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Year 10 Learning Cycle 2 Geography Adaptive Question Bank

Total questions: 83

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the population

of Nigeria?

a)

195 million

b)

195 thousand

c)

100 million

d)

190 hundred

e)

None of the Above

2.

Which of these cities is the capital of Nigeria?

a)

Lagos

b)

Jos

c)

Port Harcourt

d)

Abuja

e)

None of the Above

3.

What is the currency of Nigeria?

a)

Nigerian dollar

b)

Pound

c)

Euro

d)

Naira

e)

None of the Above

4.

Which of these cities is the Nigeria's largest city?

a)

Lagos

b)

Jos

c)

Port Harcourt

d)

Abuja

e)

None of the Above

5.

What type of country is Nigeria?

a)

LIC

b)

NEE

c)

HIC

6.

What percentage of the world's oil supply does Nigeria produce?

a)

1.7%

b)

2.2%

c)

2.7%

d)

3.2%

7.

Primary goods have traditionally been Nigeria's main source of income. What are primary goods?

a)

Good manufactured in a factory.

b)

Services sold to people

c)

Materials extracted from nature or farmed.

8.

Secondary industry:

a)

makes products in a factory.

b)

extracts raw materials from nature.

c)

is growing in importance in Nigeria.

d)

requires stable government so companies will invest.

9.

The growth of manufacturing in Nigeria has had a positive multiplier effect. This means:

a)

Regular paid work means people can afford a higher standard of living so they spend money on good and services creating more jobs.

b)

Factories have supply chains that support local business

c)

The government gets more tax revenue which it can invest in infrastructure, education and healthcare attracting more business.

d)

People are good at their times tables.

10.

The growth of manufacturing in Nigeria has had a positive multiplier effect. This means:

a)

Regular paid work means people can afford a higher standard of living so they spend money on good and services creating more jobs.

b)

Factories have supply chains that support local business

c)

The government gets more tax revenue which it can invest in infrastructure, education and healthcare attracting more business.

d)

People are good at their times tables.

11.

Development is the progress of a country in terms of which 3 of the answers?

a)

Economic growth

b)

Poverty

c)

Human welfare

d)

Technology

e)

Political instability

12.

A high income country is one that has a...

a)

low GNI

b)

dense population

c)

high GNI

d)

sparse population

13.

Which key term means the average age people live to in a country?

a)

GNI per person

b)

Birth rate

c)

Death rate

d)

Life expectancy

14.

What is stage 1 of the Demographic Transition Model like?

a)

High birth rate, high death rate

b)

High birth rate, low death rate

c)

Low birth rate, high death rate

d)

Low birth rate, low death rate

15.

In this population pyramid, is the birth rate low or high?

a)

Low

b)

High

c)

It is not clear

16.

Causes of uneven development


What is the missing word? Type it in. "Low Income Countries traditionally have exported (a)   products, which have a lower value."

17.

Wealth is distributed equally around the world. True or false?

a)

True

b)

False

18.

A (a)   is a large gap between rich and poor.

19.

Being (a)   means a country has no access to the sea.

20.

Many LICs trade in primary products. Why does this limit their state of development? (choose 3)

a)

The price of primary products varies and is unreliable,

b)

The is a global oversupply of primary products which is driving down prices.

c)

The price of primary products can be low.

d)

Primary products are high in value and LICs should make a lot of money from them.

21.

Diseases such as malaria and HIV/AIDS can slow a countries development. Why? (Choose all that apply)

a)

Education programmes about preventing disease are poorly funded.

b)

If people are sick they are less able to work.

c)

Diseases don't affect economic development.

d)

People cannot afford medicines to prevent these diseases developing.

22.

What is the development gap?

a)

The difference in temperature between the north pole and the equator.

b)

The difference on growth between people of different ages.

c)

The difference in the state of development between HICs and LICs

23.

What has happened to the development gap over time?

a)

Increased

b)

Decreased

c)

Stayed the same

24.

What are primary products or commodities?

a)

Goods that are trades that are grown, mined or harvested from nature.

b)

Goods that are manufactured in a factory.

c)

Services.

25.

Many LICs rely on trade in commodities for their income.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Industrial development can reduce the development gap by:

a)

growing more primary products to sell.

b)

opening factories that make high value manufactured goods.

c)

creating an economy based on services.

27.

"FDI by TNCs can create new jobs in LICs by opening up new factories and offices allowing people to earn higher wages."

Select the correct meaning of the acronyms.

a)

Foreign Dominated Interrogation

b)

Foreign Direct Investment

c)

Transnational Corporations

d)

Territory New Company

e)

Low Income Country.

28.

Unilateral aid is money donated by (a)   country directly to another.

29.

Large scale aid projects have been criticised because:

(pick 3)

a)

they don't create enough economic growth and leave the country with large debts.

b)

money is lost through corruption.

c)

the investment stimulates economic growth.

d)

often local people don't have the skills to maintain the development and it falls into disrepair.

30.

(a)   technology, also sometimes called appropriate technology, is the use of equipment and techniques that are suitable for the country where they are being used.

