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1what is the definition of contour lines and other info
- Athe difference in height of different parts of the contour line show have different heights of sea levels
- Bthe contour line show how high above sea level it is
- Call the parts of the contour line are the same height above sea level
- Dthe contour line height is show by various dots placed on the map
2the steeper something is the closer the two contour lines are
- Ano
- Byes
3what is the official term used for the difference between contour lines
- Adifference
- Bcontour line difference
- Ccontour line interval
- Dinterval
4the contour line interval is usually the same throughout the map
- ATrue
- BFalse
5how do you find bearings ( compass , degrees) for EXAMPLE- c from y
- Aput you compass on c and turn the compass so that the zero is pointing north
- Bput your compass on y and turn the compass so that the zero is pointing north
- Ccreate a line/ imaginary line from y to c and that line shows the degree as long as the degree is below 180 degrees
- Dcreate a line/imaginary line from c to y and that line shows the degrees as long as the degree is below 180 degrees
6what do you do if you want to find how many degrees of difference from c to y and if it's more than 180 degrees
- Ayou do the same as question five/ last question
- Byou put a marking on the 180 degrees and flip the compass around so that the previous zero is where the marking is
- Cyou put a marking on the zero degrees and flip the compass around so that zero is where the marking is
- Dyou flip the compass around
7the dots on the map aren't actual numbers of the height above sea level
- ATrue
- BFalse
8what are the vertical lines and the horizontal lines called and why
- AThe vertical lines are called easting due the fact that the lines go east
- Bthe vertical lines are called westings due to the fact that the lines go west
- Cthe horizontal lines are called southings due to the fact that it goes up or north
- DThe horizontal lines are called northings due to the fact that it goes up or north
9if a grid reference has the same first number/ numbers as the same as a area reference then they have the the same area ereference
- ATrue
- BFalse
10what do you do when you infer the area graph
- Afirst you infer the vertical line
- Bfirst you infer the horizontal line
- Csecond you infer the horizontal line
- Dit doesn't matters
- Esecond you infer the vertical line
11what is the first thing you do before you infer the graph reference
- Ahorizontal lines need to be divided by ten
- Byou divide
- Cyou divide the horizontal and vertical lines that form a square by tens
- Dyou divide the horizontal and vertical lines that form a line straight across the map by ten
12after doing question eleven you do question ten to infer grid reference
- ATrue
- BFalse
13what are the two things that climate graphs measure and in what quantities
- Atemperature, heat waves
- Brainfall, centimetres
- Crainfall, millimetres
- Dtemperature, degrees
14how do you draw the two graphs
- Arainfall (millimetres) in a bar graph
- Brainfall ( millimetres) in dot points and the lines form a curve which depends on if it's the maximum, average, minimum
- Ctemperature ( degrees) in dot points and the lines form a curve which depends on if it's the maximum, average, minimum
- Dtemperature (degrees) in a bar graph
15what is another word for weather maps
- Asynoptic chart
- Bchart
- Cweather chart
- Dsynch chart
16what is some useful info about air pressure
- Athe average weight of air is 1012 hPa
- Bair pressure is measured in hPa
- ChPa stands for hypothetical pressure of air
- Dair pressure is the pressure of air
- Eair pressure is the pressure caused by the weight of air
- Fthe average weight of air pressure is 1013 hPa
17if the air pressure is above / below 1013 then it's a area of
- Aabove= high pressure area
- Blower= high pressure area
- Clower= low pressure area
- Dabove=area of rising air
- Eabove= low pressure area
- Flower= area of rising air
- Gabove= area of sinking air
18what is another word for low and high pressure system
- Alow=cyclones
- Blow=pro-cyclones
- Chigh=anti-cyclones
- Dhigh=against-cyclones
19how can you tell if something is a cyclone or a anti-cyclone
- Aas you enter of the cyclone the numbers goes up
- Bfrom the centre of the cyclone the numbers go up
- Cfrom the centre of the cyclone the numbers go down
- Das you enter the anti-cyclone the numbers go down
20anti-cyclones go in anticlockwise direction while a cyclone goes in a clockwise direction
- ATrue
- BFalse
21what is some info about isobars ?
