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IB GEOG: So you think you know Opt G.1?

Total questions: 150

Worksheet time: 2hrs 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the Clark-Fisher Model illustrate?

a)

A) Changes in employment sectors as a country industrializes

b)

B) Changes in population growth

c)

C) Changes in climate patterns

d)

D) Changes in political systems.

2.

What does HALE stand for?

a)

Health Adjusted Life Expectancy

b)

Healthy Active Life Expectancy

c)

High Average Life Expectancy

d)

Hearty Ageing Life Expectancy

3.

HALE attempts to work out how much of your life you will be healthy for before you experience (a)   illness (hint: c)

4.

In terms of HALE, what is considered 'healthy'?

a)

Able to participate fully in society

b)

Free from all diseases

c)

Free from pain

d)

Able to run 5km in 40 mins

5.

What is a 'blue zone'?

a)

Areas with exceptionally long HALEs

b)

Regions with high pollution

c)

Places with large inequalities between wealthy and poor life expectancies

d)

Zones with low population density and high water security

6.

A 2019 UK study found the poorest decile of women had a HALE ____ years lower than the top decile.

a)

19.3

b)

2.7

c)

11.6

d)

25.9

7.

Word beginning with N which means subtle influence to encourage you to make the healthy choice

(a)  

8.

What is the relationship between deprivation and healthy life expectancy in England?

a)

More deprived areas have lower healthy life expectancy

b)

Deprivation has no effect

c)

More deprived areas have higher healthy life expectancy

d)

Deprivation only affects mental health.

9.

Which country is the only technocratic Blue Zone (the rest are thought to be the result of community mindset)?

(a)  

10.

Ikaria is a Blue Zone in which country?

a)

Greece

b)

Italy

c)

USA

d)

Japan

11.

Nicoya is a Blue Zone in which country?

a)

Costa Rica

b)

USA

c)

Italy

d)

Greece

12.

Okinawa is a Blue Zone in which country?

a)

Japan

b)

Costa Rica

c)

Greece

d)

USA

13.

Sardinia is a Blue Zone in which country?

a)

Italy

b)

Costa Rica

c)

USA

d)

Greece

14.

Loma Linda is a Blue Zone in which country?

a)

Costa Rica

b)

USA

c)

Greece

d)

Italy

15.

What does the core-periphery model primarily explain?

a)

Population growth trends

b)

The distribution of natural resources

c)

Economic relationships between regions

d)

Cultural differences across countries

16.

Which region is considered a core in the context of the core-periphery model?

a)

Central Asia

b)

Eastern Europe

c)

Sub-Saharan Africa

d)

Western Europe

17.

What term is used for areas that develop around the core?

a)

Sub-core

b)

Periphery

c)

Semi-periphery

d)

Core

18.

Which is the name for a new core forming in another region?

a)

Satellite

b)

Discoball

c)

Radial

d)

Neosphere

19.

What effect suggests that innovations in the core will eventually benefit the periphery?

a)

Trade effect

b)

Backwash effect

c)

Dependency effect

d)

Globalization effect

20.

Which country's core-periphery is very pronounced, along the Heihe-Tengchong line?

a)

India

b)

Brazil

c)

South Africa

d)

China

21.

Who developed the World System Theory that relates to the core-periphery model?

a)

John Smith

b)

Immanuel Wallerstein

c)

David Harvey

d)

Andre Gunder Frank

22.

What does FDI stand for in the context of economic geography?

a)

Free Trade Investment

b)

Fiscal Dependency Initiative

c)

Financial Development Index

d)

Foreign Direct Investment

23.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of core regions?

a)

Higher standards of living

b)

More tax money for infrastructure

c)

Lower population density

d)

Higher profit margins

24.

What does the term 'brain drain' refer to?

a)

Decrease in population growth

b)

Reduction in educational opportunities

c)

Loss of skilled labor to other regions

d)

Migration of unskilled workers

25.

