Key Terms

Question 1

Urbanisation

Answer 1

Rise in proportion of people living in towns and cities

Question 2

Migration

Answer 2

Movement of people from one place to another with intention of living there over a year

Question 3

Mega city

Answer 3

City with population of 10 million +

Question 4

LIC

Answer 4

Low income country ($1,035)

Question 5

HIC

Answer 5

High income country ($12,746)

Question 6

NEE

Answer 6

Newly emerging economy

Question 7

Fertility rate

Answer 7

Average number of children born per woman over her lifetime

Question 8

Big city plan

Answer 8

Development plan in Birmingham to regenerate 5 areas in the city centre

Question 9

HDI (human development index)

Answer 9

Levels of income, education, life expectancy and other factors on a scale from 0-1 (1 being most developed)

Question 10

DTM

Answer 10

Demographic transition model (shows how populations change over time with development)

Question 11

Population pyramid

Answer 11

Shows distribution of population by age and gender

Question 12

Birth rate

Answer 12

Number of births in a population per 1000

Question 13

Death rate

Answer 13

Number of deaths in a population per 1000

Question 14

Urban sprawl

Answer 14

The spreading of a city/ urban area onto undeveloped land near by

Question 15

Colonialism

Answer 15

The practice of control by the people in power over people in other areas

Question 16

Green belt

Answer 16

Area around urban areas that cannot be urbanised, just left as countryside

Question 17

Commuter settlement

Answer 17

A settlement whose residents travel into a nearby city to work

Question 18

Natural increase

Answer 18

When the birth rate exceeds that death rate

Question 19

Urban greening

Answer 19

The process of encouraging more vegetation and greenery in urban areas (planting tress, parks, green walls, rooftop gardens)

Question 20

Primary sector

Answer 20

Involves extracting materials from the natural environment (farming)

Question 21

Secondary sector

Answer 21

Taking the raw materials produced by the primary sector and manufacturing them into products

Question 22

Tertiary sector

Answer 22

Selling of services and skills (finance)

Question 23

Quaternary sector

Answer 23

Industries providing information to services (ICT)

Question 24

Footloose

Answer 24

Industries that don’t need raw materials from a certain place so make use of IT to locate anywhere

Question 25

Globalisation

Answer 25

Growth and spread of ideas around the world, becoming more globally interconnected

Question 26

Energy gap

Answer 26

Difference between supply and demand

Question 27

Primary energy

Answer 27

Energy gained from natural sources (burning wood)

Question 28

Secondary energy

Answer 28

Converting primary energy into a more convenient form (heat used to power turbines to generate electricity)

Question 29

Fracking

Answer 29

Drilling into the ground to get oil/ natural gas by piping water down at immense pressure (may cause earthquakes)

Question 30

Carbon footprint

Answer 30

Estimate of the impact that activities have on climate change (world average is 4000kg of CO2 per person per year, compare to to UK person average of 10,000kg)