31.

Fairtrade works by:

(pick 4)

a)

producers organising co-operatives so they can demand higher prices.

b)

encouraging grows to sell their land to TNCs and move to big cities and live in favelas.

c)

paying a minimum guaranteed price.

d)

offering the Fairtrade premium which can be invested in community projects.

e)

charging consumers in HICs slightly more.

32.

_____ ______ is when some or all of a country’s debt is cancelled, or interest rates are lowered.

(a)  

33.

Microfinance loans enable people to start small businesses.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

Jamaica is an island in the Atlantic Ocean

a)

True

b)

False

35.

The climate in Jamaica is warm all year round.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

Visitors from cruise ships spend lesson money per day than other tourists that visit Jamaica

a)

True

b)

False

37.

Tourism has created inequality in Jamaica with the northern tourist areas being better off than the south.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

Tourism provided ________ people with jobs in Jamaica.

a)

1,000

b)

20,000

c)

200,000

d)

3,000,000

39.

Tourism contributed (a)   % to Jamaica's GDP.

40.

Identify environmentally related points about tourism in Jamaica.

a)

Footpath erosion, excessive waste and harmful emissions are common

b)

Income from tourism is US$2 billion each year. Taxes paid to government contribute further to the development of the country.

c)

Eco-tourism is expanding in more isolated regions with people running small-scale guest houses or acting as guides

d)

Community and eco-tourism is expanding in more isolated regions with people running small-scale guest houses or acting as guides

41.

Tourism means no-one in Jamaica is short of food or clean water.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

The map shows GDP per capita in each Nigerian state. Which statements are true?

a)

The south of Nigeria generally has a higher GDP per capita than the north.

b)

GDP per per capita is higher near the coast.

c)

Yobe state has the lowest GDP per capita

d)

Lagos his the highest GDP per capita

43.

Select the true statements about Nigeria's population.

a)

Nigeria has an ageing population.

b)

The birth rate in Nigeria must be very high as the pyramid has a wide base.

c)

Life expectancy in Nigeria is very low.

d)

The death rate in Nigeria is low.

44.

Why does the death rate fall in stage 2?

a)

Plague epidemic

b)

Contraception

c)

Women want smaller families

d)

Better sanitation therefore disease such as typhoid and cholera stop.

45.

Colonialism means ...

a)

The long, coiled, tube like organ that removes water from digested food

b)

a punctuation mark (:) used to precede a list of items, a quotation, or an expansion or explanation

c)

A punctuation mark (;) used to join two independent clauses in a sentence

d)

a more powerful, richer country that takes control of a smaller, less powerful region or territory

46.

Africa's share of global wealth is very small ... how much per cent of it do they have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

5

d)

10

47.
The Human Development Index (HDI) takes these three indicators into account
a)
life expectancy, number of years of education and GNI per head
b)
birth rate, death rate and infant mortality
c)
GNI per head, clean water and birth rate
d)
GNI, PPP, HDI
48.

This is the graph which shows population structure (ages and male/ female)

a)

population pyramids

b)

population triangles

c)

population squares

d)

population ovals

49.

What is the Gross National Income per Capita?

a)

Average amount of wealth per continent

b)

The value of all the goods and services produced in a country plus earnings from overseas divided by the number of people.

c)

Total number of income related jobs

d)

A countries total amount of wealth generated divided by the number of people.

50.

What is the Gross Domestic Product?

a)

the average income of a country

b)

the total value of a continents economy

c)

the average income of a region in a country

d)

The total value of the economy of a country

51.

What is the Adult Literacy Rate

a)

the percentage of the adult population which can read or write

b)

the average age a newborn is expected to live after birth

c)

the number of children who die before their 1st birthday per 1000

d)

total number of babies born per 1000

52.

What is the Birth Rate?

a)

The percentage of the population which can read or write

b)

The total number of babies born per 1000 people per year

c)

the total value of a countries economy

d)

the average wage of an individual in a country

53.

What is the Death Rate?

a)

the percentage of the population which can read or write

b)

the average age a newborn is expected to live after birth

c)

the number of children who die before their 1st birthday per 1000

d)

The number of people who die per 1000 per year

54.

What is life expectancy?

a)

the percentage of the population which can read or write

b)

the average age a newborn is expected to live after birth

c)

the number of children who die before their 1st birthday per 1000

d)

The number of people who die per 1000

55.

What is the infant mortality rate?

a)

the percentage of the population which can read or write

b)

the average age a newborn is expected to live after birth

c)

the number of children who die before their 1st birthday per 1000

d)

The number of people who die per 1000

56.

Pick one disadvantage of using Gross National Income to measure the development of a country

a)

Newly emerging economics have lower average wages

b)

It does not consider the extremes (I.e if their are several billionaires in a rich country, the average wage is higher)

c)

It does not consider PPP (i.e - it can be more expensive to live in countries with high GNP so people don't see benefit)

d)

It gives a statistical number which you can use to rate a country

57.

True or False: The majority of HIC's are north of the tropic of cancer

a)

True

b)

False

58.

