Worksheets8LC4 Knowledge Quiz
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 52mins
P1. What were the 2 main geopolitical aims of the Russian Empire?
Expand land and influence
Spread communism
Stop capitalism
Become more Eurasian
P2. What were the 2 main geopolitical aims of the Soviet Union?
Expand land and influence
Spread communism
Stop capitalism
Become more Eurasian
P3. Select all the Middle Income Countries from the list below
UK
Brazil
Russia
France
China
P4. Where is the UK has the wettest weather? [select 2]
North West
North East
South East
South West
P5. ________________ is the study of the effects of Earth's geography (human and physical) on politics and international relations.
Geopolitics
A Transitional Economy
Economic Geography
Political Geography
P6. What is the main cause of convectional rainfall?
Heat
Topography
Cold and Warm air meeting
Altitude
P7. What is Russia’s largest export?
Precious Metals
Chemical Products
Mineral Products
Transportation
P8. What year did the Soviet Union break up?
(a)
P9. What two policies did Soviet Union leader Gorbachev introduce?
Perestroika
Chelyabinsk
Glasnost
Kamchatka
P10. ________ is a political and economic system that aims to replace private property and a profit-based economy with public ownership and communal control of at least the major means of production (e.g., mines, mills, and factories) and the natural resources of a society.
Communism
Capitalism
Transitional Economy
The Russian Federation
P11. When pressure is high, the weather is
sunshine and no clouds
sunshine and clouds
rain and clouds
rain and no clouds
P12. Select the factors that affect UK climate [select 3]
Latitude
Distance from the mountains
Altitude
Prevailing winds
The rivers speeds
P13. What word could go before both of the following clues:
________ circle (a line of latitude)
_______ ocean (The most northerly ocean and borders Russia)
(a)
P14. Population (a) is a measurement of the number of people in an area.
P15. Which biome is not found in Russia?
Desert
Alpine Tundra
Tropical Rainforest
Temperate grassland (Steppe)
P16. Select the countries that have a higher mean schooling years than Russia
UK
South Korea
Japan
Brazil
P17. Why is being landlocked bad for a country? Choose all that apply
It makes trade between countries more difficult
Limits access to large bodies of water
Diplomatic tensions between countries can be increased
P18. Polar climates have... [select 2]
cold conditions
hot conditions
high precipitation
low precipitation
C1. Select all the tectonic hazards from the list below
Storms
Locusts
Volcanic Eruption
Tsunami
Earthquake
C2. Tree disease, locusts and viruses are all examples of what type of hazard?
Biological
Anthropogenic
Tectonic
Meteorological
C3. Hazard (a) is defined as the the probability or chance that a natural hazard may take place
C4. TRUE OR FALSE: Climate change is both a tectonic and anthropogenic hazard
True
False
C5. What 3 factors cause an event to be a hazard?
Loss of life
Damage to crops
Disruption to human activity
Extreme damage to property
Loss of electricity
C6. What country is Mount Nyiragongo in?
Rwanda
Tonga
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Chile
C7. What is the name of the city that people were evacuated from due to Mount Nyiragongo erupting?
(a)
C8. What is the name of the molten rock in the Earth's mantle on which tectonic plates "float"?
Magma
Lava
Ash
Core
C9. Why were citizens in Goma evacuated?
Risk of tsunami wave
Lava flows from Mount Nyiragongo
Flooding
Risk of radiation
C10. The water in Goma was (a) by ash from the eruption and the disease Cholera
C11. What tectonic hazards occurred at Mount Nyiragongo?
Volcanic Eruption, Secondary Eruptions, Earthquakes
Volcanic Eruption, Earthquakes, Tsunami
Volcanic Eruption, Secondary Eruptions, Tsunami
Volcanic Eruption, Secondary Eruptions, Thunderstorms
C12. the top of a tsunami wave that curves is called the ______
trough
crest
apex
peak
C13. Once it has made the land, the tsunami (a) dragging the debris out to sea
C14. At what speeds do tsunamis travel?
200mph
300mph
400mph
500mph
C15. "broken pieces of infrastructure such a building collapse, roofs and rubbish" are known as (a)
C16. What causes tsunamis?
Tectonic activity such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
Large tropical storms
Strong winds
C17. When tsunamis approach the coastline, the wave...
increases in speed and grows in height
increases in speed and gets smaller
decreases in speed and grows in height
decrease in speed and gets smaller
C18. What country is the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted in what country?
(a)
C19. Where was the tallest tsunami wave after the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption in 2021?
Tonga
Chile
Australia
Japan
C20. Select the impacts of Tonga's tsunami below
People had to evacuate because of lava flows
Flooding
Destruction to buildings
Lack of electricity
Displacement
C21. What conditions do locusts need to enter the gregarious phase?
cold and dry
warm and wet
warm and dry
cold and wet
C22. The (a) phase is when locusts change from solitary to sociable and form swarms
C23. What caused the conditions for the locusts to form swarms in 2018 across Asia and Africa?
Tropical storms
Earthquake
Extreme heat
Tsunami
C24. Why are locusts swarms hazardous?
Crops destroyed
Threat of infection
Loss of vegetation
Loss of farming income
C25. Nuclear Power is a...
fossil fuel
renewable energy source
non-renewable energy source
C26. What two elements are used in nuclear power stations?
Uranium
Plutonium
Helium
Hydrogen
C27. Around Chernobyl there was an (a) zone which the government set out. This meant that legally you could not enter the area due to the threat of radiation.
C28. Which of the following is a renewable energy source?
Nuclear power
Petrol
Solar Power
Gas
C29. Which two countries are included in the Chernobyl inclusion zone?
Ukraine
Belarus
Russia
Poland
C30. What year did the Chernobyl nuclear disaster happen?
1986
2020
1991
2011
C31. What country is the Fukushima Nuclear Plant in?
Japan
Russia
Ukraine
Chile
C32. What caused the Fukushima Nuclear Plant to be damaged and radiation to leak?
a tsunami wave
an earthquake
tropical storms
explosion
C33. What are fatalities?
deaths
injuries
displacements
evacuations
C34. Select the impacts of radiation leaks
deaths
cell mutations
inclusion zones
injury
C35. _______________ aid is money or resources given to help people in crises
Displacement
Humanitarian
Charity
Hazard
C36. True or False: Locusts are directly dangerous to humans
True
False
V1: Locusts enter the _________ phase where they become more social. The change colour to be _______ and their appetite ________.
gregarious, red, decreases
social, yellow, increases
gregarious, yellow, increases
social, red, increases
V2. Citizens were evacuated from Goma due to lava flows. This lead to them being displaced and being evacuated to what neighboring country?
(a)
V3. When the tsunami wave comes closer to land, the gradient of the coastline is ________ causing the trough of the wave to ______ and the crest to increase in speed.
steeper, slow
thinner, speed up
steeper, increase
thinner, slow down
V4. East Africa's Rift Valley is where tectonic plates are moving __________________________
towards each other
away from each other
V5. What the translation for tsunami from Japanese?
(a)
V6. Livestock and vegetation were also affected by the radiation from Chernobyl's exclusion zone. How did this affect people? Select all that apply
unable to sell the livestock and crops
lack of income
loss of food sources
cell mutations