Which of the following countries is considered part of Singapore's semi-periphery?

a)

South Africa

b)

Brazil

c)

Japan

d)

Vietnam

26.

What is the primary criticism of HIC-LIC aid programs according to Wallerstein?

a)

They create dependency

b)

They are ineffective

c)

They promote inequality

d)

They are too expensive

27.

What is the smallest type of settlement in the hierarchy of settlements?

a)

Othello

b)

Hamlet

c)

Macbeth

d)

Coriolanus

28.

A city with more than 10 million residents is called a ______.

a)

A) Millionaire city

b)

B) Megacity

c)

C) Conurbation

d)

D) Kilocity

29.

Fill in the blank: The concept that explains why there are fewer big settlements and more small settlements is known as the ______.

a)

Sphere of influence

b)

Prism of influence

c)

Cylinder of influence

d)

Cube of influence

30.

What type of goods require a large sphere of influence according to the document?

(SELECT TWO)

a)

Convenience goods

b)

Low order goods

c)

High order goods

d)

Comparison goods

31.

A smaller settlement with low-order services such as a newsagents, bus stop and primary school.

a)

Hamlet

b)

Village

c)

Town

d)

City

32.

Which of the following IS a megacity?

a)

London

b)

Kuala Lumpur

c)

Seoul

d)

Sydney

33.

Fill in the blank: The opposite of high order goods are ______ goods.

a)

Convenience

b)

Luxury

c)

Comparative

d)

Rare

34.

Two settlements which have sprawled and merged together are called a...

a)

Conurbanisation

b)

Inter-urbanisation

c)

Uni-urbanisation

d)

Polyurbanisation

35.

The number of people required to keep a service or retail outlet profitable (T P)

(a)  

36.

Which of these is a higher order service?

a)

Nursery

b)

Primary school

c)

Secondary school

d)

University

37.

A positive feedback loop where lack of opportunities leads to more lack of opportunities

(a)  

38.

Which of the following is NOT one of the 7 UK Domains of Deprivation?

a)

Income

b)

Employment

c)

Education

d)

Transportation

39.

The map shows that in the USA (2016-2020), the total percentage of the population below the poverty line (darker red) was ____.

a)

A) 0.3%

b)

B) 90.3%

c)

C) 50.3%

d)

D) 20.3%

40.

Which truth is shown by the Happy Planet Index?

a)

The poorest countries are the happiest

b)

Countries with fewer disparities have happier populations

c)

Countries with the highest spending on military rank highest for happiness.

d)

There is a direct correlation between literacy rate and happiness.

41.

Racism which is embedded in societal policies, traditions, beliefs and urban planning, rather than being the result of an individual's actions is called structural or...

Hint: S

(a)  

42.

Which SDG is 'reduced inequalities'?

a)

6

b)

8

c)

10

d)

12

43.

Name for flow of money home from migrants, which can help raise individual families out of the cycle of poverty

(a)  

44.

What is the significance of the 'Lorenz curves' mentioned in the text?

a)

To measure technological advancement

b)

To map disparities

c)

To assess military strength

d)

To calculate GDP

45.

How do you spell the word which means 'severe relative lack of access to resources'?

a)

Deprivation

b)

Deprevation

c)

Diprivation

d)

Diprevation

46.

What does the green bubble represent on the Happy Planet Index?

a)

Carbon footprint

b)

Water footprint

c)

Ecological footprint

d)

Air quality

47.

What does Bid-Rent Theory explain about land use in the CBD?

a)

It demonstrates why ethnic ghettoisation occurs

b)

It predicts which areas are likely to become derelict

c)

It explains why footfall is high in the CBD

d)

It focuses on land-use function (e.g. retail, tertiary services)

48.

According to the diagram, which type of land use can afford high land values of the CBD?

a)

Commercial and tertiary services

b)

Secondary manufacturing industries

c)

Residential

d)

Greenfield

49.

Why is land in the CBD really expensive?

a)

Because it is far from the city center.

b)

Because it is close to the city center.

c)

Because it is used for agriculture.

d)

Because it is used for parks.