- Aisobars do not join up places that have equal air pressure
- Bisobars join up places that have equal air pressure
- Cthe further the isobars are to each other the stronger the wind
- Dthe closer the isobars are to each other the stronger the wind
22what weather does high pressure system ?
- Ait alludes to weather
- Bit alludes to bad weather
- Cit alludes to fine weather
- Dit alludes to clouds
23what does low pressure system allude to?
- Aweather
- Bit alludes to good weather and clouds
- Cit alludes to cloudy and rainy weather
- Dworms
24what info is about tropical cyclones
- Ait's a cyclone
- Bits a anti-cyclone
- Cit moves anti-clockwise and it has extremly high pressure
- Dit moves clockwise and it has extremely low pressure
- Eit alludes to rain and very small and cool wind
- Fit alludes to torrential rain and very strong and destructive wind
25what is the definition of cold and warm front
- Acold= cold air in front and warm air behind
warm= cold air in front and cold air behind - Bwarm=cold air in front and warm air behind
cold= warm air in front and cold air behind - Ccold= warm air in front and warm air behind
warm= cold air in front and warm air behind - Dwarm= warm air in front and cold air behind
cold= cold air in front and warm air behind
- Acold= cold air in front and warm air behind
26fronts don't separate the different temperatures of the air
- ATrue
- BFalse
27how do you tell the wind direction on a synoptic chart
- Athe dot indicates where your imaginary self stands
- Bthe dot indicates the arrow
- Cyou look to where the arrow is pointing at which is the dot
- Dthe dot indicates the wind direction which is which quarter it is on
- Ethe direction of the arrow as it comes to your imaginary self is the wind direction
28how do you tell the wind speed and other info
- Ait's measured in km and in sets
- Bby checking the barb and the end of the tail
- Cby checking the tail at the end of the barb
- Dit starts from no barb and works it's way up by haft a barb all the way to three
- Eit starts from one barbs which equals one km and works it way up by one barb and doesn't have a limit
- Fit goes up from no barb which is 1-4 km by 9,8 and so forth and starting from the number next to the last number of the previous set
- Git goes up by 9 km and then 8 km seven km etc in descending order
- Hit goes up from one barb which is 1-5 km by 5 km
29what are the two types of population pyramid
- Amale and male
- Bpercentage and actual numbers representing populations
- Cpercentages and bars
- Dactual numbers/population
30the females are on the right and the males on the left of the chart
- ATrue
- BFalse
31when is a population considered old or young and other info
- Awhen a population has more than thirty percent of youth and less than six percent young it's considered young
- Bwhen a population has more than thirty percent of youth and less than six percent of old people it's considered young
- Cwhen a population is less than thirty percent of youth and less than six percent of old people it's considered old
- Dwhen a population is less than thirty percent of youth and more than six percent of old that its considered old
- Efifteen and under is considered youth and sixty five and older is considered old
- Fthirty five and under is considered youth and seventy-five and older is considered old
32what are the four methods of expressing scale
- Awords
- Btime
- Cscale
- Dfraction
- Erepresentative fraction
- Flinear
- Glinear scale
- Hmeasurement
33what is an example of a word written scale ratio and other info
- A`` one centimetre equals to one kilometre ''
- B`` one centimetre to one kilometre''
- Cdon't say for example `` one centimetre to one kilometre
- Dif there is no unit indicated you don't write a unit
- Edon't say for example `` one centimetre equals too''
- Fif there is no unit indicated write in cm
- Gyou covert your denominator
34what is another term for triangular graph and what shape is the graph
- Apyramid graph and the shape is pie chart
- Bternary graph and the shape is pyramid
- Cternary graph and the shape is pie chart
- Dpyramid graph and the shape is pyramid
35how many apexes are there in a ternary graph
- Aone
- Btwo
- Cthree
- Dfour
36in this hypothetical situation A is on the top corner of the pyramid and so the scale is....
