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Geography Revision 2018

Total questions: 84

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who developed the following model?
a)
Burgess
b)
Hoyt
c)
Griffin-Ford
d)
Harris and Ullman
2.

Who developed this model?

a)

Burgess

b)

Hoyt

c)

Christaller

d)

Jung

3.
Who suggested urban areas develop in a series of rings around a CBD? (Concentric Zone Model- 1923)
a)
Homer Hoyt
b)
Ernst Burgess
c)
Harris and Ullman
d)
Walter Christaller
4.
Name the model
a)
The Sector Model
b)
Concentric Zone Model
c)
Multiple Nuclei Model
d)
British Urban land Use Model
5.

Who developed this model?

a)

Hoyt

b)

Burgess

c)

Jung

d)

Manilla

6.
Name the model
You have a commercial and Industrial spine. The commercial spine is surrounded by elite residential. A zone of maturity surrounds the CBD, with older housing mixed with new. The outskirts are the periferico where the poorest people live. 
a)
Post-Industrial American city
b)
Latin American City Model
c)
Urban density model
d)
The British concentric sector nuclei Model
7.

What type of land use model is this?

a)

Hoyt

b)

Sector

c)

LEDC

d)

Concentric Zone Model

8.
The movement of people from cities to smaller settlements and rural areas just beyond the city
a)
Urbanisation
b)
Suburbanisation
c)
Counter urbanisation
d)
Urban regeneration
9.
An area of slum housing often found in areas that other people do want to live or develop
a)
CBD
b)
Suburbanisation
c)
Shanty Town
d)
Inner suburbs
10.
Large housing tracts that are unregulated by Brazil's government where many poor, uneducated people live.
a)
excarpment
b)
favela
c)
Brazilia
d)
plantation
11.
Which of these is a pull factor to Mumbai for people living in rural areas?
a)
Lack of education
b)
Promise of more pet varieties
c)
Lack of healthcare
d)
Promise of more job opportunities
12.
What is the definition of urbanisation
a)
The outward growth of urban areas
b)
An increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas compared to rural areas
c)
An increase in the amount of people living in urban areas
d)
An increase in the birth rate compared to death rate
13.
which is NOT a strategy to improve shanty towns
a)
legalize them 
b)
improve water infrastructure
c)
relocate familes in especially high risk areas (like landslide zones)
d)
charging higher rents
14.
The following is a picture of which urban land use model?
a)
sector
b)
concentric zone
c)
multiple nuclei
15.
The following is a picture of which urban land use model?
a)
sector model
b)
concentric zone
c)
multiple nuclei
16.
What is the purpose of urban models?
a)
Explains where different types of people live
b)
Explains why people live where they live
c)
Depends on the use of Census Data
d)
All of the above
17.
Name the model
a)
The Sector Model
b)
Concentric Zone Model
c)
Multiple Nuclei Model
d)
British Urban land Use Model
18.
The map best reflects this type of migration
a)
International
b)
Interregional
c)
Intraregional
d)
Rural to Urban
19.

Your Ecological or Carbon Footprint is the ratio of

a)

the amount of resources you use to the amount of resources available

b)

how many people there are on earth to how much space we have on earth

c)

the amount of carbon produced by your transportation

d)

the overall impact you have on the air quality

20.

Hydroelectricity is power through

a)

wind

b)

sun

c)

water

d)

earth

21.

Geothermal Power is made from

a)

pumping water into the earth to create steam that powers a turbine

b)

smashing rocks into little bits to make oil

c)

the sun

d)

fracking

22.

What is NOT a problem with fossil fuels?

a)

We have a limited supply

b)

Burning fossil fuels adds CO2 to the atmosphere which in turn adds to global warming.

c)

Accessing and harvesting fossil fuels is difficult and can damage the environment

d)

Fossils fuels are difficult to burn

23.
How is water used for creating energy?
a)
water can be burned as a fuel
b)
running water can turn a turbine creating electricity
c)
Water is used to make batteries
d)
water can be added to gasoline to increase mileage.
24.

