Wurst /APHG
NAME ______________________________________
DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS: Refreshing your APHG knowledge
Reviewing Development with Gapminder (the home of Hans and his bubbles of development)
To begin: The Gapminder website helps you analyze indicators of development:
http://www.gapminder.org/world
Please open up the above link, and you will see the screen from the handout. Explore its features by reading and trying out the
boxed descriptions.
1. Go to the links on the left hand side of the page:
> Global trends (1) / Wealth & Health of Nations (2)
This graph shows how long people live and how much
money they earn.
2. Click the play button (3) to see how countries have developed since 1800.
3. Explore more of Gapminder World:
Browse ‘example graphs’ (4) learn to select indicators and country bubbles
Your assignment:
1. You will need to look at data for 3 countries (9). Once on the site, toggle between
chart (7) and map (8) to find 3 countries
 Make sure you examine ONE developed country (MDC), ONE developing country(NIC) and
ONE less developed country(LDC) from TWO different regions of the world (such as Africa
AND Europe or Asia AND Latin America), and do the following using the Gapminder
website/software:
List COUNTRY 1 _________________________ (More Developed/DEVELOPED)
List COUNTRY 2 _________________________ (Newly Industrialized/Emerging)
List COUNTRY 3 _________________________ (Less Developed/DEVELOPING)
2. Mapping development indicators
Start by selecting Map (8), and looking for patterns by selecting different development
indicators (on the right side) for your selected countries.
2 PATTERNS YOU SELECTED TO EXAMINE (choose wisely)
1. ______________________________
2. __________________________________
3. Correlating development data
Select Chart (7) and compare different indicators, for example Life Expectancy and Income.
What correlations can be found in the data you selected? ____________
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What conclusions regarding levels of development do you come to based
on your 2 indicators?__________________________________________
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An example could be for you to try and identify data that gives a positive correlation or comparison (e.g. carbon
dioxide emissions and income) or negative correlation (e.g. fertility rate and phone use)
4. Analyzing trends
a. Try choosing Life Expectancy and analyzing changes over time (select Time for the x
axis.) Track your selected countries by selecting them, clicking the Trails box and playing the
animation.
What conclusions do you come to regarding trends for your selected
countries? ____________________________________________________
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b. On Gapminder choose Wealth and Health of Nations, click on Botswana in the country list
and click Play. Once you see the whole video, answer the question regarding Botswana in the
textbox below >>
Why has Botswana, a middle income country, seen a dramatic decline in
life expectancy in recent years? _________________________________
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5. Exploring urbanization trends > This may be in the Population pull down menu
Compare Urban Population and Time, and track your countries and you should see different
income groups. In the screenshot example I changed the circle size to one size and the color to
Income Group.
What conclusions do you come to regarding Urbanization trends for your
chosen countries? ___________________________________________
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6. Finally, go to the following link:
http://www.gapminder.org/downloads/human-development-trends-2005/
Think about global development and development indicators and respond in the text box below >
A) What conclusions do you come to regarding global development indicators and associated
countries from the 2005 trends? Why, explain your conclusions?
B) What type of issues might these developmental indicators create going forward into the
future? Be specific and explain why those issues might develop.
*Answer these 2 questions on separate paper (or typed)*
Go to the Gapminder site again and watch these 2 videos >
200 years that changed the world (5)
http://www.gapminder.org/world
Stop call them “developing countries” (6)
Why does Hans Rosling argue that we should stop calling them “developing countries?” (Answer on separate paper)