Y7 Geography Liveability and Mapping Skills

What is liveability?

• An assessment of how good or bad a place is to live in

• How long people live in one place

• How many people live in one place

• The ability to live somewhere

Good roads and public transport is what type of factor of liveability?

• Social factors

• Environmental factors

• Access to services

Which of the following is not an environmental factor of liveability?

• Air pollution

• Green spaces

• Water quality

• Public transport

Perceptions of liveability depend on the age and gender of the person rating the liveability of an area

• True

• False

In the cartoon above, which liveability factors are shown to be affected by political decisions?

• Economic

• Environmental

• Social

• None of these

What do physical maps show?

• Elevation

• Street scapes

• Deserts, mountains, rivers, lakes, etc

• Weather conditions

How many digits does Area references (AR) have?

Area references (AR) have FOUR digits whilst Grid references (GR) have ___ digits

Choropleth maps are a type of thematic map that uses (What?) to give a quick impression of the pattern formed by the data being shown.

• colour of different shade

• contour lines

• grid references

• scale

Topographic maps are used to show the (what?) of land

• elevation

• boundaries

• shape

• depth