GEOGRAPHY NOTES REWRITE

Question 1

DEFORESTATION IS THE CLEARING AWAY OIF TREES AND OTHER FORMS OF VEGETATION

Answer 1

DEFORESTATION IS THE CLEARING AWAY OF TREES AND OTHER FORMS OF VEGETATION

Question 2

REAFFORESTATION IS THE REPLANTING OF TREES IN AREAS WHERE VEGETATION HAS BEEN CLEARED

Answer 2

REAFFORESTATION IS THE REPLANTING OF TREES IN AREAS WHERE VEGETATION HAS BEEN CLEARED

Question 3

SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE IS WHERE THE FARM PRODUCE IS NEEDED BY THE FARMER’S FAMILY. THERE IS NO SURPLUS FOR SALE.

Answer 3

SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE IS WHERE ALL THE FARM PRODUCE IS NEEDED BY THE FARMER’S FAMILY. THERE IS NO SURPLUS FOR SALE.

Question 4

COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE IS THE PRODUCTION OF AGRICULTURAL GOODS THAT ARE FOR SALE. FOR E.G. BANANAS, SUGARCANE, COFFEE. THESE ARE ALSO CALLED CASH CROPS.

Answer 4

COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE IS THE PRODUCTION OF AGRICULTURAL GOODS THAT ARE FOR SALE. FOR E.G. BANANAS, COFFE, SUGARCANE. ALSO CALLED CASH CROPS.

Question 4

SHIFTING CULTIVATION IS THE TYPE OF FARMING WHERE PEOPLE MOVE EVERY FEW YEARS AS THE SOIL BECOMES EXHAUSTED

Answer 4

SHIFTING CULTIVATION IS THE TYPE OF FARMING WHERE PEOPLE MOVE EVERY FEW YEARS AS THE SOIL BECOMES EXHAUSTED

Question 6

POPULATION MEANS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN A PLACE.

Question 7

BIRTH RATE IS THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS IN A COUNTRY IN A YEAR, PER THOUSAND PEOPLE

Question 8

DEATH RATE IS THE NUMBER OF DEATHS IN A COUNTRY IN A YEAR, PER THOUSAND PEOPLE

Question 8

NATURAL INCREASE IS BIRTH RATE MINUS THE DEATH RATE GIVEN AS A PERCENTAGE

Question 9

POPULATION DENSITY IS THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE PER SQUARE KILOMETRE

Question 10

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION MEANS HOW THE PEOPLE ARE SPREAD OUT/DISTRIBUTED AROUND THE WORLD

Question 12

the population density is low because
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