Geography - Chapter 6,7,8,9,10

What are the environmental factors of liveability

Climate, Landforms, Natural resources

What are the Human factors of livability

Crime & Safety, Employment and income, Culture

Countries with the highest oil resource

Saudi Arabia and Venezuela

Which city is the called the opal capital city of the world

Cooper Pedy

What are the 5 components of infrastructure

• Housing

• Water and Sanitation

• Transportation

• Cultural facilities

• Educational healthcare

Water Scarcity

Lack of sufficient available water resources which meet demand

Reticulated meaning

The system of pipes and drains that takes raw sewage to a sewage treatment plant

Do more people have phones or toilets? Yes or No

yes

Chorea is 2nd largest disease killing children underage of 5

Peninsula meaning

a piece of land going out into water from a larger piece of land

What was the place now called Pyrmont used for before 1788?

Indigenous people used the land for hunting and gathering fish

What was made in 1902 in Pyrmont which drastically increased its industry activity

It was a bridge between Pyrmont and Central Business District (CBD)

Why did Pyrmont experience Urban Decay in the 70s and 80s?

• Relocation of port facilities

• power station closed

• sugar refinery relocated to Queensland

Food security

When people at all times have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious foods

What does traffic volume cause?

leads to air pollution

what is Port Hedland

One of Australia’s most polluted towns; polluted from iron ore dust

What is the Ganges River

• Millions of people come to this place to worship for Hindu religion

• elderly spend their last days worshipping and being spiritually cleansed

Ghats meaning

the steps leading down to the Ganges River

Ashrams Meaning

a community where Hindus practice yoga and meditation

Halong Bay

• declared UNESCO world heritage sight in 200 for limestone karst landscape

• 1600 inhabitants who built houses on water

• fishing is main source of income