Settlement
Migration
Current Events
Semester 1
Miscellaneous
100
What is population density?
Concentration of humans within a specific geographic space
100
What is a pull factor and a push factor?
Bonus +200: Give an example for each
pull factor: something that encourages people to move to a new place.
Push factor: something that encourages people to leave a place behind
100
Name one of the two famous actors that were involved in a recent court case about abuse.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard
100
What is the difference between Equality and Equity?
The difference between everyone having the same resources versus individuals having different resources, based on their needs
100
What is the (approximate) world population?
8 billion
200
A settlement that has been built by rivers or at springs to improve their access to water is called
A Wet Point site
200
To move FROM a country is to...
Emigrate
200
Elon Musk is trying to purchase what social media platform?
Bonus +100: Earlier this school year, what social media platform was identified as being the worst for teens mental health?
Bonus +100: Instagram
200
What events led to the creation of the United Declaration of Human Rights?
WWII and the genocide of Jews and others by Hitler
200
The Nile river is the longest river in the world. Does the Nile River (in Egypt) flow from north to south, or from south to north?
Bonus +100: What is the biggest river in the world?
South to North
Bonus: the Amazon river
300
Name 3 Impacts of Settlement
Deforestation, animal extinction, air/water pollution, mining, protection, shared resources,
300
What is Brain Drain?
Bonus +100: Give an example
A country suffers from brain drain when its most talented people leave for better jobs in other countries
Ex: doctors fleeing Venezuela
300
The whole world has suffered over the War in Ukraine. Name a primary export that is causing a lot of trouble because it is not 'getting to where it needs to go'.
Bonus +100: What is another one?
Wheat and Oil/Gas
300
What type of government has a head of state that is a Prime Minister?
Parliamentary democracy
300
Name a country completely surrounded by one other country?
Bonus +100: Name another one
Lesotho, San Marino, Vatican City
400
How do transportation and communication networks affect settlement?
Settlements that are located on these routes are more likely to thrive and be successful, not only to meet basic needs, but because their locations are also attractive to industries; industries bring jobs and money flowing into the economy (which in turns mean better education, healthcare, etc). The farther away a settlement is from these routes, the more likely it will suffer from a lack of resources and economic opportunities.
400
What is the difference between a refugee, migrant and expatriate?
Refugees: seeks safety by going to another country
400
What is the name of the head of state of the autocratic country that is currently have a COVID surge, but not accepting help from the international community in the form of vaccines?
Kim Jong-un (North Korea)
400
If analyzed in depth, you would find what two forms of government in North Korea?
Bonus +100: Name a third
Any combination of Dictatorship, Monarchy and Communism
400
What is the smallest country in South America?
Suriname
500
What is a Nodal Point?
These settlements that are located where several valleys (natural routes) meet to give a route centre, generally ideal for commerce.
500
Give 2 advantages of Migration that we examined in class?
Bonus +100: Can you name another advantage that we examined in class?
- People send money to their home country
- Help industrialized countries with a declining population (and aging society)
- Diversity in the Population (ideas and traditions)
500
What country chose not to participate in the Summit of the Americas, as the U.S. chose not to invite countries they felt were not democratic (Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba)?
Mexico
500
Access to education is often linked to poverty. How?
Without an education, you have fewer job opportunities that can lead to higher salaries.
500
What is the country has the most coastline in the world?
Canada