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Geography 🌍 || Every Theme 1 Case Study β–ͺ || Flashcards

1
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Why is a lot of Australia underpopulated?

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It doesn’t have enough people to make use of its resources - one reason is that:
Due to the climate of the very hot and dry Australian outback, nobody lives there.

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What is the temperature range of Australia?

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36-39 degrees C

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How did Australia’s population change from 1996-2006?

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It declined by 3.7%

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What are the problems caused by Australian underpopulation?

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  • Low job oppourtunities
  • Poor transport links
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What figure can prove that Nigeria is overpopulated?

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It occupies only 3% of Africa but houses 15% of the people.

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6
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What is Nigeria’s climate like?

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  • Variable rainy and dry seasons
  • Hot and wet most of the year in the south
  • Long inland dry season
  • Range of environments, with tropical rainforests in the south and semi arid desert in the north.
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7
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What power struggles has Nigeria faced?

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After British independence:

Power struggles resulted in a civil war between 1967-1970. Its only since 1999 that Nigeria has had a stable government.

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8
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What are some city specific problems in Nigeria?

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  • Lack of Housing in Kano
  • High crime rate in Jos
  • Pollution of air and water in Port Harcourt
  • Shortage of food in Yola
  • Not enough healthcare and schools in Ibadan
  • Congested roads in Lagos
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9
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How is Nigeria’s overall and North fertility rate?

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The average children per woman is 5.5. At the conservative Muslim North it is 8 children!

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10
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What draws people to Lagos?

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  • Compared to the rest of Africa, there is far more healthcare
  • In rural areas of Nigeria, 40% don’t attend primary school whereas in Lagos, 68% of the population have a secondary education.
  • Thriving film industry (Nollywood)
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Why did China become overpopulated after 1960?

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  • Social/cultural desire to have a son
  • Economical bonus: men could work in the field
  • Politics: stronger China against America
  • Flood 1959-1962: 20 million died
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12
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When was the one child policy implemented?

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1979

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13
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What is the one child policy?

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The policy in China that stated that couples in China could only have one child.

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14
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What was the consequence of breaking the one child policy?

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You would be fined for having more children, and giving them a good education and job opportunities was harder.

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How did the once child policy lead to gender imbalance?

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  • People would abort girls until they had a boy
  • Baby girls were placed in orphanages
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16
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What was the exception to the once child policy?

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  • Chinese people in rural areas were allowed to have more children
  • Ethnic minorities
  • People who’s first child was a girl (later on this was introduced)
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17
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What were the negative effects of the one child policy?

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  • Elderly dependent population
  • 50 million missing women
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18
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How many abortions were made due to the one child policy?

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300 million.

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19
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How did the once child policy affect fertility rate?

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It decreased from 5.8 to 1.7

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20
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What percent of illegal immigrants to the US were from mexico in 2007?

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52%

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21
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What is the path from Mexico to the USA?

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Through the Arizonan or Sonoran deserts, in which they die of thirst of the extreme temperature

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22
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What are the push factors from Mexico?

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  • Poor medical facilities (1800 people per doctor)
  • A lower life expectancy (75 years)
  • Low pay jobs (GNP $3750)
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23
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What are the pull factors to the USA?

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  • Excellent medical facilities (400 people per doctor)
  • Higher life expectancy (78 years)
  • Well paid jobs (GNP $25000)
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24
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What are the negative impacts of migration on the USA?

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  • Costs millions on border patrols
  • Mexican workers keep wages low
  • Remittances sent back to Mexico is money lost from the Economy.
25
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What are the positive impacts of migration of the USA?

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  • Costs millions on border patrols
  • Mexican workers keep wages low
  • Remittances sent back to Mexico is money lost from the Economy.
26
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What are the negative impacts of migration on Mexico?

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  • Demand to enter the US encourages Coyotes, criminal organizations that profit.
  • Young migrate, villages like Santa Ines lose 2/3 of inhabitants.
  • Hundreds die from heat of Arizona desert.
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What are the positive impacts of migration on Mexico?

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  • Benefits the US economy, migrants work at lower wages
  • Mexican culture has enriched the US border with things
  • Educated high skill Mexicans migrate to the US and bring expertise.
28
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What is a Sri Lankan conurbation?

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Colombo

29
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What is a Sri Lankan city?

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Morotuwa

30
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What is a Sri Lankan large town?

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Beruwala

31
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What is a Sri Lankan small town?

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Hatton

32
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Which Sri Lankan cities have a large sphere of influence?

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Jaffna, Kandy, Galle, Colombo

33
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What services attract people to Colombo?

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  • Commercial services like one galle face provide specialist services
  • Tourism is found in hotels and restaurants
  • Pettah has many medium order services, as it is near the port.
34
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What is Singapore’s fertility rate?

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1.1

35
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What percent of Singapore’s population is foreign nationals?

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36%

36
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What strategies is Singapore’s government taking to increase population?

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  • Encouraging immigration
    to increase the population.
  • It has increased maternity leave by 50% to 12 weeks and it will cover the cost of maternity leave (the cost to the parents employers) for the first four babies.
  • Increasing child benefits paid to families. The government will pay money into a special bank account of up to nearly $1000 for six years.
  • The Singapore government has also sponsored dating organizations to encourage people to get married earlier and start having children.
37
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What is the authority in Mumbai that attempts to develop better housing for people in slums?

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Mumbai’s Slum Rehabilitation Authority

38
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What is the largest slum in Mumbai?

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Dharavi

39
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What percent of households in a Mumbai slum have less access to clean water than the minimum recommended by the WHO?

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95%

40
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What issues is Mumbai dealing with for waste?

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The waste, both waste produced by humans and industrial, is increasing, and dealing with it is difficult and expensive.

41
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Why is there high pollution in Mumbai?

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  • Lack of sanitation system leads to streams and rivers used as disposal
  • Unregulated industry leads to air pollution
42
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How is unemployment and crime in Dharavi?

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Virtually none! There is high employment and low crime.

43
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How many people per square mile are in Dharavi?

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1 million

44
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How many illegal factories are in Dharavi?

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15,000

45
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How much money do illegal Dharavi factories make yearly?

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1 Billion Dollars

46
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Where is Mumbai found?

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On the northwest coast of India

47
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What makes Mumbai important to India?

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  • It is an important port city
  • It operates as the commercial capital of India
  • It is the home of Bollywood
48
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What are the pull factors to Mumbai?

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  • Financial capital
  • Head offices of major companies
  • Bollywood and RV satellite networks
  • Several TNCs
49
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How much was the population of Mumbai in 1971?

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8 million

50
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What is Mumbai’s population now?

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21 million

51
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How has suburbanisation occured in Mumbai?

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Initially there was expansion in the northwards direction along major transport routes. Now there is suburbanisation in an eastward direction.

52
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What are three places in Mumbai that, despite being planned as individual towns, ened up as suburbs?

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Thane, Vashi, and Belapur

53
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What is Italy’s population?

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59 million

54
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What % of Italy’s population is aged over 65?

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24.1%

55
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What is Italy’s fertility rate?

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1.2 children per woman

56
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Why does Italy have such low population growth?

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People are living longer because they have had more wealth than ever before, more varied and reliable diets, medical care has improved and medicines have become more advanced.

57
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What is a dying villagee in Italy?

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Vastogirardi

58
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What is the ratio of funerals : weddings in Italy?

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3:1

59
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Why is there a pressure in Italy to increase retirment age?

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The cost of pensions is increasing, which in unfeasable.

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