Year 13 Fact Attack Advanced Material Flashcards
How long did it take to reach Australia in 1914
40 days
How long did it take to reach Australia in 2016
1 1/2 days
What year did Mclean develop the shipping container
1956
What percentage does container trade account for of world seaborne trade
60%
When was the first steam train built
1804
When was the first steam ship built
1787
How fast can a jet aircraft travel
600 mph
When was the concept of jet aircraft created
1928
When was the first commercial telegraph created
1837
When did electronic banking begin
1980s
When was the first mobile phone made
1973
When did the world-wide web launch
1990
When were fibre optics first used
1970s
How much more can fibre optics carry than copper wires
65,000 times more
What year was the first email sent
1971
How many members does Facebook have
150 million
How much worth of Chinese made clothes did the Eu block from the UK
£50 million
What company became the largest telecommunications in 2000
Vodafone
What is the population of the EU
508 million
When was British telecom privatised
1984
When did China join the world trade organisation
Dec-01
Where are the special economic zones in China
Shenzhen, Shantou, Zhuhai
When did Mao Zedong die and Deng Xiaoping take over
1976
What four factors of environmental degradation is caused by superpowers
Landscape scarring, the built environment, oil spills, removal of forests
In what century did most mines close
20th
In what year did Drake lands Pit in Devon open and when was the last mine open before this
2015, 1969
The price of what doubled as the supply was reduced
Tungsten
How many litres of oil escaped due to BPs Deepwater Horizon in 2010
450 million
What was the % increase in food production in Brazil between 2002-12
26%
How many times did beef exports increase by in Brazil
10x
How many litres of water were needed to produce a kilo of beef and wheat
15,000 1,250 kilograms
What did America agree to do in 2014 and by when
Reduce CO2 emissions by 2025
Who pulled out of the Paris Agreement in June 2017
Donald Trump
When did China agree to reduce carbon emissions and by when
2014, 2030
What were the EU subsidies for agriculture called
Common Agricultural Policy
What are rare earths
A group of 17 elements that occur together in geological deposits and are very difficult to separate
What is the collective worth of rare earths
$5 trillion
Give an example of a rare earth
Neodymium
What % of rare earths does China produce
85%
How many tonnes of toxic waste is produced for every tonne of rare earths
2000
How much did rice consumption increase in Sub-Saharan Africa
50%
How many time faster do India sue groundwater than it can be replenished
3x
How much of the world’s gas in undiscovered
30%
What % of the world’s oil resources are in the Arctic
13%
The UN convention law of the sea allows countries to own how many miles beyond their coastline
200 miles
What year did Russia use submarines to put a flag at the north pole
2007%
What is the name of the Chinese icebreaker which navigated the northern sea route for the first time
Xuedong
Why is there tension over oil
Demand is high, ambiguity over possession
Why have tensions grown between Russia and Eastern Europe
Accession 8 countries joining the EU in 2004
In 2013 how many primary school children didn’t go to school
59 million
In 2013 how many secondary school children didn’t go to school
65 million
In 2015 what % of countries had equal access to primary education
69%
In 2015 what % of countries had equal access to secondary education
48%
How many more girls do not get an education in the Sahel compared to boys
2x
Give 3 reasons why education is central to economic development
Basic hygiene/healthcare, family size control, decision making
How many people die each year due to water related diseases
840,000
What is the average life expectancy in Japan
82
What is the average life expectancy in the UK
81
What has life expectancy increased from and to between 1985 and 2015
54-68
How much has life expectancy been reduced by due to air pollution in developing cities
3.2 years
Which area has the lowest life expectancy of 57 years
Sub Saharan Africa
Sub Saharan Africa has the largest maternal mortality rate of what per 100,000 live births
540
Where are the highest life expectancies in Africa
North Africa e.g. Algeria (76.39) Tunisia (76.04)
Where are the lowest life expectancies in Africa
Sub Saharan Africa e.g. South Africa (49.56) Mozambique (52.60)
Each year how many children die before their 5th birthday
6 million
Name 3 reasons for variations in life expectancy within the developed world
Differences in lifestyle, differences in deprivation, differences in cost and effectiveness of healthcare
In the UK which ethnicity has the highest and lowest life expectancies
Chinese, Bangladesh
In the UK which socio-economic group has the highest and lowest life expectancies
Professional, Unskilled
How many years difference is there between Richmond upon Thames and Manchester in terms of life expectancy
15 years
How much is public spending in the UK
$1,102.8bn (2016)
What % of the UK spending is on healthcare
18%
What % of the UK spending is on education
12%
How much is spending on health in the UK
$3,102 per person
What are human rights
Moral principles that underlie standards of human behaviour “to which a person is inherently entitled to simply because he or she is a human being”
What were human rights first formed and why
1948- in the response to Nazi atrocities
What does the UN declaration of Human Rights do
Sets a basic guideline for what every country should go by
Name two benefits of the UN declaration
Broad range of social, economic, and environmental factors; guidance for countries
Name two negatives of the UN declaration
Open to interpretation; not legally binding
What does the European convention of Human Rights do
European version of the UN convention that can be tailored to European countries
What are two benefits of the EUCHR
Can go to the European court of HR; more in line with western viewpoint
What are two negatives of the EUCHR
Takes a long time to action sanctions; undermining of sovereignty
Name two UNDHR Articles
All humans are born free and equal, everyone’s has the right to freedom of thought
When was the EUDHR formed and when was it ratified in the UK
1950, 1951
When was the UNDHR developed and how many articles
1948, 30 articles
When was the European court established
1959
How many signatory countries are there for EUDHR
47
What % of the UK cases are thrown out by the European court of HR
99%
When did the UK human rights act come into place
1998
What did the Human Rights Act do
Incorporates human rights into UK law which can be sanctioned be UK courts
What % of teenage girls and women are literate in Afghanistan
37%, 19%
How many ethnic groups are there in Myanmar
100
How many people needed food and shelter after the riots in Zimbabwe
4.5 million
How many Sikhs were massacred in the 1984 Anti-Sikh riots (India)
2000
How many civilians were killed in peaceful protest in Indonesia
4
How many years have the Kim Jong family been in power in NK
70 years
How many people are in political prison camps in NK
80,000- 120,000
How much is lost in corruption each year
$1 trillion
