Year 9 class on the uneven distribution of wealth

1. The Distribution of
Wealth
Is money evenly distributed in the world?

2. The Distribution of Wealth
Key Questions:
Where is wealth distributed?
What is the development gap?
What are HICs/MICs/LICs?
Can I draw and interpret choropleth maps?
So…which continents do you think have the most money?
Try to rank them…
Let’s see…
http://www.rgs.org/webcasts/activities/wherebillionaires.
html

3. We are what we eat…
The following ten pictures are
in descending order of the
price paid (measured in US
dollars) of a family of four’s
food consumption for a
week.
Food as one of the basic
staples of life is a good way
of measuring the level and
type of development that
has been achieved around
the world.
Guess which country each

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14. Source: ‘Hungry Planet: What the World Eats’ by
Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio (2005)
1. GERMANY - $500
2. USA (North Carolina) - $342
3. ITALY - $260
4. GREAT BRITAIN - $253
5. MEXICO - $189
6. CHINA - $155
7. EGYPT - $68
8. ECUADOR - $31
9. BHUTAN - $5
10. REFUGEE CAMP Sudanese living in Chad - $1.23

15. So where do billionaires live…
Look at your table – how are you going to calculate
the last column for each region? Copy out the
table.Region Population
(millions)
Billionaires total Billionaires per 100
million
population
Africa 933 5
Asia 3700 142
Australia & New
Zealand
25 13
Europe 810 265
Latin America 556 36
Middle East 193 193
North America 334 441

16. Create a choropleth map
showing wealth distribution
1. Add a title to your world map
2. Add a key for your map – Colour each
category and then the right regions
3. Describe the pattern of distribution
4. Suggest reasons for this distribution

17. Economic Development

18. So what is the ‘development
gap’?
In 1981, the West
German Chancellor
Brandt produced a
landmark report on
uneven global
development
This became known as
the north-south
divide….divided by the
‘Brandt line’

19. North-South Divide
Brandt Commission in 1981
TASK: With help from a world
map, name 5 countries north
of the Brandt line and 5 south
of it

20. Does the Brandt line
still apply today?
TASK: Using your map, try
drawing your own Brandt line
dividing MEDCs to LEDCs
Discuss: What’s changed today? Which countries
have become more developed and why?!