Transcript Industries in LEDC`s - iGCSE-Geography

Industries in LEDC’s
Learning Objectives:
•To identify the differences between the
employment structures of MEDC’s and LEDC’s
• To explain the link between GDP and Primary
sector employment
Industries in LEDC’s
Country
% Employed in
Primary Sector
GNP per Capita
(US$)
Japan
7
39,640
USA
3
26,980
Italy
9
19,020
UK
2
18,700
Malaysia
27
3,890
Brazil
23
3.640
Mexico
28
3,320
India
64
340
Kenya
80
280
Bangladesh
65
240
Ethiopia
86
100
Industries in LEDC’s
• TITLE: Is there a link between GDP & Primary
Sector Employment
• Write a hypothesis: As GDP increases ……….
• Using the data construct a scatter graph to see
if there is a relationship between GDP &
Primary sector employment.
Industries in LEDC’s
Important
things a
scatter graph
must have:
• been drawn
with a ruler
• labeled axis
• Title
•Key
Starter
Country
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
UK
2%
???
70%
USA
???
26%
68%
Mexico
28%
???
48%
Malaysia
???
24%
50%
Kenya
75%
???
12%
Ethiopia
85%
2%
???
Scatter graph to
show the
relationship
between
employment in
agriculture
against country’s
wealth in South
America.
Describing graphs:
1. Purpose of the
graph
2. Overall trend
3. Anomalies/
Freaks
4.Specific Data
The LEDC’s share of world manufacturing has increased, even though
the concentration in MEDC’s, where only one quarter of the world’s
people live, remains overwhelming. The LEDC’s share is predicted to
increase further. Some of this industrial growth has been associated
with investment by transnational corporations.
Which statement applies to which graph?
1. Farming is very important because people often grow the food
they eat.
2. Machinery has taken over jobs in the primary sector. Also,
primary resources have become exhausted (e.g. coal). The number
of people employed in the secondary sector is falling. This is
because fewer people are needed to work in factories as robots are
taking over jobs.
3. While it is developing its economic base there are still a large
number of people employed in primary industries such as farming.
Tourism provides a growing number of tertiary jobs.