Geography

• what is birth rate?

  the number of live births per 1,000 people in a population in a given year.
• what is death rate?

  the number of deaths per 1000 per year
• what is infant mortality?

  the number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1,000 live births in a given population.
• what does HDI stand for?

  human development index
• name one economic indicator...

  gross national income
• name one social indicator for development...

  life expectancy, person per doctor
• what makes up HDI?

  life expectancy, GDP years of schooling
• what are birth rates like in stage one?

  high
• what are death rates like in stage one?

  high
• what are birth rates like in stage two?

  high
• what are death rates like in stage two?

  lower
• what are birth rates like in stage three?

  low
• what are death rates like in stage three?

  low
• what are birth rates like in stage four?

  low
• what are death rates like in stage four?

  low
• what are birth rates like in stage five?

  extremely low
• what are death rates in stage five?

  low
• when does birth rate begin to fall?

  stage three
• what does DTM stand for?

  demographic transition model
• when does death rate start to fall?

  stage two
• what are the three factors which cause lack of development?

  historical, physical, economic
• name some historical reasons for lack of development...

  war, scramble for Africa
• what are some physical reasons for lack of development?

  disease, natural hazard, water cleanliness
• what are some economic reasons for lack of development?

  exports, selling of produce
• name one environmental cause for uneven development...

  natural hazards, landlocked, climate
• describe natural disasters...


  extreme events caused by environmental factors
• what kind of volcano is mount st helens?

  composite cone, at a destructive plate margin
• what magnitude was the Chile earthquake?

  8.8
• how many deaths occurred from the Chile earthquake?

  500
• what magnitude was the Nepal earthquake?

  7.9
• how many people were killed by the Nepal earthquake?

  9000
• how is a typhoon formed?

  -warm air rises and evaporates -strong movement of air draws water vapour up -evaporated air cools, forming towering, thunderstorm clouds -air condenses, releasing heat which powers storm, drawing in more and more water -several smaller thunderstorms join together.
• where did typhoon Haiyan hit?

  the Philippines
• when did typhoon Haiyan occur?

  in November of 2013
• how deep does water have to be for a typhoon to occur?

  60m
• what must water temperature be for a typhoon to occur?


  26.5<
• how many people died in typhoon Haiyan?

  6300
• how many people were affected by typhoon Haiyan?

  over 14 million
• how many houses were damaged in typhoon Haiayn?

  around 40000
• what is top-down development?

  government led decision making