DEVELOPMENT & DISASTER 2025

2. A measure of the comfort or difficulties faced by people in a country.
3. Is the total value of all finished goods and services produced within a country’s borders during a specific time period, typically a year. It is used as a major indicator of a country’s economic health.
7. Is a nation that is still working on building up its economy and improving the quality of life for its people
10. The exchange of goods and money.
11. The ease or difficulty with which a service or good can be obtained.
14. spread of trade, culture and language across the world.
16. The view held by an individual or group about an issue.
17. Available assets such as labour, money, or crops that help and enable life.
18. A developing nation that has made significant, rapid progress towards becoming a developed nation
19. The process of improving conditions in a country and its economy.
20. Managing resources so that they are not depleted. Avoiding environmental damage.

1. A stage of development which creates machines that increase production and save labour.
4. Companies and people that create and sell products.
5. Using resources without thought for the future. Taking advantage of workers through low pay and dangerous conditions.
6. Existing or inhabiting a land from the earliest times e.g. before colonisation.
8. Is a tool to rank countries by their level of “human development”. It is a measure that goes beyond simple economic growth to evaluate a country’s overall progress in three key areas.
9. A wealthy nation with a strong developed economy based on services (hospitals, transport etc) and advanced technology (easy access to wifi, internet etc)
12. The features of an area surrounding inhabitants of a place. This could rural, urban, or suburban.
13. Anyone who purchases a product or service.
15. Is a nation that is rapidly moving from a less developed status to becoming a modern, industrialised economy, offering new opportunities.