Year 8 Geography Test

The study of the people, their environment and resources is known as:

• Biology

• Geology

• Archaeology

• Geography

Geographers use seven concepts to help investigate and understand the world. These are:

• change, scale, place, sustainability, environment, interaction, and space

• change, sustainability, environment, place, scale, interrelatedness, and sustainability

• space, place, environment, scale, sustainability, interconnection, and change

• sustainability, change, space, place, environment, interconnection, and sustenance

True or False? Geographers investigate the way that people use and change the space in which they live.

• False

• True

Geographers look for patterns and try to explain them. The three main elements of space are:

• Location, spatial distribution and organisation

• Location, location, location

• Location, order and people

• Location, spatial distribution and arrangement

Geographers use the concept of interconnection to better understand the complex links between natural and human processes that shape our Earth. Places and people can be categorised as:

• natural processes

• human activities

• the production and trade of goods and services

• the flow of investment and money within and between different countries

• All of the above

Sustainability relates to the ongoing capacity of Earth to maintain all life. True or False

• True

• False

The Earth is constantly changing. Changes can be caused by:

• natural and human processes

• human and international processes

• inhumane processes

• Geographers

Scale is studied on different spatial levels. These are:

• Local

• Regional

• National

• International and Global

• All of the above

What are the range of skills geographers need to carry out an inquiry?

• Communicating, reflecting, evaluating, analysing, researching and questioning

• Evaluating, analysing and researching

• Analysing, evaluating, researching and reflecting

• Questioning and research

When conducting an inquiry what are three ethical protocols you must keep in mind: