Geo exam prep

Question 1

What are the negatives of economic development in emerging countries?

Answer 1

Negatives of economic development in emerging countries include pollution, deforestation, disregard for local + indigenous people, benefits mostly TNCs

Question 2

What are choropleth graphs?

Answer 2

Choropleth graphs show interval data using colours

Question 3

What are the disadvantages of choropleth graphs?

Answer 3

Chloropleth graphs may be hard to interpret and it assumes an entire region has the same value

Question 4

Name three top-down approaches in India

Answer 4

Three top-down approaches in India include vision Mumbai, Mumbai monorail, gorai garbage site closure project

Question 5

What are the advantages of vision Mumbai?

Answer 5

Improved hygiene, provides clean water, has sewage systems, provides electricity, offers toilets, economic opportunities

Question 6

What are the disadvantages of vision Mumbai

Answer 6

Disadvantages of vision Mumbai include high rent costs, splits families and communities apart, people lose their workshops, benefits the rich who buys the apartments who can then increase rent

Question 7

What is intermediate technology?

Answer 7

Intermediate technology is small scale, cheap technology that uses local materials and resources for a poor area

Question 8

What are the disadvantages of intermediate technology?

Answer 8

Disadvantages of intermediate technology include that it may be hard for the local people to repair if they are not skilled/educated, may be weather/climate dependant, may not be sustainable

Question 9

Name an example of intermediate technology

Answer 9

Treadle (water) pumps in Nepal

Question 10

Advantages of foreign direct investment

Answer 10

Job opportunities, increased economy, turns rundown areas into industrial areas, offers more trading opportunities, improves skills of workers

Question 11

Describe a volcano formed on convergent plates

Answer 11

Where the plates are subducted (Destructive plate boundary), forms composite volcanoes with alternate layers of ash and lava, violent eruptions

Question 12

Describe a volcano formed on divergent plates

Answer 12

Where the plates move away from each other (Constructive plate boundary), forms shield volcanoes with gentle slopes and less violent eruptions than composite