Super Powers

Question 1

What does HDI mean

Answer 1

Human development index

Measure of how wealthy healthy and educated the population is.

Question 2

What does climate mean

Answer 2

The average weather conditions over a long period of time usually 30 years

Question 3

What is the definition of biome

Answer 3

A large group of plants and animalsthat live in a particular climate

Question 4

What is the biggest country in the world

Answer 4

Russia

Question 5

Does Russia have 1 or more than one climate in different areas of Russia

Answer 5

Multiple climates

Question 6

Name some renewable sources of energy

Answer 6

Solar power
Tidal power
Wind power

Question 7

What percentage of Russia’s water surface is polluted

Answer 7

75%

Question 8

How much of the worlds oil production and natural gases are produced in Russia

Answer 8

25%

Question 9

What percentage of Russians live in Urban areas

Answer 9

74%

Question 10

What is Rural to Urban migration

Answer 10

When people move from the countryside to the cities

Question 11

Why is Ukraine split between joining the Eu or Russia.

Answer 11

Want deals with the EU and not with Russia
Government killed 70 Ukraine protesters
Half of Ukraine want the EU the other wants Russia
46% speak Russian
54% speak Ukraine
Russia wants Crimea because it has a lot of oil underneath
Russian fighters are rebelling in Ukraine
Russian ships entered the Ukraine coast

Question 12

What does population density mean

Answer 12

How many people lived within a certain area

Question 13

What does sparsely populated mean

Answer 13

Very few people living in a certain area

Question 14

What does densely populated mean

Answer 14

Lots of people within a certain area?

Question 15

What does population distribution mean

Answer 15

A measure of how eavenly spread a population is across a certain area

Question 16

What does relocation mean

Answer 16

Moving from one place to another

Question 17

What does compensation mean

Answer 17

Paying someone for their loss or injury

Question 18

What does privatisation mean

Answer 18

When a company that was owned by the government is bought by a private company

Question 19

what does property developer mean

Answer 19

Someone who builds houses

Question 20

What does expropriation mean

Answer 20

To take away someone’s possessions

Question 21

What does capitalism mean

Answer 21

A system whereby individuals are allowed to set up companies and make money

Question 22

What does megacity mean

Answer 22

A city with a population of at least 10 million

Question 23

What does urbanisation mean

Answer 23

The growth of cities

Question 24

What is the definition of sustainability

Answer 24

Sustainability means meeting present needs for resources without preventing future generations from meeting their needs

Question 25

What is a choropleth map

Answer 25

A cloropleth map ia a map uses different colours to show information on a map

Question 26

Why did China have the one child policy

Answer 26

To stop the problem of a rapidly increasing population | Because China had a population of 1.4 billion people and the worlds population was 7 billion

Question 27

What does sustainability mean

Answer 27

In geography, sustainability means meeting present needs for resources without preventing future generations from meeting their needs.

Question 28

What are advantages of the three Gorges dam project.

Answer 28

Provided many jobs It is 5 times larger than the Hoover Dam making China look more powerful Controls floods Produces 3% of China’s Hydro-electricity (renewable energy) Does not produce greenhouse gases The dam made it easier for ships with Chinese goods on board

Question 29

What are disadvantages of Three Gorges Dam

Answer 29

Behind the dam levels of water has risen to 100m tall flooding cities 1.3 million people were made homeless from the construction Many ancient monuments had to be moved before valleys were flooded Water covered undiscovered archeological monuments Behind the dam ships have found it harder to navigate Sediment is building up behind the dam leading to the decline of many Chinese aquatic species Looks horrible