Contemporary Geographic Issues

Which of the following is NOT a CGI?

• The debate over 1080 poisoning in Aotearoa

• The decision to move the Port to Northland

• Whether to charge tourists on the Tongariro Crossing

• The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

What makes an issue geographic?

• It effects people and the environment and has a spatial context

• It negatively effects the environment

• It is in New Zealand

• People have different perspectives on it

Contemporary means something is...

• Historic

• Current

In geography we can break down perspectives as... (select all that apply)

• economic

• political

• environmental

• social

Which of these is NOT a contemporary geographic issue?

• The Wellington protest on vaccine mandates

• The decision to build the new rail link to Auckland Airport

• Overfishing in the Pacific

• Russia's decision to use nuclear weapons on the Ukraine

A geographic issue is when..

• People have different viewpoints on something

• People disagree

• Something is wrong

• People have shared values and beliefs about something

Which of these is NOT a CGI?

• Disagreement over plans to rebuild a city after a natural disaster

• Proposal to mine two quartz veins in Northland

• Proposal to change a school uniform

• Pollution of waterways from dairy farming

Our CGI is...

• rising sea levels

• climate change in the Pacific

• climate migration in the Pacific

• climate change and how it impacts people

How many tasks are there in this unit?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

To achieve this assessment with excellence I need to...

• analyse in depth

• analyse in detail

• analyse

• analyse comprehensively