Quest #1 Flashcards
1
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List two occupations in geography
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Any two of:
- Cartographer
- Commercial/Residential Surveyor
- Police
- Environmental consultant
- Geographical information systems officer
- Planning and development surveyor
- Secondary school teacher
- Town planner
- Recycling officer
- Landscape architect
- Conservation officer
2
Q
List the 3 areas of geography
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- Human (human interaction)
- Physical (physical elements/processes)
- Environmental (human interaction with the environment)
3
Q
List the 5 themes of geography
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- Location
- Place
- Human/Environmental Interaction
- Movement
- Regions
4
Q
Describe the theme: Location
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“Where is it? Why is it located there?”
- Absolute location is given in degrees of latitude and longitude
- Relative location depends upon points of reference (ie. near, far, a short drive.)
5
Q
Describe the theme: Place
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“What is it like?”
- Physical characteristics: landforms (mountains, plains, etc.), bodies of water (oceans, lakes, bay, etc.), ecosystems (soil, plants, animals, and climate)
- Human characteristics: bridges, roads, buildings, culture, language
- All places must have features that distinguish them from other places.
6
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Describe the theme: Human/Environmental Interaction
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“How do people interact with and change their environment?”
- Depend on the environment
- Adapt to the environment
- Modify the environment
7
Q
Describe the theme: Movement
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“How are people and places linked by communication and the flow of people, ideas, and goods?”
- Transportation, communication, trade
- Patterns of movement such as migration
- Linkages and connections
8
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Describe the theme: Region
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“What are their unifying features and how do they form and change over time?”
- Regions are a basic unit for geographic study
- Geographers divide the world into regions to help them interpret
- Regions can be defined on the basis of: physical and human characteristics
- Places that have similar economic, political, physical, or human characteristics (features) that you are comparing. A place may be in more than one region.
9
Q
List the MDGs
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- Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
- Achieve universal primary education
- Promote gender equality and empower women
- Reduce child mortality
- Improve maternal health
- Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
- Ensure environmental sustainability
- Develop a global partnership for development
10
Q
- Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
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- Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people living on less than $1.25 a day
- Achieve Decent Employment for Women, Men, and Young People
- Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger
11
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- Achieve universal primary education
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- By 2015, all children can complete a full course of primary schooling, girls and boys
12
Q
- Promote gender equality and empower women
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- Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005, and at all levels by 2015
13
Q
- Reduce child mortality
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-Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate
14
Q
- Improve maternal health
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- Reduce by three quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio
- Achieve, by 2015, universal access to reproductive health
15
Q
- Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
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- Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS.
- Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it
- Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases
