General Knowledge
Name the line of latitude that divides the hemisphere between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
Equator
What is term used to refer to reasons that attract migrants towards a destination such as a city?
____ factors
Pull factors
In Singapore, all public housing are developed by ____.
HDB / Housing and Development Board
What is the term for a densely-populated urban area marked by overcrowding and run-down housing?
Slum(s)
What is the term used to describe places where people or goods can enter/exit a transport network?
Node.
Where is the highest point on the island of Singapore?
Bukit Timah
What is the term used to refer to an urban area, which is smaller than a city?
Town
Self-built squatters tend to be built from materials such as z___ sheets.
zinc
Apart from the extraction of resources from the natural environment, building houses can also result in land pollution. This is also called, s___ c___.
Soil contamination
Adam goes to school by taking a direct bus from his home. Does this reflect a unimodal or intermodal transport system?
Unimodal
Which country has the most volcanoes in the world?
Indonesia
What is the term used to refer to the measurement of the number of people living in a unit area of land?
Population density
Where is informal housing found in a city?
Locally unwanted land use
One feature of sustainable housing is having inclusive playgrounds designed for all children of different abilities. What is one economic limitation of having such features?
Costly/ expensive
Connection between cities can be direct or indirect. What is the term called for a network that connects a set of locations directly without any interruption of services?
Point-to-point
What is the name of the deepest point in Earth’s ocean?
Mariana Trench
The population size of Country X is around 6 million. The land area is around 600 square km. What is the population density?
units are required in your answer.
10,000 people per square kilometre.
Informal housing tends to lack access to basic services. Residents may illegally tap nearby electrical grids. This can increase injury and death due to ________
electrocution
As part of sustainable housing, HDBs can incorporate _____ _______ and walls to reduce surrounding temperatures.
green roofs
(Not accept: solar panels)
Switzerland has one of the most reliable public transport systems. All Swiss trains are programmed to arrive at the interchange stations of all major cities at exactly the same time. They are at 0 mins and ___ minutes past the hour.
30/ thirty
On what continent would you find the world’s largest desert?
Antarctica
(Antarctica is a polar desert. Despite the snow and ice, it is called a desert because the rainfall is only around 50mm in a year)
Cities can be sustainably built and managed by having planning agencies making decisions on how land resources can be used for various purposes. What is this strategy called?
Ans: Land use planning
One reason why houses are located where they are at is due to financial support schemes. What is the reason that these schemes are important?
(Developers) can sell houses at affordable prices/ Lowers the cost of the houses
Despite slum improvement, social problems still persist in slums. Name one social problem.
Anything related to: (1) high crime rates or (2) unemployment or (3) poor stigma of living in slums or (4) resistance from slum inhabitants
The first fleet of fully electric buses hit Singaporean roads in 2020. On average and according to the Land Transport Authority, how long does it take for a bus to be fully charged to last between 200 and 300km?
4 hours