50.

What is important for shops to make a profit in the city center?

a)

High land prices

b)

Footfall

c)

Potential for vertical development

d)

Proximity to parks

51.

What is a key factor for secondary industry location according to the text?

a)

Proximity to parks

b)

Being near roads or transport methods

c)

Being in the city center

d)

Being in residential areas

52.

Single family housing can only afford ______ land values.

a)

high

b)

medium

c)

low

53.

What is the impact of work-from-home predicted to be on city centre land values?

a)

More of the CBD spaces will become retail units

b)

There will be less pressure on CBD land use.

c)

Land will be converted to parks.

d)

Industrial areas will disappear.

54.

What is a reason for secondary industry to be located near transport hubs?

a)

To reduce noise

b)

To increase land prices

c)

To ensure goods can be taken to market

d)

To be closer to parks

55.

Which factor is most important for industry?

a)

Proximity to CBD

b)

Proximity to transport links

c)

Proximity to residential housing

d)

Proximity to parkland

56.

Which land-use function is there little of in the CBD?

a)

Transport infrastructure

b)

Retail

c)

Tertiary services

d)

Residential

57.

What does PLVI stand for?

a)

Peak Land Value Index

b)

Primary Land Value Index

c)

Public Land Value Index

d)

Private Land Value Index

58.

Which of the following factors can skew the decrease in land value?

a)

Access to a main road

b)

Proximity to a park

c)

Number of schools

d)

Availability of public transport

59.

In the context of PLVI, what does CBD stand for?

a)

Central Business District

b)

Central Building District

c)

Commercial Business District

d)

Core Business District

60.

LIC cities tend to have the industry and the ring roads FURTHER from the CBD. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

61.

Name for a manmade river (hint: C) which is no longer used as a main transport method but explain the pattern of PLVI in some older cities.

(a)  

62.

Name for phenomenon which was increased by covid and is why many companies no longer need so much CBD office space. (Hint: WFH)

(a)  

63.

Chains are more likely to afford the PLVI costs associated with prime footfall locations because they have ______.

a)

Economies of scale

b)

More employees

c)

Better marketing

d)

Larger buildings

64.

Non-chain, locally-owned businesses tend to be a little further out where it is ______.

a)

Cheaper

b)

Busier

c)

Quieter

d)

Closer to transport hubs

65.

Where is the PLVI usually?

a)

Expensive suburbs

b)

Areas of the CBD close to transport hubs

c)

Wharfs and docklands near manufacturing industries

d)

Areas on the rural-urban fringe near greenfield sites

66.

If there is more than one peak area for land value, the smaller peaks are called...

a)

Partial peak value land

b)

Secondary peak value land

c)

Additional peak value land

d)

Subsidary peak value land

67.

What are the four main categories of industry used to measure a country's focus and economic status?

a)

Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Quaternary

b)

Agriculture, Manufacturing, Services, Technology

c)

Mining, Construction, Retail, Education

d)

Farming, Fishing, Forestry, Mining

68.

Which industry involves gathering natural resources?

a)

Secondary

b)

Tertiary

c)

Primary

d)

Quaternary

69.

Subsistence level jobs tend to be ... industry.

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

70.

Which industry is associated with manufacturing?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

71.

Which industry category includes services like bus drivers and surgeons?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

72.

What is a key feature of the best-paying service jobs?

a)

Physical labor

b)

Knowledge-based expertise

c)

Low skill requirement

d)

High environmental impact

73.

Which industry is focused on research and design?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

74.

What percentage of the world's population is employed in quaternary industries?

a)

Less than 0.5%

b)

10-15%

c)

25-40%

d)

More than 50%

75.

What is a common focus for high-income countries (HICs) in terms of industry?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

76.

What is the GDP per capita in the Maldives, where most jobs are tertiary?

a)

$5,000

b)

$12,267

c)

$20,000

d)

$30,000

77.

