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21 exam-style questions with model answers, plus 28 quick multi-choice questions — every question on the site for this standard, grouped by the 7 pages of notes they come from.
Write a full answer before you reveal the model one — that comparison is where the marks come from. Every block links back to the notes that teach it.
Explain what is meant by differences in development. Support your answer with case study evidence from communities, areas or countries at different stages of development.
Explain in detail why development is best described as a continuum rather than as two groups of countries. Use detailed case study evidence.
Fully explain, showing insight, why differences in development at one scale can be hidden by measurements taken at another. Integrate comprehensive case study evidence.
Describe the characteristics of development of ONE community, area or country you have studied. Support your answer with case study evidence.
Explain in detail how the social characteristics of a place at an early stage of development are linked to its economic characteristics. Use detailed case study evidence.
Fully explain, showing insight, why the political characteristics of a place set a limit on how far its economic and social characteristics can change. Integrate comprehensive case study evidence.
Describe TWO different ways development can be measured, one quantitative and one qualitative. Support your answer with case study evidence.
With reference to ONE named indicator, explain in detail the advantages of using it to measure differences in development. Use detailed case study evidence.
Fully explain, showing insight, why the choice of indicator can change which of two places appears more developed. Integrate comprehensive case study evidence.
Explain TWO limitations of using a single quantitative indicator to measure differences in development. Support your answer with case study evidence.
With reference to ONE named indicator, explain in detail the disadvantages of using it to measure differences in development. Use detailed case study evidence.
Fully explain, showing insight, why the limitations of development indicators are unavoidable rather than faults that better measurement could remove. Integrate comprehensive case study evidence.
Name ONE natural factor and explain how it contributes to differences in development. Support your answer with case study evidence.
Explain in detail how TWO natural factors have contributed to differences in development between places you have studied. Use detailed case study evidence.
Fully explain, showing insight, why natural factors alone cannot account for differences in development. Integrate comprehensive case study evidence.
Name ONE cultural factor and explain how it contributes to differences in development. Support your answer with case study evidence.
Explain in detail how ONE natural factor and ONE cultural factor together contribute to differences in development between places you have studied. Use detailed case study evidence.
Fully explain, showing insight, why differences in development tend to persist even when no new cause is acting. Integrate comprehensive case study evidence.
With reference to ONE named strategy, explain its effects on reducing differences in development. Support your answer with case study evidence.
Explain in detail TWO actions or strategies taken, or that may be taken, by governments and/or NGOs to reduce differences in development. Use detailed case study evidence.
Fully explain, showing insight, why some strategies reduce differences in development permanently while others produce effects that disappear. Integrate comprehensive case study evidence.