- Aon the left side of the pyramid and each individual line is horizontal across the pyramid
- Bon the left side of the pyramid and each individual line is vertical across the pyramid
- Con the right side of the pyramid and each individual line is vertical across the pyramid
- Don the right side of the pyramid and each individual line is horizontal across the pyramid
37the last question said the A apex is at the top corner of the pyramid
- ATrue
- BFalse
38where is the B apex in the pyramid
- Aat the top of the pyramid
- Bon the left corner of the pyramid
- Con the right corner of the pyramid
- Dat the bottom of the pyramid
39where is B scale in the ternary pyramid
- Ain the middle of the pyramid extending from the top corner to the middle of the bottom side
- Bon the bottom side of the ternary pyramid
- Con the right side of the ternary pyramid and the individual line go down to the south-west way to the right line
- Don the left side of the ternary pyramid and the individual line go down to the west-east way to the bottom of the line
40where is the C apex on the ternary pyramid
- Athe top corner of the ternary pyramid
- Bthe right corner of the ternary pyramid
- Cthe left corner of the ternary pyramid
41where is the C scale in the ternary graph
- Athe right line of the pyramid and each individual line goes north-east to the left side of the pyramid
- Bthe bottom line of the pyramid and each individual line goes north-west to the left side of the pyramid
- Cthe bottom line of the pyramid and each individual line goes north-east to the right side of the pyramid
- Dthe left line of the pyramid and each individual line goes north-west to the right side of the pyramid
42the ending of the A , B, C scale
- Athe ending of the A apex is the B apex
- Bthe ending of A scale is the C apex
- Cthe ending of the B scale is the A apex
- Dthe ending of the B scale is the C scale
- Ethe ending of the C scale is B apex
- Fthe ending of the C scale is the A apex
43The Apex and ending of each line represents
- Athe ending represent one hundred percent, the apex represents zero percent
- Bthe ending represent zero percent, the apex represent fifty percent
- Cthe ending represent fifty percent the apex represents one hundred percent
- Dtrick question
- Ethe ending represents zero percent , the apex represents ine hundred percent
44trade has always occurred between .....
- Atribal territories
- Btribes, states and nations
- Cnation since around the 1500's
45globalisation makes the world
- Asmaller and into a village
- Bsmaller
- Cinto a unified force
- Dfeel more connected and less distant
46what term go geologist use to describe globalisation and why?
- Aglobal village
- Bsolidification and integration of humanity
- Cbecause communication allows the third world countries to communicate to the higher hierarchy of countries
- Dbecause technology enables the global population to communicate as though they all lived in a village
47so if tribes and states, nation etc have traded good so how has globalisation change this or how does the change cause globalisation?
- Ait hasn't changed tick question
- Bit allows a larger quality of goods and ideas, information and higher value of money to be exchanged
- Cit allows a larger quantity of goods and service as well as ideas, information and money to be exchanges after then ever
48the four factors that have brought out globalisation?
- Aimprovement in shipping time
- Bimprovement in transport that allow quicker trade and travel in country
- Cadvances in communication of third and first world countreis
- Dadvances in communication technology and computer technology
- Egrowth of very large companies or transnational ( TNCs )
- Fthe expansion of trade between very large or transnational ( TNCs )
- Gchanges to the organisation that control trade between countries
49globalization creates clear.....
- Ajust winners
TNCs are an example winner - Bwinners and losers
TNCs are an example of a winner and third world banana republic is an example of the losers - Cjust losers
third world banana republic are an example of the losers - Dnone of the above
- Ajust winners
50the improvement and speed in....
- ATNCs lead to globalisation / communication and technology
- Bwinning and losing
- Ccommunication and technology/ globalisation advance TNC
51which of the following statement about TNCs is correct.
- ATNC decisions are restricted by national borders. The decision made a TNC corporation in one country effects other countries .
- BTNC decision isn't restricted by national borders. The decisions made by a TNC corporation in one country effects other countries
52what are the different parts of a simplified TNCs system
- Ahead office usually in a rich and powerful city communicating to a regional office in a nearby city with good communication
- Bhead office usually in a rich and powerful country communicating to a regional national office in a nearby country with limited but decent communication
- Cregional offices connect to subsidises offices which communicates to a factory with a source of cheap labour and a factory port with facilities and cheap source of power
- Dregional offices communicate to sub-diaries offices which connect to plantations with a green source of energy and no workers
53TNC offices and factories are located .....