Which industry might involve working in a factory setting?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

78.

What type of industry might involve a carpenter or shoemaker?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

79.

What type of industry might involve vaccine developers?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

80.

Which industry is likely to involve a software developer?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

81.

What is a typical focus for low-income countries (LICs) in terms of industry?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

82.

What is a multiplier effect in economics?

a)

A process where jobs are added within the same industry

b)

A process where jobs are added in a different industry

83.

Fill in the blank: A negative multiplier effect is usually associated with ________.

a)

Economic growth

b)

Recessions

c)

Inflation

d)

Technological advancement.

84.

Higher employment rates means more consumer spending as people have more ... income

(hint D)

(a)  

85.

How do you spell the name of the phenomenon where jobs in one industry generate jobs in another?

a)

Multyplier effect

b)

Multyplier affect

c)

Multiplier effect

d)

Multiplier affect

86.

What is the NIDL as mentioned in the document?

a)

New International Division of Labour

b)

National Industrial Development Law

c)

New Industrial Development League

d)

National Institute of Labour

87.

The NIDL has led to a .... multiplier effect in HIC manufacturing cities

a)

positive

b)

negative

88.

The multiplier effect is a ... model

a)

social

b)

demographic

c)

economic

d)

environmental

89.

A sustained negative multiplier effect that leads to at least two continuous quarters of negative GDP growth is called a...

a)

regression

b)

repression

c)

recession

90.

In quaternary industry, R&D starts for...

a)

redraft & draw

b)

research & design

c)

reproof & drama

d)

rethink & delegate

91.

Why do young workers tend to be affected more severely in recessions?

(select 2)

a)

They have a reputation as the laziest

b)

They are likely to have lower skill levels than older workers

c)

Digital-based jobs are lost first

d)

They likely to be the newest recruits to the company

92.

Term for a problem which is very hard to solve due to its complexity and the number of stakeholders involved

(a)  

93.

Match the country to their birth rate

a)

Singapore

1.

8.4 births per 1000 people

b)

Nigeria

2.

37.3 births per 1000 people

c)

China

3.

12.4 births per 1000 people

d)

Bangladesh

4.

17.1 births per 1000 people

94.

Match the SDG to its number

a)

No poverty

b)

Zero hunger

c)

Good health and well-being

d)

Quality education

e)

Gender equality

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
95.

What is the current UN absolute poverty line?

a)
$1.90 per day
b)

$3.50 per day

c)

$2.15 per day

d)

$0.65 per day

96.

Which stage is Singapore on the Clark Fisher Model?

97.

Programmes to improve national / region-wide quality of life, often focused on infrastructure improvement.

They require extensive expertise, significant funding and are often coordinated by governments or international civil society groups.

a)

Bottom-up

b)

Top-down

c)

Alternative trading networks

d)

Microfinance

98.

Living on less than 50% of the average wage in your country.

a)

Informal poverty

b)

Relative poverty

c)

Absolute poverty

d)

Entrenched poverty

99.

It is harder to break out of the cycle of poverty if you suffer from multiple...

(a)  

100.

Children who work from a young age, either on family land, informally or illegally in factories in order to help support the family through increased income and food supply

a)

Economic assets

b)

Youthful dependents

c)

Working class

d)

Asylum seekers

101.

Focuses on improving quality of life through business techniques and market forces.

It aims to jump-start economies so the whole society, even those not directly employed in the initiative, benefit.

a)

Social entrepreneurship

b)

Rising entrepreneurship

c)

Initial enterprise

d)

Development enterprise

102.

Who's model of migration discusses intervening obstacles (neg) and intervening opportunities (pos)?

a)

Lee

b)

Malthus

c)

Ravenstein

d)

Boserup

103.

Which country is the Heihe-Tengchong line in?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Nigeria

d)

Japan

104.

Term for stakeholders who have the power to influence decisions.

(a)  

105.

Match the following

a)

Formal economy and informal economy combined

1.

