Free Trade

During our study of Trade we looked at whether or not Free Trade is a good thing. Using the website below, think about the following questions.

http://www.digital-week.info/education/milking_it/milkingit/information/the_issues/free_trade.htm

1. Can trade ever be free?
2. Can trade ever be fair?
3. How could the international trading system be made fairer for poor countries?

Accessibility

Looking at this Powerpoint

http://www.slideshare.net/geographyalltheway/ib-geography-global-interactions-mobile-phones

How does USA access to mobile phone technologies compare to Uganda's? (6)

And the power of mobile phone access - http://mugsoc.org/student-articles/the-bene%EF%AC%81ts-of-ghanas-mobile-phone-revolution-grace-rigby/

Haiti Research project

Earthquake Homework

Please go to the following website to access a project activity  Haiti Project

Measuring Economic Development

One of the best sites for this is Bitesize 

Make notes on how development is measured - particularly focusing on Economic development. You then need to answer the following exam questions fully.

What is GNP? (1) What is GDP? (1)

How can the economic activity of a country be measured? (4)

Identify 2 differences between the employment structures of countries at different levels of economic development.  Explain why these differences occur (5)