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Questions and Answers
What is the term used to describe the roots of plants in a tropical rainforest?
What is the term used to describe the roots of plants in a tropical rainforest?
- Buttress roots (correct)
- Tap roots
- Adventitious roots
- PROP roots
What is the name of the international organization that created sustainable development goals?
What is the name of the international organization that created sustainable development goals?
- United Nations (correct)
- International Monetary Fund
- World Health Organization
- World Wildlife Fund
What is a cause of deforestation?
What is a cause of deforestation?
- Logging (correct)
- Reforestation
- Mining
- Agriculture
What is a negative impact of tourism on the environment?
What is a negative impact of tourism on the environment?
What is a human development indicator?
What is a human development indicator?
What is a physical geography factor that has suppressed economic development in Africa?
What is a physical geography factor that has suppressed economic development in Africa?
What is a type of sustainable management used in preventing deforestation?
What is a type of sustainable management used in preventing deforestation?
What is a global scale impact of deforestation?
What is a global scale impact of deforestation?
Study Notes
Geographical Skills
- Complete 4 and 6 figure grid references
- Recognize basic map symbols
- Understand contour lines
Tropical Rainforests
- Types of plants in TRFs: adaptations include buttress roots
- Types of animals in TRFs: adaptations include orangutans
- Climate of TRFs: hot and humid with high rainfall
- Global distribution of TRFs: near the equator
- Causes of deforestation: logging, agriculture, urbanization, etc.
- Local scale impacts of deforestation: extinction of species, habitat loss
- Global scale impacts of deforestation: climate change, loss of biodiversity
- Sustainable management methods: agroforestry, reforestation, conservation
Tourism
- Reasons for increase in tourism: increased accessibility, economic growth, social media
- Change in demand for tourism: greater desire for experiential travel, luxury tourism
- Positive impacts of tourism: economic growth, cultural exchange, job creation
- Negative impacts of tourism: environmental degradation, cultural exploitation, overcrowding
- Impacts on LICs and HICs: differences in economic benefits, cultural sensitivity, and infrastructure development
- Case studies: examples of sustainable tourism initiatives, ecotourism
Africa
- Human development indicators: life expectancy, literacy rate, GDP per capita
- Inequalities across countries: variance in HDI scores, poverty rates, education levels
- Physical and climatic geographies: deserts, mountains, disease ecology
- Debt: foreign debt, debt relief, economic constraints
- Education and industry: lack of investment, brain drain, informal economies
- Disease and poor healthcare: malaria, HIV/AIDS, maternal mortality
- Improving living conditions: increasing access to education, healthcare, sanitation
- Sustainable Development Goals: 17 goals, 169 targets, global cooperation
- International aid: effectiveness, conditionalities, dependency complexes
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Description
Test your knowledge of geographical skills, including grid references and map symbols, as well as your understanding of tropical rainforests, including plant and animal adaptations and global distribution.