Dual economy

b)

Street hawkers, shoe-shiners, beggars, thieves, prostitutes

2.

Street economy

c)

Small trade, service establishments and craft workshops that are not officially registered

3.

Informal economy

d)

Large and legally registered business engaged in globalisation.

4.

Formal economy

106.

Which country suffers a higher % of communicable diseases?

a)

Nigeria

b)

Singapore

107.

The UN counts countries with a GNI per capita below... as LICs

a)

$1,035

b)

$805

c)

$1685

d)

$205

108.

What is the upper boundary of UN income category 'lower middle'?

(GNI per capita)

a)

$4,035

b)

$6,035

c)

$8,035

d)

$10,035

109.

What is the boundary between UN upper middle and high income countries?

(GNI per capita)

a)

$12,615

b)

$20,615

c)

$34,615

d)

$46,615

110.

What % of the world's population live within 1,000km of the sea?

a)

75

b)

85

c)

65

d)

55

111.

What % of the world's population live below 500m asl (above sea level)?

a)

90

b)

80

c)

70

d)

60

112.

What % of the world's population live between latitudes 68-20° N?

a)

68

b)

20

c)

88

d)

40

113.

Less than __% of the world's population live in the southern hemisphere

a)

20

b)

10

c)

30

d)

40

114.

A gini coefficient of ____ shows complete equality

a)

0

b)

1

115.

Nigeria has a GINI coefficient of:

a)

0.35 (35%)

b)

0.65 (65%)

c)

0.95 (95%)

d)

0.15 (15%)

116.

China has a GINI coefficient of...

a)

0.37 (37%)

b)

0.47 (47%)

c)

0.27 (27%)

d)

0.17 (17%)

117.

South Africa has a GINI Coefficient of...

a)

0.53 (53%)

b)

0.63 (63%)

c)

0.73 (73%)

d)

0.83 (83%)

118.

France has a GINI coefficient of...

a)

0.31 (31%)

b)

0.41 (41%)

c)

0.51 (51%)

d)

0.61 (61%)

119.

Match the region to the % population living in absolute poverty

a)

35

1.

Sub-Saharan Africa

b)

9

2.

South Asia

c)

1

3.

East Asia

120.

In 1990 57% of the world's population lived in LICs - what is that % now?

a)

39

b)

29

c)

9

d)

19

121.

You are classified as being in relative poverty if you earn less than (a)   % of your countries GNI.

122.

A ​ (a)   has more than 10 million inhabitants.

A ​ (b)   city has more than 1 million inhabitants.

A ​ (c)   city is disproportionately larger than others in the area.​

Choose from the below words
MEGACITY
MILLIONAIRE
PRIMATE
CONURBANISATION
CAPITAL
123.

China has ​ (a)   megacities and ​ (b)   % of the population live in urban areas.

India has ​ (c)   megacities and ​ (d)   % of the population live in urban areas.

Nigeria has ​1 megacity and ​ (e)   of the population live in urban areas.

Choose from the below words
17
6
54
33
66
124.

​ (a)   % of China's landmass is west of the Tengchong-Heihe line, but only ​ (b)   % of the population live there.

GDP west of the line is ​ (c)   % lower than to the east.

Almost all of China's ethnic minority population (​ (d)   %) live west of the line.

Choose from the below words
57
6
15
8
125.

Match the SDG to its number

a)

No poverty

1.

1

b)

Zero hunger

2.

2

c)

Good health and well-being

3.

3

d)

Quality education

4.

4

e)

Gender equality

5.

5

126.

Match the SDG to its number

a)

No poverty

1.

1

b)

Zero hunger

2.

2

c)

Good health and well-being

3.

3

d)

Quality education

4.

4

e)

Gender equality

5.

5

127.

An HIC phenomenon where cities are losing their manufacturing and favouring tertiary sector.

If uncontrolled it can cause mass unemployment and social conflict, but if planned it can have environmental benefits through the redeployment of brownfield sites.

(a)  

128.

