Measuring Development

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY UNIT

For today, 10/07

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Characteristics of Development

(1.) GDP per capita (6.) Physician density

(2.) % of workers who are farmers (7.) Life expectancy

(3.) Literacy rate (8.) % of population urban

(4.) Population growth rate (9.) Infant mortality rate

(5.) % of women using contraceptives (10.) Net migration rate

Websites to be used:

CIA World Factbook: http://goo.gl/sJFi

Development Rankings: http://goo.gl/yCtG1