Geo 2 Klas GERMANY

Question 1

How did Berlin developed

Answer 1

Begun around an island in the river Spree, that is the historical city center. Later it spread to “under der linden” what turned out going to be a central business district (CBD)

Question 2

We’re were factory’s built and what are the “neirboorhoods” around them

Answer 2

Factories were built near water, railways and highways. The neirboorhoods around them are urban neirboorhoods like the Jordaan and the people who worked in the factories lived there

Question 3

Berlin was divided in?

And under which countries?

Answer 3

Berlin was divided in: east = Russian and west = American, British and French

Question 4

Why did the Russians built that wall?

Answer 4

Because many Germans fled to West Germany, and to prevent that the Russians built a wall

Question 5

The original city center was in the East, were did the west built their native city center?

Answer 5

The west built their new city center around “Kurfürstendamm”

Question 6

There was a strip of ………… near the wall because?

Answer 6

There was a strip of “no man’s land” near the wall, “no one was allowed there”

Question 7

The wall fell on?

Answer 7

9 november 1989

Question 8

Name some of the things that needed to happen after the wall fell

Answer 8

• strip of no man’s land needs to develope
• urban renewal was needed on a large scale
• west side of historical city center became a central business district (that is an example of city formation)

Question 9

After the wall fell some berlinners moved away.

And we’re did the Berlinners go? And why?

Answer 9

Some of the Berlinners moved to villigers and suburbs, they wanted the quiet of the villiage again

Question 10

The population of Berlin is growing now, why?

Answer 10

Young people see Berlin as “cool” and “trendy” this is called an immigration surplus

Question 11

City formation:

Answer 11

Process in which houses are replaced by shops, offices ext.

Question 12

Immigration surplus:

Answer 12

When the number of people who come live in an certain area is higher that the number of people who leave that area

Question 13

Re-urbanization:

Answer 13

When a city population decreases after a period of shrinkage

Question 14

Name 3 ways of urban renewal:

Answer 14

1. Demolition and rebuilt
2. Renovation
3. Restoration

Question 15

3 examples of urban renewal methods:

Answer 15

1. Pull down neirboorhoods and built them up again
2. Upgrading old houses
3. Repairing old and valuable houses

Question 16

2 ways to improve buildings:

Answer 16

1. Renovation

2. Restoration

Question 17

Why are German cars famous?

Answer 17

Good quality and its an example of high tech industry

Question 18

The benefits that businesses gain from being located near each other are called?

Answer 18

Economies of agglomeration

Question 19

Other word for service sector

Answer 19

Terrtairy sector (all companies that provide services)

Question 20

The thriving businesses are not …………. across Germany

Answer 20

The thriving businesses are not evenly spread across Germany

Question 21

One main reason to emigrate for Germans are?

Answer 21

Because the unemployment is high in some areas, that’s mostly because of the heavy industry like mining

Question 22

High tech industry:

Answer 22

A industry what produces on large scale and uses a lot of high tech equipment, they also have high concentrations of workers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

Question 23

What is a multinational?

Answer 23

A company that produces worldwide

Question 24

Import:
Export:

Answer 24

Import: shipping goods INTO the country
Export: shipping goods OUT of the country

Question 25

Why is car industry important to Germany

Answer 25

It provides a lot of jobs, and Germany makes huge profits on it

Question 26

What is a service sector

Answer 26

All companies that provide services (also called tertiary sector)

Question 27

Why is the unemployment high in east Germany?

Answer 27

Because the mining for coal that has been forbidden, and now a lot of people are workless

Question 28

What’s the difference between “unprocessed raw materials” and “semi-manfractured products”

Answer 28

1. Materials that aren’t manipulated by humans

2. Materials that ARE manipulated by humans

Question 29

Age structure is changing resulting in:

Answer 29

Population ageging

Question 30

How to calculate migration rate:

Answer 30

People who immigrate - people who migrate