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LC5 - Y7: Middle East

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following countries are in the Middle East?

a)

Turkey

b)

Saudi Arabia

c)

Somalia

d)

Iran

2.

Which of the following countries is in Africa?

a)

Egypt

b)

UAE

c)

Kuwait

d)

Iraq

3.

When the physical landscape has hills and a steep gradient it can be described as having a high ______

a)

perimeter

b)

relief

c)

infrastructure

d)

range

4.

Using the image, where has the lowest topography?

a)

Egypt

b)

UAE

c)

South West Iran

d)

Eastern Turkey

5.

Describe the warm desert climate

a)

Low precipitation, cold at night, sunny days

b)

high precipitation, hot all the time

c)

low precipitation, cold all the time

d)

high precipitation, cold during the day and hot at night

6.

What month has the highest rainfall?

(a)  

7.

_______ migration is when someone moves without choice due to risk to life

a)

Economic

b)

Displaced

c)

Voluntary

d)

Tourism

8.

_______ migration is when someone moves for job opportunities and a better income

a)

Economic

b)

Displaced

c)

Voluntary

d)

Tourism

9.

The population of the Middle East has __________ since 2000

a)

increased

b)

decreased

c)

stayed the same

d)

plateaued

10.

Population (a)   is the number of people in a particular area, measured in people per square kilometre (PPSQKM)

11.

What section of the population pyramid has the largest male population?

a)

Ageing Population

b)

Working Age Population

c)

Youthful Population

12.

What is the name of the city being created for the Qatar world cup?

a)

The Palm

b)

Marina Bay

c)

Lusail

d)

Dasah

13.

What are the two issues with Qatar hosting the world cup?

a)

First country in the Middle East to host the world cup

b)

Cost to build infrastructure

c)

Deaths of migrant workers

d)

Poor treatment of workers

14.

What continent are most economic migrants to Qatar from?

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Europe

d)

North America

15.

True or False: over 40% of Saudi Arabia's GDP comes from the sale of oil

a)

True

b)

False

16.

What does GDP stand for?

a)

Gross Domestic Product

b)

Gross Dollar Project

c)

Gross Domestic Project

d)

Gross Dollar Pound

17.

How many Emirates are there in the United Arab Emirates?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

18.

'Horizontal lines across the Earth that show the distance North or South" is which of the following?

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Equator

e)

I don't know

19.

Name the ocean at D

(a)  

20.

'The line that splits the Earth into two hemispheres' is which of the following?

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Equator

e)

I don't know

21.

Which of the below in geography are part of what makes up a place?

a)

Locale

b)

Location

c)

Local

d)

Sense of Place

e)

Suspect of Place

22.

P3. When a country scores closer to 1 in the HDI it is classed as (a)   developed.

23.

Urbanisation is the increase in the ___________ of people living in urban areas.

a)

Number

b)

Proportion

c)

Amount

d)

Group

24.

A megacity is a city with over ____ million people

a)

1

b)

10

c)

25

d)

100

25.

Vertical Layering is...

a)

When cities build on old brownfield sites that have been unused that can be repurposed into accommodation or new city space

b)

Buildings are often built on the outskirts, this adds land area to the size of the city

c)

This is when a city increases its ability to hold a population by building upwards, increasing its floor to area ratio.

26.

The study of human populations is called...

a)

Democracy

b)

Development

c)

Demographics

d)

Human Welfare

27.

Study the population pyramid. Which age group has the highest population?

a)

60-64 years old

b)

5-9 years old

c)

0-4 years old

d)

30-34 years old

28.

A factor that makes you want to move to a new area is called a...

a)

Pull Factor

b)

Push Factor

29.

Materials from the Earth that are used to support life and meet the needs of people is which of the following?

a)

Natural Resources

b)

Human Resources

c)

Natural Environment

d)

Human Environment

30.

Sustainability is ______ the needs of the ________ without compromising the ability of ________ generations to meet their needs.

a)

meeting, present, future

b)

helping, future, present

c)

helping, present, future

d)

needs, present, future

31.

The name for the systems that are built into our environment to improve our quality of life is called...

a)

Bureaucracy

b)

Democracy

c)

Government Systems

d)

Infrastructure

e)

Construction

32.

A drought is which of the following?

a)

A long time with heavy rainfall

b)

A long time with little rainfall

c)

An area of the world where it never rains

d)

An area of the world where it always rains

33.

Which of the following is a process of erosion?

a)

Biological

b)

Mechanical

c)

Hydraulic Action

d)

Chemical

34.

Which of the following a process of weathering?

a)

Abrasion

b)

Solution

c)

Mechanical

d)

Attrition

35.

Which of the following is the correct definition for erosion?

a)

The breakdown of rocks in situ

b)

The wearing away of the land

36.

Which of the following is the correct definition for attrition?

a)

The chemical reaction of rocks to the weak acidity of the water

b)

The action of rock fragments colliding into each other becoming smaller and rounder

c)

The sheer force of the wave being pushed into the cracks of rock

d)

The action of rock fragments grinding against the rock

37.

Which of the following is the correct definition for chemical weathering?

a)

The breakdown of rocks from the weak acidity of rainwater

b)

The breakdown of rocks from the action of roots growing into the rock

c)

The breakdown of rocks caused by the repeated freezing and thawing of water that falls into cracks

38.

Headland and bays form on a concordant coastline. TRUE or FALSE?

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

39.

This image is an example of the formation of which feature?

a)

Concordant Coastline

b)

Corrie

c)

Hedlands and Bays

d)

Beaches

e)

I don't know

40.

This is an example of the formation of which feature?

a)

Corrie

b)

Headlands

c)

Waterfalls

d)

Gorging

e)

I don't know

41.

How many continents are there?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

42.

What continent is the UK located within?

a)

Africa

b)

North America

c)

Europe

d)

South America

43.

Select the human features from the options below.

a)

Languages

b)

Economic activities

c)

Plants and animals

d)

Relief (How mountainous or flat an area is)

44.

Select the physical features from the options below.

a)

Bodies of water

b)

Weather and Climate

c)

Population Distribution

d)

Religion

45.

Most of the world live on a _______ income.

a)

Low

b)

Low-middle

c)

High

d)

Middle

46.

HDI stands for..........?

a)

Highly Development Index

b)

Human Development Indicator

c)

Human Development Index

d)

Highly Development Index

47.

Which of the following two are historical causes of development?

a)

Landlocked countries

b)

Relief

c)

Conflict

d)

Colonialism

e)

Natural Resources

48.

Which of the following two are physical causes of uneven development?

a)

Debt

b)

Colonialism

c)

Landlocked countries

d)

Conflict

e)

Relief

49.

A composite measure of development is...

a)

A measure that contains only one development indicator

b)

A measure that contains several development indicators

c)

A measure that contains both social and economic indicators

d)

I don't know

50.

What does the UN stand for

(a)