geo term 1 year 8

Question 1

What is a green space?

Answer 1

A park or natural area within a city

Question 2

What is urban sprawl?

Answer 2

Urban sprawl, the rapid expansion of the geographic extent of cities and towns, often characterized by low-density residential housing, single-use zoning, and increased reliance on the private automobile for transportation.

Question 3

What are some disadvantages of rapid urbanisation?

Answer 3

Poverty (lack of resources to cater for everyone), increased air pollution, lack of natural spaces, traffic, spread of diseases

Question 4

Name an environmental impact of urbanisation.

Answer 4

Deforestation, habitat loss, the extraction of freshwater from the environment, increased pollution from machinery, technology and transport

Question 5

What are some factors that have increased urbanisation in countries in times of rapid change?

Answer 5

New technologies (in agriculture), increased industrialisation (more job opportunities), new inventions in the cities, new and different ways to make money

Question 6

What information can we gain about a country by looking at a population pyramid?

Answer 6

The percentage population of males and females in different age ranges in a country. also shows, life expectancy, birth rate and death rate

Question 7

If a population is ageing, this means that:

a) More babies are being born

b) Fewer babies are being born

c) Fewer people are living into adulthood

d) Fewer people are living into old age

Answer 7

b) Fewer babies are being born

Question 8

If a population pyramid is very wide at the bottom, what does that tell us about the country?

Answer 8

Many babies being born, youthful population, developing country, high fertility and birth rate

Question 9

Describe the shape of a rapidly declining population? What might be the cause of a population decline?

Answer 9

Balloon shape (larger at top than bottom) - reason could be longer life expectancy, high urbanisation (less room and money for large family), more women in the workforce

Question 10

What is internal migration?

Answer 10

The movement of people within a particular country (not overseas)

Question 11

List two reasons a person might want to migrate to Australia

Answer 11

Access to health and education services, job opportunites, peaceful and democratic society, multicultural, good infrastructure etc.

Question 12

List two reasons why people might migrate from their home country (push factors)

Answer 12

War, famine, religious persecution etc.

Question 13

List two advantages of international migration.

Answer 13

Migrants boost the economy, bring skills, increase cultural diversity

Question 14

What is the difference between migration and immigration?

Answer 14

Immigration defines the movement of a person as an individual or as a family from the origin country to a new country, ensuring formalities with the embassy. While migration is the movement of an individual or bird from one place to another, it could be internal (within the country) or international (across borders).

Question 15

More job opportunities (push or pull)

Answer 15

pull

Question 16

Civil war (push or pull)

Answer 16

push

Question 17

Lack of access to health services (push or pull)

Answer 17

push

Question 18

Cultural activities (push or pull)

Answer 18

pull

Question 19

Inadequate infrastructure (push or pull)

Answer 19

push

Question 20

Provide a reason why someone might choose to live in the country (rural areas)

Answer 20

Access to nature, jobs in agriculture, small tight-knit community, lack of pollution

Question 21

Name two occupations that would require you to live in a city rather than a rural area.

Answer 21

Construction workers, city planners, civil engineers, communicators, hospitality workers, entrepreneurs etc.

Question 22

How might a rural area in Australia be different from a rural area in another country?

Answer 22

Different natural environment, may be more disadvantaged (poor), lack of infrastructure, different religion and/or culture, different language, more people may live in rural areas

Question 23

What products or services do rural areas provide for cities?

Answer 23

Rural areas provide food, water, energy, raw materials, and other ecosystem services to urban areas (Jennings et al., 2015).

Question 24

In what ways do rural areas rely on cities?

Answer 24

Rural areas increasingly rely on urbanized areas for jobs, technology, health care, amenities, and entertainment.

Question 25

what does PQE stand for?

Answer 25

Pattern
Quantify
Exceptions

Question 26

what is interstate

Answer 26

person move between states (eg QLD to NSW)