geography unit 3

Question 1

Population density

Answer 1

This is a measurement of the number of people in an area.

Question 2

Disposable income

Answer 2

This is the income people have to spend after taxes and bills.

Question 3

Natural resource

Answer 3

These are materials or substances that are produced by the environment

Question 4

Poverty

Answer 4

This is a state or condition in which a person or community lacks the financial
resources and essentials for a minimum standard of living.

Question 5

Drought

Answer 5

This is a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall for an extended period of
time

Question 6

Conflict

Answer 6

This is a state of disagreement caused by the perceived or actual opposition
of needs, values and interests between people.

Question 7

Ethnicities

Answer 7

This is belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural
tradition.

Question 8

Subsistence farming

Answer 8

A type of agriculture producing only enough food and materials for the benefit
of a farmer and their family.

Question 9

Informal employment

Answer 9

This is work that is neither taxed nor monitored by the government

Question 10

Vegetation

Answer 10

This is any type of plant matter

Question 11

This is the physical characteristics of land.

Answer 11

Terrain

Question 12

These are places within deserts where water is found.

Answer 12

Oases

Question 13

These are people who move from place to place, travelling with their animals
to find grazing.

Answer 13

Nomads

Question 14

These are people who move from place to place, but may also stay in one
area for a while to grow crops.

Answer 14

Semi-nomadic

Question 15

The process by which land becomes drier and degraded as a result of climate
change, human activities or both.

Answer 15

Desertification

Question 16

This is when animals eat too many plants so the vegetation cannot recover
properly

Answer 16

Overgrazing

Question 17

This is electricity made by water flowing through turbines in a dam

Answer 17

Hydroelectric power

Question 18

This describes communications using technology such as radio.

Answer 18

Telecommunications

Question 19

This stands for Gross Domestic Product which is the total value of goods and
services produced by a country in one year.

Answer 19

GDP

Question 20

This is dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power.

Answer 20

Corruption

Question 21

Social

Answer 21

The section of Geography that is linked to people

Question 22

Economic

Answer 22

The section of Geography that is linked to money and jobs.

Question 23

Environmental

Answer 23

The section of Geography that is linked to nature and the natural world around
us

Question 24

Political

Answer 24

The section of Geography that is linked to boundaries, divisions, and
possessions of states.

Question 25

Deforestation

Answer 25

The cutting down and removal of forest.

Question 26

DME

Answer 26

This stands for decision making exercise

Question 27

Issue Evaluation

Answer 27

This is a structured route to enquiry, which shows an understanding of the complexity of decision making in relation to a specific issue

Question 28

Resource Booklet

Answer 28

This is a booklet containing a variety of information such as maps, graphs and extracts.

Question 29

Evaluate

Answer 29

This means to judge from evidence and weigh up both sides of an argument.

Question 30

Assess

Answer 30

This means make an informed judgement.

Question 31

This means to provide an in-depth account on a topic or issue, and convey an understanding of it

Answer 31

Analyse

Question 32

This means to judge the importance or success of a strategy, scheme or project.

Answer 32

To what extent

Question 33

This means to support a case with evidence and give detailed reasons for an idea

Answer 33

Justify

Question 34

This means to identify similarities and differences

Answer 34

Compare

Question 35

This means to set out the causes of a phenomenon and/or the factors which influence its form/nature

Answer 35

Explain

Question 36

This is a general direction in which something is changing or developing

Answer 36

Trend

Question 37

This is the way in which something is spread out.

Answer 37

Distribution

Question 38

This is something that deviates from what is standard, normal or expected.

Answer 38

Anomaly

Question 39

This is a map with coloured or shaded areas in proportion to the variable being displayed.

Answer 39

Choropleth map

Question 40

This represents data as vertical blocks or columns.

Answer 40

Bar chart

Question 41

Pie chart

Answer 41

This is a graphical technique for presenting a quantity that can be divided into parts.

Question 42

Line graph

Answer 42

This is a graphical technique to show changes over time.

Question 43

OS Map

Answer 43

A detailed map that shows different locations and the human and physical features found at each location.

Question 44

Grid reference

Answer 44

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.

Question 45

Distance

Answer 45

The amount of separation between two points or objects

Question 46

Scale

Answer 46

The ratio of a distance on a map to the corresponding distance on the ground.

Question 47

Ratio

Answer 47

This is the relationship between two groups or amounts that expresses how much bigger one is than the other

Question 48

Spot height

Answer 48

The altitude of a specific point shown on a map.

Question 49

Contour Line

Answer 49

A line on a map joining points of equal height above or below sea level.

Question 50

Relief

Answer 50

This refers to the way in which a landscape changes in height.