Geography revision

Geography revision

Rivers

• A river is a moving body of water that flows from its source on high ground, across land, and then into another body of water, which could be a lake, the sea, an ocean or even another river.

• Rivers usually begin in upland areas, when rain falls on high ground and begins to flow downhill. They always flow downhill because of gravity.

Multiple Choice

A meander is best described as ...

• A section of the river that joins another river.

• A winding section of a river.

• A winding section of a lake.

Multiple Choice

There are four main types of erosion for rivers. Which answer is correct.

• Hydraulic Action, Solution, Abrasion, Attrition

• Hydraulic Action, Abrasion, Silting, Solution

• Hydraulic Action, Abrasion, Deposition, Solution

Multiple Choice

What causes a river to meander?

• Sections of the river move slowly.

• Sections of the river move slowly and have materials deposited.

• Sections of the river move slowly, having materials eroded, and deposited creating a bend.

Multiple Choice

The point where the river meets an ocean or lake is called the ...

• River Head

• River mouth

• River Source

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an example of a mature river?

• River Nile

• River Thames

• River Jordan

Multiple Choice

This is an example of an old river

• River Thames

• Nile

• Mississippi river

Rivers

• A river flows along a channel with banks on both sides and a bed at the bottom. If there is lots of rainfall, or snow or ice melting, rivers often rise over the top of their banks and begin to flow onto the floodplains at either side.

Open Ended

How is an oxbow lake formed?

Multiple Choice

Permanent rivers are the same as perennial rivers.

• True

• False

Migration

• Migration is about the movement of people from place to place. There are usually push factors and pull factors at work. Find out more about the reasons behind the trends and migration policy.

• People migrate for many different reasons. These reasons can be classified as economic, social, political or environmental:

Migration

• economic migration - moving to find work or follow a particular career path

• social migration - moving somewhere for a better quality of life or to be closer to family or friends

• political migration - moving to escape political persecution or war

• environmental causes of migration include natural disasters such as flooding

Migration: Pull factors are the reasons why people leave an area. They include:

• higher employment

• more wealth

• good climate

• safer, less crime

• lower risk from natural hazards

• political stability

Migration: Push Factors are the reasons why people leave an area. They include:

• lack of safety

• high crime

• drought

• poverty

• war

• flooding

Multiple Choice

What is migration?

• Migration is when people travel to a place for leisure purposes

• Migration is when people don't like to travel

• Migration is the movement of people from one place to another

Multiple Choice

What is a pull factor?

• A factor in their own country, such as unemployment, that persuades someone away from where they are currently living

• A factor in another country, such as quality of life, that encourages someone to move away from where they are currently living

• When people are forced out of their homes and have to set up home in a new country or new location

Multiple Choice

Moving to a new location to escape from war is called:

• A social factor

• An economic factor

• A political factor

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of the term refugee?

• something that encourages people to leave a country behind

• someone who seeks safety by going to another country

• to move from a country

Open Ended

Identify four PULL factors for migration.

Urbanization

• Urbanisation means an increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas compared to rural areas. An urban area is a built-up area such as a town or city. A rural area is an area of countryside.

• As more people move to the edge of towns and cities, traffic congestion may get worse. Many people will drive their cars into the city centre to get to work.

Urbanization: Pull factors

• more jobs

• higher wages

• better education and health services

• less chance of natural disasters

Open Ended

Identify 4 reasons for urbanization

Multiple Choice

As cities began to industrialize, streets became overcrowded, ghettos formed, and the diseases spread due to unsanitary cities. Because of this, we see new forms of transportation like trolleys and automobiles that allow the Middle-Class workers to move out of the overcrowded cities but still work there. Where are these middle-class families going?

• Suburbs

• rural towns

• Megacities

Multiple Choice

Urbanization is the growth of cities

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What is urbanisation?

• An increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas compared to rural areas

• An increase in the proportion of people living in rural areas compared to urban areas

• An increase in the proportion of people living in a country

Poll

Which one is better?

Poll

Which one is better?