IB Geography Resources

How many people were living in extreme poverty in 2015?

• 2.9 billion

• 800 million

• 7 billion

• 80 million

Too many people, relative to the resources and technology available to maintain an adequate standard of living

• biocapacity

• nexus

• over-population

• under-population

The (hypothetical) area of land needed by a society, group or individual to fulfill all their resource needs and assimilate all their waste. Measured in global hectares (gha)

• carbon footprint

• nexus

• biocapacity

• ecological footprint

The way in which water is transferred from one country to another through exports

• food security

• water security

• virtual or embedded water

• grey water

Availability and access to sufficient, safe and nutritious foods to meet dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life (FAO)

• energy efficiency

• energy security

• calorie consumption

• food security

An economy that preserves the natural capacity, optimizes resource use and reduces loss thorugh managing finite stocks and renewable flows

• circular economy

• linear economy

• closed economy

• open economy

The interrelationship, interdependence and interactions between water, food and energy

• Neomalthusian

• Nexus

• Neocolonialism

• Nestle

Which is not an example of a renewable energy source?

• solar

• nuclear

• geothermal

• wind

Which type of countries tend to have the highest ecological footprints per capita?

• HICs

• LICs

• oil-producing countries

• NICs

Which of the following factors will increase your ecological footprint?

• High levels of recycling

• improving energy efficiency

• reducing resource consumption

• meat-rich diet