SASS EGeog Food Ws1

St Andrew’s Secondary School Geography Unit Topic: Food Resources Worksheet 1 – Classification System and Indicators of food consumption (Textbook Pg. 92 to 96) Name: ______________________________( ) Class: _______ Date: _______ Answer the following questions. Classification System Economic Indicators [2] Social indicators [2] 1. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita a. Total value of all final goods and services produced by a country in a given year divided by the total population b. The higher the GDP per capita, the more developed a country is c. _________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 1. Adult Literacy Rate a. It measures the percentage of those aged 15 and above who can read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life b. Countries with a high literacy rate tend to generate more professionals who can contribute their skills and expertise in driving the country’s economy c. ______________________________ __________________________________ 2. Employment Opportunities a. Refers to the availability of jobs in a country b. More employment opportunities in a country will result in more jobs for the local population c. _________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ 2. Life expectancy a. Refers to the average number of years a person born in a country is expected to live b. Influenced by the level and quality of health care, water, sanitation, food supply and living conditions in a country c. _____________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ Define ‘Developed countries’. [1] ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Examples of DCs: ___________________________________________________________ [1] 10

Define ‘Developing countries’. [1] ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Examples of LDCs: __________________________________________________________ [1] Limitations of the classification system [2]: 1. __________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. __________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________

St Andrew’s Secondary School Geography Unit Topic: Food Resources Pitstop 1 (Textbook Pg 96) Name: ______________________________( ) Class: _______ Date: _______ Answer the following questions. 1a) With reference to Figure 2.8, describe the changes in food consumption in China between 1960 to 2010. [3] Overall: Lowest: Highest: Percentage change: b) Compare the changes in the pattern of food consumption between LDCs and the world average between 1960 and 2010. [4] Overall: Lowest: 13

Highest: Percentage change: 2a) With reference to Fig. 2.9, describe the distribution of total daily calories intake per person in the various parts of the world. [4] Highest and second highest: Second lowest and lowest: b) Suggest two reasons for the distribution of total daily calorie intake per person in the various parts of the world. [2]