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Geography Term 4 Flashcards

1
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What is the definition for population

A

The people who live in a place, such as a village, city of country

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What is the definition for population distribution

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How a population is spread across an area of land. The number of people per square km of land.

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3
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Name 3 population patterns

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Scattered
Clustered
Evenly spread

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4
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What is the definition for population density

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The number of people per 1 square km of land

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5
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If many people live close together does the area have a high or low population density

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High

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If only a few people live close together does the area have a high or low population density

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Low

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7
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How do you work out population density

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Total population ÷ total land area in square km = population density

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8
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What do population maps of South Africa show

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Where people in South Africa live

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What are the conditions that influence where people live and the number of people in a country

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The climate
The amount of fresh water available
The mineral resources under the ground
Suitable land for farming

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10
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Name the reasons for the location of settlements

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The availability of freshwater
A good climate
Fertile soil
Flat land
Job opportunities
Closeness to the sea
Closeness to mineral deposits
Closeness to transport routes
Laws of a country (during apartheid different races had to live in Different places)

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Name 3 reasons why people would settle in unlikely places

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Culture
Traditional way of life
money 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑

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12
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What are the 2 main types of settlements? And- what are the differences between them.

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Rural (far from cities, people live on farms or small villages, pattern is scattered, population density is low)
Urban (people in towns and cities live here, larger than rural, more people, population density is high, land is more expensive so people live close together in smaller pieces of land- like a flat)

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13
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What are push factors

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Problems that push people out of rural areas and into urban areas

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14
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Name 3 push factors in a rural area

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Hard to find work
Transport is not good
Not as many shops, hospitals and schools

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15
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What are pull factors

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The reasons that attract people to urban areas

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16
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Name one pull factor from rural areas into urban areas

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Hope for better education, jobs, health and transport

17
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Around how many people are there on earth

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Close to 8.2 billion

18
Q

Hat is a Mega City

A

A city with over 10 million people

19
Q

Which continent has the most megacities

A

Asia

20
Q

How many mega cities are there in africa
Name them

A

2
Lagos and Cairo

21
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What is a temperate climate

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A climate that is not to hot, to cold, to wet or to dry

22
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Which large rivers in africa supply fresh water to areas of high population density

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Nile , Niger , Congo

23
Q

In which mountains do most of the rivers of south east Asia have their source

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The Himalayas

24
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Why do people choose to live close to mining operations

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Mines provide jobs
Other industries linked to mining grow up in the same area
Mining companies usually improve services like roads and housing in the area

25
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What influence does rich mineral resources have on where people choose to live

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Rich mineral resources influence people to settle in an area

26
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What are settlements?

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Settlements are places where people live together (city/ farm/ village)

27
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Why do people move from rural areas to towns and cities?

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They battle to find work because most work is in towns\ cities.
Transport is not as good. People have to travel far.
Rural areas don’t have as many services (schools/ hospitals and shops)
All of these reasons push people out of the area. = push factors

28
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Are people who migrate from rural areas better off?

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No, conditions in urban areas are not much better:
Jobs are scarce
Overcrowding
Shortage of housing.
Everything is more expensive.

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