geography unit 3 Flashcards
sunday revision
Population density
This is a measurement of the number of people in an area.
Disposable income
This is the income people have to spend after taxes and bills.
Natural resource
These are materials or substances that are produced by the environment
Poverty
This is a state or condition in which a person or community lacks the financial
resources and essentials for a minimum standard of living.
Drought
This is a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall for an extended period of
time
Conflict
This is a state of disagreement caused by the perceived or actual opposition
of needs, values and interests between people.
Ethnicities
This is belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural
tradition.
Subsistence farming
A type of agriculture producing only enough food and materials for the benefit
of a farmer and their family.
Informal employment
This is work that is neither taxed nor monitored by the government
Vegetation
This is any type of plant matter
This is the physical characteristics of land.
Terrain
These are places within deserts where water is found.
Oases
These are people who move from place to place, travelling with their animals
to find grazing.
Nomads
These are people who move from place to place, but may also stay in one
area for a while to grow crops.
Semi-nomadic
The process by which land becomes drier and degraded as a result of climate
change, human activities or both.
Desertification
This is when animals eat too many plants so the vegetation cannot recover
properly
Overgrazing
This is electricity made by water flowing through turbines in a dam
Hydroelectric power
This describes communications using technology such as radio.
Telecommunications
This stands for Gross Domestic Product which is the total value of goods and
services produced by a country in one year.
GDP
This is dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power.
Corruption
Social
The section of Geography that is linked to people
Economic
The section of Geography that is linked to money and jobs.
Environmental
The section of Geography that is linked to nature and the natural world around
us
Political
The section of Geography that is linked to boundaries, divisions, and
possessions of states.
Deforestation
The cutting down and removal of forest.
DME
This stands for decision making exercise
Issue Evaluation
This is a structured route to enquiry, which shows an understanding of the
complexity of decision making in relation to a specific issue
Resource Booklet
This is a booklet containing a variety of information such as maps, graphs and
extracts.
Evaluate
This means to judge from evidence and weigh up both sides of an argument.
Assess
This means make an informed judgement.
This means to provide an in-depth account on a topic or issue, and convey an
understanding of it
Analyse
This means to judge the importance or success of a strategy, scheme or
project.
To what extent
This means to support a case with evidence and give detailed reasons for an
idea
Justify
This means to identify similarities and differences
Compare
This means to set out the causes of a phenomenon and/or the factors which
influence its form/nature
Explain
This is a general direction in which something is changing or developing
Trend
This is the way in which something is spread out.
Distribution
This is something that deviates from what is standard, normal or expected.
Anomaly
This is a map with coloured or shaded areas in proportion to the variable
being displayed.
Choropleth map
This represents data as vertical blocks or columns.
Bar chart
Pie chart
This is a graphical technique for presenting a quantity that can be divided into
parts.
Line graph
This is a graphical technique to show changes over time.
OS Map
A detailed map that shows different locations and the human and physical
features found at each location.
Grid reference
A method of locating a point on a map or plan using a number that refers to
the lines on the grid and the subsections between them.
Distance
The amount of separation between two points or objects
Scale
The ratio of a distance on a map to the corresponding distance on the ground.
Ratio
This is the relationship between two groups or amounts that expresses how
much bigger one is than the other
Spot height
The altitude of a specific point shown on a map.
Contour Line
A line on a map joining points of equal height above or below sea level.
Relief
This refers to the way in which a landscape changes in height.