- Aall over a powerful and rich nation
- Ball over the world
- Cusually in a rich and powerful city
- Dnone of the above
54why do poorer/ third world countries want TNC and what incentives do they provide for TNCs
- Abecause they want money, jobs for it's people, industry growth
- Bthey increase the tax if it's citizen and use that money to pay the TNCs
- Cthey lower environmental law regulations
- Dthey buy power outlets and workers for TNCs
- E`they offer tax cuts
- Fthey build power-plants / factories and ports
- Gthey give ignore some of their workers rights
55what questions do TNCs companies ask themselves when choosing where to manufacture their products
- Awhere is the cheapest and friendliest workers and government?
- Bwhere is the cheapest source of labour, land or electricity available ?
- Cwhich countries have the friendliest government and offers the best tax deal?
- Dwhich countries have a high mortality and fertility rate?
- Ewhere are the facilities to produce our products in the most cost effective way
- Fwhat prospective of the country do our consumers have?
- Gwill we sell our product there?
- Hwhere will we sells our product ?
56fibre optic cables are made up of...
- Aone or two individual cables
- Bthree cables of the following colours red,green,blue
- Cthousands of individual cables as thin as a human hair
- Dall of it is possible
57these cables can carry large amounts of digital information over long distances...
- Abecause you can put it up in the atmosphere
- Ball of the following and above
- Cbecause you can lay it across the ocean and land.
- Dbecause you can lay it across land
58these cables are the best for handling..
- Ahigh volumes of phone calls
- Binformation flows between different places in the world
- Chigh volumes of wifi
- DAnswer phone calls and information flow
59these cables are the basis of
- Atelevision,internet network
- Btelevision , cable television and Internet network
- Cwifi,radio
- Dwifi,radio,television cable,internet network
60these networks are laid on....
- Asea and atmosphere
- Batmosphere,land
- Cland,sea
- Datmosphere
61The only continent that doesn't have cable is..
- Atrick question...eastern Europe which is the answer .
- Bafrica
- CArctic
- DAntarctica
62the future issue for optic cable is..
- Ahow to increase the amount of wifi sent
- Bhow increase the amount of digital files sent
- Chow to increase the amount of broad brand sent
- Dall of the above
63satellite can....
- Abend along the earths curved surface
- Bbends along the earth straight surface
- Cgo straight through the atmosphere
- Dall of the above
64staelites are able to...
- Arecord sound data and able to send it
- Brecord visual broadcast and later add sound
- Crecord and send information
- Dall of the above
65satelities are used for give some examples
- Avisual and data communications
- Bcommunications, weather forecasting,Internet access&defence
- Ctelevision broadcasting, radio communications, (GPS)
- Dthe communications, weather an tv broadcast answer
66satellites are the best method for
- Atelevision communications for planes and ship
- Bmobile communications for ships,planes,
- Cfor people in areas which lack good communication networks
- Danswer mobile and for people in
67geostationary are
- Aall of the following
- Bunfixed
- Cfixed,can be spaced up to the intervals of 180 longitude
- Dfixed,can be spaced at intervals up to 120 degrees longitude
68the world bank...
- Anational organisation
- Bglobal business/company
- Cinternational/global organisation
- Dglobal business/organization
69The world bank...
- Aboth
- Bforms parts of the economic&charity council of the UN
- Cforms parts of economic &social council of the UN
- Dneither
70The world bank primary focus is....
- Ato improve equality in the world and efforts of government
- Bto survey and collect data and infer HDI
- Cto help the countries with the lowest HDI
- Danswer HDI and poorest countries
71what are 5 types of ships
- APassenger ships,Container ships
- BGeneral cargo ships,Tankers,Bulk carriers
- Cferries and bulker, carriages
- Danswer passanger and general cargo based answers
72sweatshops are located....
- Aall around the world
- Bboth
- Cin a developed country
- Dtrick question
73the characteristic of sweatshop is...
- Alow rates of pay,verbal and physical abuse,reduced pay
- Bpoor working condition,more than 48 hours,reduced pay,abuse
- Clow rates of pay, poor working conditions,long hours,abuse
- Dall of the above
74what do general cargo ships transport
- Aall of the following
- Bsome agricultural products and coal, fertiliser
- Cother ships
- DSome agricultural products and other goods
75what do tanker ships transport
- Amanufactured goods and product,agriculture products
- Boil and other chemical products
- Cother ships
- Dnone of the above
76what does bulk carrier transport
- Aores and agriculture material
- Bother ships
- Ccoal,iron ores and other material
- Dtourist, cars and ferries
77what does passenger ship carry
- Atourist,golf cart and commercial vehicles
- BTourists, cars and commercial vehicles
- Cpassengers
- Dall of the above
78what do container ship transport
- AManufactured goods and products
- Bmanufactured fertilser and agriculture
- Cmanufactured goods and transport
- Dtrick question
79[blank_start]Financial aids[blank_end]- Help or assistance, usually in the form of a cheap loan, money, or technical assistance etc. given by countries to benefit less developed countries enabling them to grow their economies.
