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Who was Alexander Von Humboldt? |
A Prussian geography and naturalist explorer. His quantative work on biogeography laid the foundation for biogeography. 1799-1804, Von Humboldt documented Latin America from a scientific perspective for the first time. Suggested the theory of pangea. |
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European Migration Crisis facts. |
Causes: Civil War in Syria, unreast in the middle east & economic reasons. Where: Main points of entry Turkey - Greece and North Africa - Spain/Italy. Response: Ships sent to prevent migrants from drowning. Some coutnries closed borders (restricting number of migrants) and some opened up. Impacts: Anti-migrant feelings and a fractured EU. |
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Profitable trade in History? |
Trans Atlantic Slave trade. Triangular trade (tools: Europe - Africa. Slaves: Africa - America. Cotton and tobacco: America - Europe). |
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Ineffective aid example? |
Zimbabwe Famine Low food security and distribution meant food aid was not reaching the south or outer areas. Donors therefore withdrawled because of dependency of support from others. 2002, government banned food aid. |
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Example of modern geography creating a sustainable future? |
Algae biofuels: Contains lipids which can be burnt and used as fuel. It is a sped up natural process. Not much land needed. |
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Biome example |
Tropical Rainforrest. Making up 6% of world's surface and home to half the world's species. |
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Aquatic biome example and human impacts. |
Atlantic Ocean. Fishing Pollution - (waste, oil spills etc) Eutrophication Ocean acidification - (absorption of CO2 causing change in pH) |
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Bangladesh Floods facts. |
LEDC 670,000 hectares of crops destroyed. 2 million tonnes rice destoryed 1/2 million cattle and poultry lost 1,300 deaths 7,000,000 homes destroyed (7 milion) 25 million made homeless 57% of land flooded Shortages in drinking water and dry food Spread of disease $1 billion lost |
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Chance Peak Volcano |
LEDC- Monserrat 1995-97 11,000 evacuated 19 deaths Collapse of the tourism industry Housing and vegetation (livestock included) destoryed. |
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Kobe Earthquake |
Japan, Kobe (1995 17th Jan) 7.4 Richter scale 6,434 deaths £100 billion damage Pacific, Phillapines & Eurasion plates 400,000 buildings destroyed |
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GIS - what is it and what are the advantages & disadvantages? |
GIS - Geographic information system. System to capture, store, manipulate, analyse, manage and present spatial and geographical data. Advantages- Visualize spatial information Create maps Predict natural disasters. Disadvantages- Very expensive Large amount of data Prone to error Invasion of privacy |
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Lake District National Park |
MEDC - Largest National Park in UK Created in 1951 (after 1949 National parks and access to the countryside act) 880 square miles 12 million vistitors per year NPA (National Parks Authority) deals with conflicts within the park. |
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Dam facts & Pak Mun project dam |
Expensive Can be used to create hydroelectric power Varied durability (50-100 years) Causes build up of river sediment leading to river erosion downstream Hard engineering Pak Mun Project Dam - Mekong river, thailand. 17 m high 136 mega watts in power 264 million dollars to build 15.8 million dollars in compensating loss of homes and livlihood. |