Where is Masdar City located?

a)

UAE

b)

Malasya

c)

Kuwait

d)

Brazil

25.

What is the source of geothermal energy?

a)

Sunlight heating surface water

b)

The splitting of atoms to release energy

c)

Natural underground reservoirs of steam, hot water, and heat

d)

Very hot minerals deep underground

26.
Hydroelectric power is produced by ______.
a)
falling water that turns a turbine
b)
tides that pour through a dam barrier   
c)
hot water that comes from deep underground
d)
electric current that flows across a dam
27.

Zombie fears aside, XXXXX Institute has offered students free tuition and accommodation to lure more students to campus. The city has also rolled out the red carpet for cleantech companies worldwide, with incentives including the exemption of corporate taxes and the freedom to operate with 100 per cent foreign ownership.

What city is being described?

a)

Curitiba

b)

Masdar City

28.

Part of the blame for the lack of people, says Chris Wan, who oversees the design of Masdar City, is the 2008 global financial crisis, but the other part is a learning curve when a society goes from consumption to conservation.

For years, wealthy Emiratis paid little attention to their consumption. There are more sports cars on the road than public buses, and central cooling runs year-round in buildings even though January average temperature in Abu Dhabi is as low as 20 degrees Celsius.

Name two reasons for the lack of people in Masdar

a)

Wealthy Emiratis

b)

2008 global financial crisis

c)

January average temperature is low

d)

Learning curve of society

29.

The city’s desire to go green has attracted 537 entities – mostly clean-tech businesses – to move in, including the International Renewable Energy Agency, an intergovernment organisation which chose to have its headquarters in XXXX over Hamburg, Germany.

What city is being described?

a)

Masdar

b)

Curitiba

30.
What was the main reward for Curitiba as a result of the Bus Rapid Transit System
a)
Attracts international tourists
b)
Quicker for residents
c)
Reduce air pollution
d)
Reduce noise pollution
31.
Which of these is the correct definition for the term sustainable?
a)
The responsible development and management of areas
b)
Improvement of a run down area
c)
Meeting the needs of people without damaging the environment or exploiting resources
d)
People take responsibility for improving their living conditions
32.

Which of these are not part of Curitibas sustainable plan?

a)

Development of green space

b)

Extensive Recycling system

c)

Integrated bus systems

d)

Car share system

33.
Where is Curitiba?
a)
India
b)
Venezuela
c)
Mexico
d)
Brazil
34.
What problems do many cities face?
a)
Poverty, lack of schools, lack of affordable houses
b)
Overcrowding, pollution, increased demand for services
c)
Lack of shops, corrupt police, crime
d)
Ageing population, lack of hospitals, incompetent government
35.
What did the Curitiba Master Plan do?
a)
It used an integrated approach to add wide fast roads and reduce city growth and traffic.
b)
It started again with a new plan and concentrated on parks, schools, hospitals and shopping centres.
c)
It combined politicians, local people and local tradespeople to decide what they wanted in the city.
d)
It forced all developers to build in a certain way to preserve the historic parts of the city.
36.
Which of the following is NOT an example of an extreme environment?
a)
Polar Region
b)
Mountains
c)
Grasslands
d)
Desert
37.
Why are periglacial regions less accessible in summer? 
a)
Biting insects makes life difficult for people.
b)
The melting top layer turns the area into an impassible bog
c)
The higher temperatures are uncomfortable 
d)
Long days and short nights have a depressing effect on people
38.
Why are buildings in the tundra often constructed on top of supporting stilts?
a)
It allows and opening under the house where animals can hibernate.
b)
It prevents thick snow from burying the house
c)
It allows the soil to stay frozen under the house.
d)
People store food under the houses
39.
Why are food very expensive in Canada's tundra.
a)
Food stores like Whole Foods only stock gluten free organic foods
b)
Food crops are destroyed by moose and caribou
c)
Food has to be flown in over long distances
d)
People are exploited by unscrupulous fur traders 
40.
A disadvantage of a winter (ice) road.
a)
It can only be used in winter
b)
It is slippery in summer
c)
It is more expensive to build than a permanent road
d)
It can only support cars, not trucks
41.
A major reason why people living in glacial regions in the Arctic may experience depression
a)
The constant darkness in the middle of winter.
b)
The Northern lights are scary.
c)
Howling wolves makes people depressed
d)
People need to hibernate during the whole winter
42.
Why are the millions of lakes in the Canadian tundra an advantage for transportation
a)
Bridges can cheaply be constructed over them
b)
People can fish while driving around
c)
The lakes freeze in winter and can be used as roads
d)
Large ships can sail in these lakes
43.
How can humans living in mountains contributing to landslides?
a)
People drive to slow to outrun the slide
b)
The road traffic is causing vibrations in the soil
c)
People are causing climate change and that is causing landslides
d)
People are deforesting slopes where roads are located
44.
Why is it difficult to construct power lines in the Canadian tundra?
a)
The melting of permafrost turns the top layer of soil into mud
b)
The snow on the wires are too heavy
c)
Cold temperatures makes the wires contract
d)
The Russians did this to the Poles
45.