What are the two disadvantages of using birth rate to measure development?

a)

diseases and epidemics can affect the overall population

b)

it can be difficult to survey remote locations therefore you cannot be wholly accurate

c)

LIC countries may encourage more children to be born

d)

Religious and cultural factors can affect family size and does not indicate development

59.

What is the Human Development Index (HDI)

a)

A number which includes birth rate, death rate, happiness and other factors to rate a country

b)

the average income of a country based on its products and trade

c)

the population of the country and their average wages

d)

the percentage of the population which can read and write

60.

Pick two disadvantages of using the Gross National Product to measure the development of a country

a)

It does not consider population (i.e, a country with a high population will not see the benefit)

b)

It does not consider the extremes (I.e if their are several billionaires in a rich country, the average wage is higher)

c)

It does not consider purchasing power parity (i.e - it can be more expensive to live in countries with high GNP so people don't see benefit)

d)

It gives a statistical number which you can use to rate a country

61.
Jobs in agriculture is from which employment sector?
a)
Primary industry
b)
Secondary industry
c)
Tertiary industry
d)
Quaternary industry
62.

What is development?

a)

The process of change and growth of a country, which will improve the quality of life.

b)

A building being built

c)

A mars bar

d)

A country which is poor

63.

What is globalisation?

a)

is the sharing of ideas, cultures and lifestyles.

b)

World is interconnected.

c)

People can communicate, trade, travel and share information across the world.

64.

Select the one historical reason for uneven development

a)

Lots of natural hazards

b)

Poor farming land

c)

Colonisation

d)

Poor trade links

65.

Select the one environmental reason for uneven development

a)

Lots of natural hazards

b)

Conflict

c)

Colonisation

d)

Poor trade links

66.

How do LICs lose out on trade?

a)

More supply than demand keeps prices of raw materials from LICs low

b)

All LICs have no natural resources to sell

c)

Most of the worlds trade is between richer countries

d)

More demand than supply keeps raw material prices high

67.

Select the two physical/environmental causes of uneven development

a)

Countries being landlocked

b)

Most LICs trade raw materials which have low prices

c)

Many richer countries have a long history of industrial and economic development

d)

The lack of adequate supplies of safe water

68.

Tropical Africa, South America and Asia have more ___________________ than cooler parts of the world. This limits development as they affect the ability of the population to stay healthy enough to work.

a)

Dangerous animals

b)

Climate related diseases and pests

c)

Land locked countries

d)

Trade

69.

From 1650 - 1900 over 10 million people were transported from Africa to North America to work as slaves. Almost all of the wealth from this period went to ...?

a)

North America

b)

African countries

c)

European powers

d)

U.S.A

70.

Poor governance does not help a country to develop. Money that could be spent on development may be used to fund _______________________ or an affluent lifestyle of an elite group of people.

a)

AID for other countries

b)

military weapons

c)

education

d)

clean water

71.

What deaths are common in HICs?

a)

People aged over 70

b)

Children under 15

c)

Chronic diseases (e.g. heart and lung diseases, cancer, dementia, diabetes)

d)

Infectious diseases (e.g. HIV/AIDS, diarrhoea-related diseases, malaria, tuberculosis)

72.
This is one reason that the birth rate decreases as countries become richer
a)
More people live in cities
b)
People die later
c)
More people are born than die
d)
women stay in education longer and get careers
73.
In this stage of the Demographic Transition Model, the birth rate falls rapidly
a)
stage 1
b)
stage 4
c)
stage 3
d)
stage 5
74.
In this stage of the Demographic Transition Model, both the birth and death rate are high and fluctuating
a)
stage 1
b)
stage 2
c)
stage 3
d)
stage 4
75.
Countries like Italy and Germany are in this stage of the Demographic Transition Model
a)
stage 3
b)
stage 2
c)
stage 4
d)
stage 5
76.
These factor will cause a high death rate
a)
access to healthcare and resources
b)
an ageing population and lots of births
c)
lack of contraception, low literacy rate
d)
disease, famine, war
77.
This group of the population is ages 0-14
a)
children
b)
elderly dependents
c)
underage
d)
young dependents
78.
This group in a population is over 65. The working population help to provide for them
a)
old aged
b)
elderly dependents
c)
retired
d)
pensioners
79.
This is where a country's development is hindered because they do not have access to the sea to trade
a)
portless
b)
coastal
c)
landlocked
d)
seafree
80.
This can cause uneven development as it makes people very ill so unable to work
a)
climate related diseases
b)
colonialism
c)
copper
d)
trade
81.
Access to safe water is a barrier for development. This is a disease carried in water
a)
Malaria
b)
Tuberculosis
c)
Cholera
d)
Measles
82.
These can stop development because the damage is so costly and they cause the economy to be put on hold
a)
natural disasters
b)
energy supply
c)
deforestation
d)
conservation
83.
Jobs and businesses not regulated by the state (so workers do not pay tax and are not protected by laws) is called...
a)
Informal sector
b)
Informality sector
c)
Formal sector