Weather & Climate
How does eating less meat help to reduce global warming?
Cows produce methane gas when they fart and this increases greenhouse gases in the air
What does the cottage industry refer to?
Small scale manufacturing business owned and operated by an individual in the home
Name 2 countries that share a border with Ethiopia
Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan
Give the full names of these organisations: NAACP & SCLC
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Define segregation and discrimination
Segregation- The action or state of setting someone or something apart from others
Discrimination- Treatment in favor of- or against- a person, or group of people.
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather = day to day changes of the atmosphere. This includes temperature, rainfall and wind
Climate = the average weather conditions of a place, usually measured over one year. This includes temperature and rainfall.
What was one advantage and one disadvantage of enclosures?
- advantage: freedom to experiment new farming techniques
- disadvantage: poor people no longer had a place to farm
What are 3 causes of desertification?
- climate change
- overgrazing by animals
- increased human activity due to population growth
Name 3 events that led to the civil war
The 1850 Compromise
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Dred Scott Decision
Is tree planting a good solution to the problem of deforestation?
No: invasive species planted, trees are cut down or eaten before they grow
Yes: if there is good care and training, and the right trees are grown
Wind direction, wind speed, temperature, rainfall
Wind vane, anemometer, thermometer, rain gauge
What did the Factory Act of 1833 pass?
- prohibit workers under the age of 9
- restrict working hours in textile mills to 12hours (13-17 year olds) and 8 hours (9-12 year olds)
What are the 3 main crops that contribute most to Ethiopia's economy?
Coffee, oilseeds, teff
Slave ships would leave European ports and sail to African ports loaded with goods manufactured in Europe.
There, the slave traders would purchase enslaved Africans by exchanging the goods, then sail to the Americas via the Middle Passage to sell them in European colonies.
The slave ship would then sail back to Europe to begin the cycle again
How do tropical cyclones occur?
Name 5 major climate zones on earth
Tropical, temperate, polar, arid, highland/mountain
Name 3 results from the Industrial Revolution
- growth of the factory system
- shift of population from country to town / south & east to Midlands and north
- rise in standard of living
- call for education and greater equality
How does deforestation cause problems for the environment and economy of a country?
Environment: soil will be washed away by rain, leads to global warming due to more carbon dioxide, soil washed into rivers causing flooding and death of fish, habitats are destroyed
Economy: reduces natural resources, crops cannot grow
State the 3 visions for African Americans
Booker T. Washington: African Americans should learn skills in order to obtain decent jobs. Equal rights would naturally come later
W. E. B. Du Bois: African Americans should fight for full equal rights in every area of life
Marcus Garvey: African Americans should aim to set up a homeland in Africa
- Use renewable energy such as wind or solar power
- Stop the destruction of the rainforests
- Eat less meat
- Avoid air travel if possible
- Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
- Ensure governments comply with the pollution regulations
- Use sustainable public transport e.g. electric cars
Explain the similarity and difference between the 3 types of rainfall
Similarity: in all rainfalls, warm & moist air is forced to rise and cool
Relief: air is forced to rise over the mountains
Frontal: warm air from the tropics meet the cold air from polar regions and is forced to rise
Convectional: warm air from the ground rises
Was Richard Oastler for or against industrialization? Give reasons
He was against child labour during industrialization. He wrote “Yorkshire Slavery” to shed light on the horrors of industry on the working class
Name 4 ecosystems in Ethiopia
Highlands (Simien mountains), Deserts (Afar), Salt lakes (Danakil), Aquatic (lakes), Semi-tropical forests (Gambella)
How did the Rosa Parks incident help to kickstart the civil rights movement?