What is dry with extreme temperature ranges from very hot to very cold?

a)

ponds

b)

rainforests

c)

swamp

d)

deserts

46.

Which environment has very little variety of plant life? You might find small plants, lichens, and mosses

a)

ocean

b)

polar region

c)

tropical rainforest

d)

desert

47.

1. An area covered by the rain shadow effect is also known as the ____ side.

a)

Leeward

b)

Sideward

c)

Windward

d)

Land

48.

On the leeward side of a mountain, you might find _____.

a)

Heavy rainfall

b)

Less vegetation

c)

More vegetation

d)

More snow

49.

What landform causes the rain shadow effect?

a)

Mountains

b)

Lakes

c)

Plains

d)

Valleys

50.
Currents release heat energy and this can affect an area's
a)
Oxygen
b)
Climate
c)
Upwelling
d)
Sunlight
51.
What is the process where cold, deep water rises to the surface with nutrients?
a)
Upwelling
b)
Downwelling
c)
Swelling
d)
Tides
52.

What is divided into low, middle, and high areas based on how much of the sun’s energy the area receives?

a)

solstices

b)

weather

c)

latitude belts (zones)

d)

continentality

53.
Water moderates climate. Water takes longer to heat and cool than land. Areas inland from the coast will be hotter in the summer and colder in the winter than areas with the latitude on the coast. What is this?
a)
intercontinentality
b)
continental drift
c)
continentality
d)
continental congress
54.
The thermally driven circulation system of equatorial and tropical latitudes consisting of two convection cells, one in each hemisphere. 
a)
Convection Cell
b)
Hadley Cell
c)
Horse latitudes
d)
doldrums
55.
Which atmospheric circulation cell is between 0-30 degrees latitude lines?
a)
Hadley cell
b)
Polar cell
c)
Doldrums
d)
Ferrel cell
56.
Even and uneven are words used to describe...
a)
population density
b)
population 
c)
population distribution
57.
Population density in a desert would be...
a)
high
b)
low
c)
stable
58.
Population density would be low in...
a)
a polar climate
b)
a place with four seasons
c)
near coastal areas
59.
In rugged mountains the population density could best be described as...
a)
sparse
b)
dense
60.
Most people choose not to live in areas with...
a)
extreme landforms
b)
extreme climates
c)
limited vegetation and water
d)
all of these
61.
WTO stands for ...
a)
World Tourism Operations
b)
World Tourism Organization
c)
World Travel Organization
d)
World Trade Organization
62.
A tourist is defined as a traveler taking a trip to a main destination 
a)
 inside his/her usual environment
b)
outside his/her usual environment
63.
What is a tourist? 
a)
A person who writes books
b)
A person who travels for work or leisure and spends at least one night away from home
c)
A person who never travels
d)
An animal that went into space
64.
Select the TWO disadvantages of tourism to any destination.
a)
Alcohol and Water
b)
seasonal employment and pollution
c)
Privatisation of resources/facilities and modelling
d)
Increased foreign exchange and high crime rate
65.
To which industry does Tourism belong?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
c)
Tertiary
d)
Quarternary
66.
Which of the following are all negative impacts of mass tourism?
a)
Most profit kept by travel company, seasonal tourist jobs, tourists may be poorly behaved
b)
Seasonal tourist jobs, increased sewage, money brought to local economy 
c)
Bad behaviour of tourists, income from tourists reinvested into environment and local community projects 
d)
Traffic congestion, improved roads, income increased for tourist industry.
67.
Basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or a community.
