Chapter 5 Revision Flashcards
What is a push factor?
A reasons that encourage people to leave a place and go somewhere else.
What is a pull factor?
A positive aspect of a place; reasons that attract people to come and live in a place.
What are some examples of a push factor?
Low amounts of resources, war, high crime rate, not many available jobs, etc.
What are some examples of a pull factor?
Lots of opportunities, lots of resources, very liveable, etc.
What are the four factors that influence the liveability of a place?
- Available resources
- Employment
- Relationships with other people
- Lifestyle
What is urban decay?
A situation in which a city area has fallen into a state of disrepair through its people leaving the area or not having enough resources to look after them.
What does the word ‘remote’ mean?
Describes a place that is distant from major population centres.
What does the word ‘sparse’ mean?
Thinly scattered or unevenly distributed; often used when referring to population density.
What does the term ‘fly in, fly out (FIFO)’ mean?
Describes workers who fly to work in remote places, work 4-, 8-, or 12-day shifts and then fly home.
Why did so many soldier settlement fail after WWI?
Because; the soldiers weren’t always suited to farming, the farms were too small, and farmers did not have enough money to invest in stock or equipment.
What is ‘horticulture’?
The growing of garden crops such as fruit, vegetables, herbs and nuts.
What is ‘intensive farming’?
farming that uses a lot of resources per hectare and changes the look of the region.
What is ‘irrigation’?
water provided to crops and orchards by hoses, channels, sprays or drip systems in order to supplement rainfall.
List two natural factors that would make people want to live in Griffith.
Fertile Land for farming
Flat Land for farming
List two Human factors that would make people want to live in Griffith.
Primary industries for work.
Family lives there.
