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geography revision Flashcards

1
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What countries is the UK made out of?

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England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales.

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2
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What are the 3 types of geography

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Human, Physical and Environmental.

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3
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what is sustainability?

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doing something that will cause little or no damage to the environment

will be able to continue for a long period of time.

Sustainability is meeting the needs of today without affecting the needs of people in the future.

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4
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what is a Migrant

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what someone has moved to a different country out of choice from where they previously lived.

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5
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what is geography?

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It is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments.

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6
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what river is in London?

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River Thames.

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7
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what is the capital of Northern Ireland?

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Belfast.

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what is the capital of Scotland?

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Edinburgh.

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what is the capital of England?

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London.

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10
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What is the capital of the Republic of Ireland?

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Dublin.

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How can something be truly sustainable?

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For something to be truly sustainable it must balance economic, social and environmental.

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What is physical geography?

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relates to the natural world around us,
how our landscape is created and changes over time
how rivers and glaciers change the environment,
what areas experience weather and climate,
different ecosystems and biomes of earth,
hazards like volcanoes, earthquakes and tropical storms

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What is human geography?

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The study of where and how people live on earth.

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What is environmental geography?

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The study of interactions between humans and the physical world is know as enviromental geography.

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15
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What are the main oceans in the world?

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Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, Artic, Southern.

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16
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What is the largest ocean in the world?

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Pacific.

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17
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What is the smallest ocean in the world?

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Artic.

18
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Name the UK mountains?

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Northwest highlands, Grampain Mountains, Cairngarm Mts, Southern Uplands, Penninds, Snowdonia, Cumbrian Mts, Slieve Donard in Northern Ireland

19
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What are the main UK rivers?

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River Thames, Great Ouse, River Wye, River Severen, Great Ouse, River Trent, River Tyne,

20
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What is difference between Britain and the UK?

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Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England are the United Kington and Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales

21
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What is a lowland area?

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a lowland area is an area below sea level and where are no mountains

22
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Sea between Ireland and the UK?

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Irish Sea

23
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What is the eight point compass?

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N, S, E, W and then and other points like NE, SW, NW,

24
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Why were the first settlements located next to rivers

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Source of food (fish), water supply, trasport good and people on boats, Agriculter

25
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How are rivers important for fishing

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important business for many countries who sell fish,
provides 2.6 billion people around the world with 20% of their annual protein intake.
also for peoples livelihoods

26
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What is Hydropower

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Its a renewable energy source used as an alternative to fossil fuels

27
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how can we use rivers for transport

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Using boats to transport food and other good

28
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What are the Gangies in India used for

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people use it to wash,
a source of food (fish),
supply of water,
to dispose the ashes of dead bodies and used to
grow crops like rice, cotton and sugarcane
silt - plant

29
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what is a watershed?

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A small river or stream that joins a larger river

30
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what is the source?

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the area of high land forming the edge of a river basin

31
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what is the mouth of the river?

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where the river meets the sea?

32
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What is confluence?

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The point at which two rivers meets.

33
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What is a tributory?

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Area of land drained by a river and its tributaries

34
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What is a river channel?

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where the river flows

35
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What is the drainage basin?

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Where a river begins usually in the mountains.

36
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How many courses are n a river?

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Upper, middle and lower

37
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What is the Upper Course River like?

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Narrow and slow, large boulders and is shallow

38
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What is land like in the upper course?

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Steep and rural

39
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What is the middle course river like?

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Wide and fast, small pebbles and is deep

40
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What is land like in the middle ourse?

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Flat and rural

41
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What is the lower course river?

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Wide and fast, small pebbles and is deep

42
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What is land in the lower course river like?

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Flat and urban

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