Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1

Liveablity can be described as:

Answer 1

A rank of how: suitable a place is for living in; inhabitable; comfortable. Worth living; endurable. That can be lived with; companionable.

Question 2

The characteristics of least liveable cities are:

Answer 2

• Poor weather conditions- eg. always raining or never raining
• Bad/poor natural resources
• Bad infrastructure- lack of jobs and houses
• High crime rates
• Bad behaviours are performed frequently
• Poverty and exploitation

Question 3

What are some factors that people think about before choosing where to live?

Answer 3

• Job/employment opportunities
• Local Education Facilities
• Close shops
• Local places of worship
• Recreational activities
• Reasonable house prices
• Safe place- no violence or crime

Question 4

‘Sense of Place’ means:

Answer 4

Sense of place refers to the degree of meaning people ascribe to a particular location or area.
Those places deemed more meaningful are generally considered to have a stronger ‘sense of place’.
In general, sense of place describes our relationship with places, expressed in different dimensions of human life: emotions, biographies, immigration, stories and personal experience. It includes place attachment and place meaning.

Question 5

Two of the most liveable cities are:

Answer 5

1) Vienna, Austria
2) Melbourne, Australia
3) Osaka, Japan
4) Calgary, Canada

Question 6

Many people around the world have moved from rural areas to urban areas due to:

Answer 6

A move from a rural to an urban area was mostly driven by economic and employment reasons, but education related reasons was also an important factor. Also it is because of environmental factors promoting the move, such as not being satisfied with previous lifestyle.

Question 7

Globalism is beneficial because:

Answer 7

• It helps countries by providing new jobs and skills for local people.
• It brings wealth and foreign currency to local economics when they buy local resources, products and services. The extra money created by this investment can be spent on education, health and infrastructure.
• The sharing of ideas, experiences and lifestyle of people and cultures.
• Increases awareness of events in faraway parts of the world.
• Greater dependence on the global economy.

Question 8

Interconnections around the world have improved by:

Answer 8

• Fast growing technologies
• Globalism
• Cheap and easy transport
• Improved communications enables products to be transported around the world rapidly.

Question 9

The disadvantages of increased tourism are:

Answer 9

• Overpopulation
• Locations May lose their culture
• Decreased natural resources
• Increased crime and other socially unacceptable behaviours

Question 10

Interconnections are important for the future because:

Answer 10

• They help countries export goods for other countries, creating profits
• Travelling, going to different countries
• To get jobs or work for large companies- clothes, technology.