Geography Test 29/9/2024

Question 1

Landlocked

Answer 1

surrounded by other countries with no access to a sea or ocean to trade

Example sentence: The country is landlocked, making it difficult to engage in maritime trade.

Question 2

Isolated regions

Answer 2

rural areas far away from major population areas, cities, towns and therefore facilities/ trade etc

Additional information: Isolated regions often lack access to basic services and infrastructure.

Question 3

Climate change

Answer 3

How climates are changing to experience more extreme and unpredictable weather

Question 4

Terms of trade

Answer 4

How countries demand raw materials/ cash crops from developing countries, adding tariffs to stop countries manufacturing their own raw materials

Question 5

Colonisation

Answer 5

Typically legacy from the C18th-C19th European countries exploited and creating countries despite of ethnic, religious, cultural, linguistic differences.

Question 6

Cash crops

Answer 6

Crops grown in warmer climates on large scales such as sugar, coffee, tea, flowers, bananas and other fruit, which could be sold for quick money

Question 7

Raw materials

Answer 7

such as metal ores in rocks e.g. Bauxite is mined and processed into aluminium. Countries look to exploit other countries with many raw materials.

Question 8

Global trade

Answer 8

How goods and services are traded around the world, this is not a fair flow as more wealth continues to leave Africa.

Question 9

Exploit

Answer 9

Take advantage of an environment, its plants and/ or animals.

Question 10

FDI

Answer 10

Foreign Direct Investment is when once country invests in another country to gain access to resources, new markets and gain profits.