The combination of the formal and informal sectors. One individual may operate in both at once, especially in LICs.

The difficulty in measuring the informal profit can make indicators such as GDP per capita inaccurate.

D___ E_______

(a)  

129.

The land and water mass that a country or individual uses every year to support their living standards.

This includes the production of products citizens consume, even if these are beyond the national boundaries.

(a)  

130.

The process of rural to urban migration, resulting in a higher percentage of the national population living in urban areas.

a)

Urbanisation

b)

Counter-urbanisation

c)

Urban growth

131.

Rural-to-urban migration plus natural increase.

a)

Urban growth

b)

Urbanisation

c)

Suburbanisation

132.

Young adults often move into cities (bright light syndrome) for work or education and then live close to the city in high density housing.

As they get wealthier and older they will move out to the suburbs to raise families and have more space.

Older adults are also move likely to move away from city centres.

a)

Surbanisation

b)

Family Life Cycle

c)

Epidemiological Transition

d)

Gentrification

133.

Number of consumers required to support the provision of a good or service.

a)

Threshold population

b)

Portal population

c)

Borderline population

d)

Requisite population

134.

Strategies that attempt to prevent an issue from occurring or to minimise the consequences by reducing the scale of the challenge.

These strategies are often preventative.

a)

Mitigation

b)

Adaptation

135.

A city of more than 10 million inhabitants. They tend to be by coasts, in NICs or LICs and on trade routes.

a)

Megacity

b)

Millionaire city

c)

Smart city

d)

Conurbanisation

136.

A growing percentage of the world’s population who fit into the UN’s lower and upper middle income brackets.

These families have access to disposable income to improve their living standards beyond subsistence level and invest in income generating factors such as education, better nutrition and healthcare

a)

Demographic dividend

b)

Population momentum

c)

Growth of the global middle class

d)

Nutrition transition

137.

Birth rate minus death rate.

It will be highest for those countries in late stage 2 / early stage 3 of the DTM and potentially negative for those in Stage 1 & 5.

It does not include migration.

a)

Natural increase

b)

Fertility rate

c)

Demographic dividend

d)

Dependency ratio

138.

Living on less than 50% of the average wage in your country.

a)

Relative poverty

b)

Absolute poverty

139.

Draw to migrate to big cities due to the glamorous or luxurious lifestyle portrayed as being common there by word of mouth, traditional media or social media.

HINT: B L S

(a)  

140.

The loss of the most mobile sections of an urban area's population resulting in a higher dependency ratio and less tax income.

a)

Brain drain

b)

Gloss loss

c)

Rich ditch

d)

Flutter gutter

141.

Name this missing concept:

Spatial integration, place, power, possibilities, processes

(a)  

142.

Which Indian city is Dharavi in?

a)

Delhi

b)

Mumbai

c)

Kochi

d)

Kolkata

143.

Which Brazilian city is Rocinha in?

a)

Rio de Janiero

b)

Sao Paulo

c)

Belem

d)

Brasilia

144.

Where in Nigeria is Lagos?

a)

Northeast

b)

Southwest

c)

Southeast

d)

Northwest

145.

How do you spell the name of the slum over the water in Lagos, south Nigeria?

a)

Makoko

b)

Makako

c)

Mokoko

d)

Makaka

146.

What is the name of the eco-town being built opposite the school?

a)

Punggol

b)

Tengah

c)

Bukit Dulwich

d)

Merliona

e)

Sungei Fifielting

147.

Which Chinese city is furthest north?

a)

Beijing

b)

Shanghai

c)

Hong Kong

d)

Guangzhou

148.

The CBD in Detroit has suffered an exodus, leaving it with a lower population density and footfall than expected. This phenomenon is called a...

a)

Donut city

b)

Croissant city

c)

Brioche city

d)

Sourdough city

149.

Burgess is also called the Concentric Ring model. What is the alternative name for Hoyt?

(a)  

150.

Hoyt is also called the sector model. What is the alternative name for Burgess?

(a)