Geography End Of Year Flashcards
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Name the seven continents
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Africa
Asia
North America
South America
Oceania
Antarctica
Europe
2
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Name the 5 oceans
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Atlantic
Indian
Pacific
Southern
Artic
3
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Where is the Amazon river located in
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South America
4
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Where is the river Nile located in
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Africa
5
Q
Where are angel falls located in
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South America
6
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Where is the Amazon rainforest located in
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South america
7
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Where is the Himalayas located in
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Asia
8
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Where are the Rocky Mountains located in
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North America
9
Q
What is latitude
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East to west
10
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What is longitude
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Top to bottom
11
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Where is the article circle
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66 and 1/3 degrees north of the equator
12
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What is the equator
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Centre of all
13
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Where is the Tropic of Capricorn
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23 and a 1/2 degrees south of the equator
14
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Where is the Tropic of Cancer
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23 and 1/2 degrees north of the equator
15
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Where is the Antarctic circle
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66 and 1/3 degrees south of the equator
16
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What is the summer/winter solstice
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When the sun goes directly over the Tropic of Capricorn/cancer
17
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Define birthrate
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The number of births per 1000 of a population per year
18
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Death rate
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The number of deaths per 1000 of a population per year
19
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Define life expectancy
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The amount of years a person is expected to live in a country
20
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Define infant motality
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The number of infants dying before their first birthday per 1000 live births per year
21
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Define fertility rates
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The average number of children a woman is expected to have in her childbearing years
22
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Population distribution
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Pattern of where people live
23
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Define population density
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Number of people living per unit in an area
24
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Define total population
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Total amount of people living in a country
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Define natural increase
When birthrate is greater than death rate
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Define natural decrease
When death rate is greater than birthrate
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Define underpopulated
When a country does not have enough people to maintain the economy
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Define overpopulated
When a country does not have enough resources for the people
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Define migration
Movement of people from a place to another
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Define standard of living
Refers to the level of wealth and status
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What happens at stage 1 of the DTM
-birth rate high
-death rate high
-Amazon tribes
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What happens at stage 2 of the DTM
-birth rate high
-death rate low
-Afghanistan
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What happens at stage three of the DTM
-birth rate low
-death rate low
-brazil
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What happens at stage four of the DTM model?
– Birth rate low?
– death rate low
– UK.
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What happens at stage five of the DTM model?
– Birth low
– death rate low
– Russia
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What is a youthful population?
– The youth are defined for people 15 or below.
– if a country has a higher percentage of population under 15 then it is classified as a country with a youthful population
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What are the positive impacts of a youthful population?
– More ideas from the youth
– larger economy when they start working
– improvement in healthcare
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What are the negative impacts of a youthful population?
– Child marriage
– poverty
– unemployment
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What is a aging population in Japan?
– 26.7% of that Japanese people are over 65
– Fertility rate equals 1.4
– population of Japan will decrease
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Why do people in Japan live longer and have less children?
– They have a healthy diet.
– childcare is expensive line
– culture of long working hours
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What are the positive impacts of an aging population in Japan?
– More elderly working?
– do not have to pay for childcare.
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What are the negative impacts of having an aging population in Japan?
– Low population line
– elderly
– school is shutting down.
– you have to pay for healthcare even more
43
What is China’s one child policy?
When the Chinese government made a rule from 1979 to 2015 where couples could only have one child
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Why did China make the one child policy?
The population was rapidly growing and they had to stop it
45
Define push factor
Something that makes someone want to leave a place or situation
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Define pull factor
Something that attracts people to a place
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What are examples of push factors?
Wall
Lower pain jobs
Affordability/financial problems
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What are examples of pull factors
Medical resources
higher paying jobs better housing
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Define evaporation
Water is heated by the Sun and turns into water vapour
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Define condensation
Water vapour cools down and turns into liquid water
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Define precipitation
Any form of water falling from the sky
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Define transpiration
Water plants being heated by the Sun and turning into water vapour as it leaves the plant
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Define interception
When rainwater reaches plants before it touches the ground
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Define surface storage
Water stored on the ground surface
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Define surface run-off
Water flowing over the surface of the ground
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Define through flow
Water flowing through soil
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Define infiltration
Water soaking from surface to soil
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Define soil moisture
Water stored in soil
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Define personation
Water soaking from soil into the rocks below
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Define groundwater
What are slowly moving through rocks?
