5.11 - Multi hazard environments

Question 1

What is a civil servant

Answer 1

Someone who works for the public administration of the government

Question 2

What is crowdsourcing

Answer 2

Obtaining information by enlisting the services of a large number of people via the internet

Question 3

Define denuded

Answer 3

Something that has been stripped of it’s covering or possessions. E.g. without vegetation

Question 4

Define disaster hotspot

Answer 4

An area that is vulnerable to two or more hazards

Question 5

Define GDP

Answer 5

Monetary value of the total value of goods that country produces in a given time

Question 6

Define gross (GDP)

Answer 6

The total amount

Question 7

Define western hemisphere

Answer 7

Half of Earth that contains the Americas

Question 8

Define Human development index

Answer 8

Includes life expectancy at birth, expected years of schooling and the GNI per capita

Question 9

Define life expectancy

Answer 9

The age you are expected to be when you die

Question 10

Define mass wasting

Answer 10

MM - Downward movement of material due to gravity

Question 11

Define multiple hazard

Answer 11

More than one hazard in a given space

Question 12

Define net figure

Answer 12

Amount left over after deductions (profit, not money earned)

Question 13

Define per capita

Answer 13

Per person

Question 14

Define Purchasing Power Party

Answer 14

Compare the GDP of different countries as identical goods should have the same price. Evaluate over/under valued currencies