a)
embassy
b)
infrastructure
c)
United Nations World Tourism Organization
d)
visa
68.
Involves people traveling to places that authentically represent history and culture.
a)
heritage tourism
b)
informational tourism
c)
boring tourism
d)
cultural tourism
69.
Tourism is the world's largest industry
a)
true
b)
false
70.
An international tourist arrival is a person who originates in one country and crosses an international border to  reach a tourist destination area in another country.
a)
true
b)
false
71.
Tourism offices measure impacts by number of visitors and amount of money spent.
a)
true
b)
false
72.
Which of these is an example of a reason for travel?
a)
Domestic tourism
b)
Visiting friends and relatives
c)
Leisure travel
d)
Inbound tourism
73.
What is sustainable tourism?
a)
Activities which meet the needs of tourists and local communities whilst also protecting nature, history/culture and the environment for the future
b)
Making as much money from tourism as possible.
c)
Meeting the needs of as many different markets as possible within the travel and tourism industry
d)
Tourism that creates a great deal of damage and harm to the environment and economy
74.
Which of these is NOT a benefit of sustainable tourism
a)
Reduction of waste
b)
More recycling which helps to protect the planet and lower business costs
c)
Stronger and more positive links between tourism, tourists and local communities
d)
Staff have a smarter uniform
75.

What is cultural homogenization?

a)

the increases in the earth’s average temperature

b)

When the cultures of countries become more alike or similar.

c)

rights given to all people

d)

things from nature that people need to survive

76.

What is the benefit of vacationing in an undeveloped or developing nation?

a)

People from wealthy nations spend money and help the economy

b)

cultural homogenization

c)

when the ways of one culture become dominant

d)

things from nature that people need to survive

77.

What is the problem with vacationing in a developing or undeveloped country?

a)

When the average income is much lower than other nations

b)

People from wealthy nations spend money and help the economy

c)

Water food and other resources used by tourists not the poor

d)

they bring money that benefits the local economy

78.

A zipline through a forest would be:

a)

Adventure Tourism

b)

Rural Tourism

c)

Ecotourism

d)

Cultural Tourism

79.
Which of the following shows how technology helped to increase international tourists?
a)
Increase in disposable income
b)
Investment in infrastructure and services
c)
Better and affordable transport
d)
More attractions built
80.
Which of the following is a demand factor which helped to increase international tourists?
a)
Better and affordable transport 
b)
Increase in disposable income
c)
Investment in infrastructure and services 
d)
More attractions built
81.
Which of the following is a destination factor which helped to increase international tourists?
a)
Online booking and research
b)
Increase in disposable income
c)
Better and affordable transport
d)
More attractions built
82.
Which of the following is NOT an event which causes a decline in tourist arrivals?
a)
Outbreak of diseases
b)
Recessions
c)
Disasters
d)
Expansion of transport network
83.

Which of the following is NOT an example of ecotourism?

a)

Whale watching

b)

Jungle Trek

c)

Cave exploration

d)

Visiting historical monument

84.
Which is NOT a principle of ecotourism?
a)
Minimize environmental impact 
b)
Empower local communities
c)
Financial benefits for the locals
d)
Generating revenue for the government