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Define permeable
A material water can go through
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Define impermeable
A material where water cannot go through
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Is the hydrological cycle a closed or open cycle?
It is a close cycle 
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Define attrition
Rocks bang against each other chipping bits off so the rocks become rounder and smaller
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Define abrasion
When pebbles grind across the riverbank in a sandpapering effect
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Define hydraulic action
The power of the water as it smashes against the riverbanks as air gets into the cracks, causing bits of rock to break off
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Define corrosion
Such as chalk or limestone dissolved and are carried away as dissolved material
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Define traction
Boulders and large rocks are slowly rolled across the river bed
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Define saltation
Pebbles bounced along the river bed
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Define suspension
Water carries along the lighter particles
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Define solution
Transport of dissolved chemicals
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Define deposition
When the water loses energy and start dropping material in the river bed
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What are the factors leading to deposition?
Shallow water
End of journey
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Define drainage basin
Area of land around the river that is drained by a river and its tributaries
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Define watershed
Area of Highland forming at the edge of a river basin
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Define source
Where a river begins
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Define confluence
The point of which two rivers meet
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Define tributary
A small river or stream that joins a larger river
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Define channel
Where a river flows
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Primary industry
Produce and gathering of raw materials anc includes forestry,fishing and farming
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Secondary industry
The manufacturing of goods/turning raw materials into everyday products
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Tertiary industry
Involves providing services to the people
83
Quaternary industry
This industry focuses on high tech
84
Arable farms
More crops are grown like wheat and barley
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Mixed farms
Where crops are grown and cattle are kept
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Pastoral farms
Where animals are raised
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Market farms
Where fruit,veg and flowers are grown
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How much of the UK if farmland
70 percent
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Why should a company have a skilled workforce
You need employees to get tasks done faster and high quality
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Why should a company be close to a port
So that products can be exported and materials can be imported efficiently
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Examples of inputs
Soil,climate,relief,labour
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Examples of process
Ploughing,sowing,harvesting,feeding
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Examples of outputs
Crops,hay,meat,food and manure
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Leisure time
People get paid leaves
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Increased life expectancy
Now older people can go on holiday and they have more money
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Travel
Affaires have become more affordable so more people can afford to travel
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Why is children working in agriculture dangerous
It is dangerous because it is hazardous and you can get bitten by snakes or injured by weapons
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What is fair trade
Fair trade enables the productions and earnings of a business to grow
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What is the fair trade international poverty line
$1.90 per day
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What is fair trade premium
Enables farmers to help children and rebuild their business
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What countries make chocolate
Cote d’ivoire , Ghana,Nigeria,Indonesia and Ecuador
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What coun tries eat chocolate
Ireland,Switzerland,Uk,Sweden and Germany
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Where are the most imports happening
Uk china and the USA
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Where are the most exports happening
USA china France Spain
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What are imports
The raw materials a country buys
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What is the balance of trade
The difference between the money a country earns for its exports and the money it pays for its imports
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Where is the London gateway port
Near Stanford le hope
108
What is a port
A location on the coast that provides facilities for ships to unload and load their cargo
109
Wheee are most of the largest ports
Most of them are in the south of England and near london
110
Globalisation
The increasing links between countries around the world as a result of the movement of goods,services and miney
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Examples Social globalisation
Facebook,TikTok and Skype connecting people across the globe
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Examples of economic globalisation
Companies such as Nike,Apple,McDonalds that are known globally
113
Examples of political globalisation
Organisations such as the United Nations that make decisions beyond national governments
114
Examples of cultural globalisation
News and events spread quickly across the world
115
TNC
transnational corporation
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Why does Apple have manufacturing factories in china
Wages are lower
Land is cheaper to buy
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Criticisms of china factories
996 rule
Wages are lower
