

5.3  .They could have a low ranking because: of the past that the country might have had, struggles with the government etc., size or positioning of the country.

5.4  . Subsistence farming is farming just enough to produce enough food etc. for you or your family.

5.5. In order for a subsistence community to develop, they will need more farming supplies to supply more therefore making more money.

       6. It is a development that won’t break down very easily and it will maintain its structure.

      7.  The 8 millennium goals are: 1. End extreme poverty and hunger, 2. Primary education to all children, 3. Have equality between men and women and empower women, 4. Reduce child mortality , 5. Improve health of pregnant mothers, 6. Fight HIV/AIDS and other diseases, 7. Make sure the environment is used in a sustainable way, 8. Encourage partnerships between governments, businesses etc.