Geographers categorize countries based on level of development by grouping nations as more developed, newly industrialized, or less developed.
Click on the question marks below to find out which countries are grouped in each of the three categories.
Activity:
These two photographs from Japan and Central African Republic show some of the differences between more developed and less developed countries. Based on these photos, how do you think daily life in these two places is different? What can you see in the photographs that might indicate the level of development in each place? Record your answers in your Tool.
Japan
Source: Downtown Tokyo, route79, Flickr
Central African Republic
Source: Market Square, Teseum, Flickr