- AFinancial aids
- Bnation state
- Cinternational aid
80[blank_start]Nation state[blank_end]-An international legal entity, with the authority or power to govern itself independent from external control. Such entities are often characterised by groupings of people with a common language, shared heritage, culture or race. They have a defined territorial boundary and can become members of the United Nations
- ANation state
- Bnations
- Cun
- Ddriver
81Termed the [blank_start]'hunger cycle'[blank_end], (i) starving people are physically less able to work and suffer health problems through malnourishment. (ii) This leads to a lack of ability to find work or be productive in work, and/or gain/or participate in education. (iii) This leads to low individual income/s, and national incomes; and lower levels of production/output of food for the whole community/nation. (iv) This leads to an inability to purchase food and thus a proneness to hunger; and not enough total food output to meet demand within the whole community or across the world causing mass hu
- A'hunger cycle'
- Bpro-poverty cycle
- Cpoverty cycle
- Dhunger
82[blank_start]lost-[blank_end]Another word used in place of the 'poverty cycle'.
- Alost
- Bpro-poverty cycle
83[blank_start]Poverty cycle[blank_end] Any self-reinforcing mechanism which causes poverty to persist. If it persists from generation to generation, the trap begins to reinforce itself if steps are not taken to break the spiral.
- APoverty cycle
- Bpro-poverty cycle
- Ccycle
- Dhunger cycle
84[blank_start]exploitation-[blank_end]Treating someone, including a country, unfairly, in the process of benefiting from their work or using their resources.
- Aexploitation
- Babuse
- Cabuse cycle
85[blank_start]driver-[blank_end]People, knowledge, conditions, including technological development, that initiate/s change, or support/s or causes something to happen.
- Adriver
- Binstigator
86Money awarded or given, especially by a government, to a person or company in order to fund the development of a new product or business venture. A development grant is like a growth [blank_start]SEED[blank_end]
- ASEED
- Bfund
- Cgrant
87[blank_start]GDP[blank_end]This dollar figure represents the total monetary value of all goods and services produced within a nation's geographic borders over a specified period of time - usually annually.
- AGDP
- BHDI
88Large corporations, including TNCs, in the television, entertainment and movie industries, spread the culture of the country where their head offices are based, around the world. This tends to be American popular culture. This tends to create a harmonisation or uniform popular culture, which, to some extent, breaks down cultural barriers between people in different countries. The problem with this is that some local cultures may be [blank_start]LOST[blank_end]
- ALOST
- BGONE
89While air transport of cargo speeds up delivery times, which may be important for the immediate supply of goods and products with a short shelf life, the economies of scale, due to the large volumes that can be shipped by sea freight, make sea freight more [blank_start]ECONOMICAL[blank_end]
- AECONOMICAL
- BHUNGRY
- CPOWERFUL
- DECONOMICALY DOMINANT
90[blank_start]INTERNATIONAL TRADE[blank_end] -The exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories
- AINTERNATIONAL TRADE
- BNATIONAL TRADE
- CTRADE
91[blank_start]CONTAINERISATION[blank_end]-Transportation of cargo in standard sized containers (that can be interchanged between ships, trains, and trucks) with standardised handling equipment without having to handle the individual contents/items inside the container
- ACONTAINERISATION
- BSHIPPING
- CTRASPORTATIONIZATION
92The internet is a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication [blank_start]PROTOCOL[blank_end]
- APROTOCOL
- BSYSTEM
93Less developed countries (LDCs) seek direct foreign business investment in their countries to supply much needed job opportunities for locals and infrastructure development. Such countries encourage such investment in the form of tax [blank_start]__BREAK________[blank_end] and other incentives to set up business in these countries
- ABREAK
- BDEDUCTION
- CAVOIDANCE
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