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Definition: IS A MEASURE OF A COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC OUTPUT THAT ACCOUNTS FOR POPULATION. IT DIVIDES THE COUNTRY'S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT BY ITS TOTAL POPULATION. THAT MAKES IT THE BEST MEASUREMENT OF A COUNTRY'S STANDARD OF LIVING

Why I chose this Image: it shows the standard of living for this person is having a cup of coffee with a croissant


Why would a country want those numbers high or low: they’d want them to be high, because the better the standard of living, the greater the quality of life
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GDP PER CAPITA

Definition: IS A MEASURE OF A COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC OUTPUT THAT ACCOUNTS FOR POPULATION. IT DIVIDES THE COUNTRY'S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT BY ITS TOTAL POPULATION. THAT MAKES IT THE BEST MEASUREMENT OF A COUNTRY'S STANDARD OF LIVING

Why I chose this Image: it shows the standard of living for this person is having a cup of coffee with a croissant


Why would a country want those numbers high or low: they’d want them to be high, because the better the standard of living, the greater the quality of life
Photo by PICSELI

POPULATION

Definition: ALL THE INHABITANTS OF A PARTICULAR TOWN, AREA, OR COUNTRY

Why I chose this picture: it shows the population of this area

Why would a country want the numbers to be high or low: they’d want them to be filling but not to much, they don’t the country to be overpopulated and polluted

POVERTY LINE

Definition: IS THE MINIMUM LEVEL OF INCOME DEEMED ADEQUATE IN A PARTICULAR COUNTRY

Why I chose this picture: it to me looks like this man is at the poverty line

Why would a country want these numbers to be high or low: they’d want these to be good, because no country or anyone in it wants poverty
Photo by kyran low

LITERACY RATE

Definition: THE TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION OF AN AREA AT A PARTICULAR TIME AGED SEVEN YEARS OR ABOVE WHO CAN READ AND WRITE WITH UNDERSTANDING

Why I chose this picture: this person is reading a book, which is very common to be able to do in America

Why would a country want these numbers to be high or low: they’d want this numbers to be high, because then the intelligence of the country would go up if more people can read and write
Photo by Annie Spratt

LIFE EXPECTANCY

Definition: IS A STATISTICAL MEASURE OF THE AVERAGE TIME AN ORGANISM IS EXPECTED TO LIVE, BASED ON THE YEAR OF THEIR BIRTH, THEIR CURRENT AGE AND OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS INCLUDING SEX

Why I chose this picture: this man is explaining the different life expectancy’s on a chart

Why would a country want these numbers to be high or low: the country would want these numbers to be higher because the life expectancy is related to health and a healthier country is a happier and cleaner country
Photo by jurvetson

UNEMPLOYMENT

Definition: THE STATE OF BEING UNEMPLOYED

Why I chose this picture: this man is unemployed

Why would a country want these numbers to be high or low: a country would want these numbers to be lower so there is less people without jobs, so less people will be in poverty
Photo by khteWisconsin

INFANT MORTALITY RATE

Definition: IS THE NUMBER OF DEATHS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE OCCURRING AMONG THE LIVE BIRTHS IN A GIVEN GEOGRAPHICAL AREA DURING A GIVEN YEAR, PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS OCCURRING AMONG THE POPULATION OF THE GIVEN GEOGRAPHICAL AREA DURING THE SAME YEAR

Why I chose this picture: this is an infant and this word is about the death of infants (this baby is not a victim to infant mortality)

Why would a country want these numbers to be high or low: they’d want these numbers to be low because countries don’t want to have infants die, and babies dying says a lot about the people’s health which is related to the healthiness of the country
Photo by burcu.

ENTREPRENEUR

Definition: A PERSON WHO ORGANIZES AND OPERATES A BUSINESS OR BUSINESSES, TAKING ON GREATER THAN NORMAL FINANCIAL RISKS IN ORDER TO DO SOME

Why I chose this picture: this is an example of what an entrepreneur might look like

Why would a country want these numbers to be high or low: they’d want the numbers to be higher because then more people would have business resulting in more jobs and more money being circled around

COLONIZE

Definition: (OF A COUNTRY OR ITS CITIZENS) SEND A GROUP OF SETTLERS TO (A PLACE) AND ESTABLISH POLITICAL CONTROL OVER IT.

Why ic hose this picture: I did because I use these legos as a metaphor to settlers building new towns in new places colonizing, like building new LEGO towns

Why would a country want these numbers to be high or low: probably higher because of the country has more land the population can grow resulting in more businesses and more money

EXPORTS

SEND (GOODS OR SERVICES) TO ANOTHER COUNTRY FOR SALE

Why I chose this picture: these trucks are full of exports and ready to get there goods loaded on a boat and shipped off to sea to another country

Why would a country want these numbers to be high or low: they would want this number to be high because exports are a key to trade for resources you need, making it easier to swap for your bountiful amount for stuff you might not have
Photo by sodaro,k