The cards Question In which hemisphere and continent is China located? Tap to flip Answer The Northern Hemisphere, in Asia. Question What is a geographic information system (GIS)? Tap to flip Answer A computer mapping system that captures and displays geographic data to help understand spatial patterns. Question In a GIS, what is a layer? Tap to flip Answer A visual representation of geographic data on a digital map, e.g. population density, income levels or land use. Question Where does China rank among the world's countries by area? Tap to flip Answer It is the fourth largest country in the world by area. Question Roughly how many times bigger than Greenland is China? Tap to flip Answer Around four times, although the two can look about the same size on some world map projections. Question Why does China's climate vary so much from place to place? Tap to flip Answer Because of its large size and diverse landscape. Question What is a monsoon? Tap to flip Answer A seasonal change in wind direction that brings a very rainy season or a very dry season. Question In the monsoon climate found across much of China, which season is drier and which is wetter? Tap to flip Answer Winters are dry and summers are wetter. Question What is the difference between weather and climate? Tap to flip Answer Weather is the day-to-day state of the atmosphere; climate is the average of weather conditions over a long period, usually 30 years or more. Question Which city is China's northernmost? Tap to flip Answer Mohe. Question What is a biome? Tap to flip Answer A large region with similar climates, vegetation and animals adapted to living there. Question Give one example of a biome found in China. Tap to flip Answer e.g. desert, grassland, tropical forest or temperate forest. Question Which climate zone lies between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn? Tap to flip Answer The tropical climate zone. Question What type of forest grows at Xishuangbanna in China? Tap to flip Answer Tropical forest; it is one of the largest forests in Asia. Question How much rain does a desert receive per year? Tap to flip Answer Less than 25 centimetres. Question Is the Gobi Desert a hot desert or a cold desert? Tap to flip Answer A cold desert. Question Which two countries does the Gobi Desert cover parts of? Tap to flip Answer Northern China and southern Mongolia. Question Why is the Gobi Desert a rain shadow desert? Tap to flip Answer The Himalayas block the rainfall from reaching it. Question What is desertification? Tap to flip Answer The process by which semi-arid land becomes drier and turns into desert. Question Are deserts found only in hot climates? Tap to flip Answer No. Deserts are areas of extremely low rainfall and can be hot or cold. Question What is birth rate? Tap to flip Answer The number of live births per 1000 people per year. Question What is population distribution? Tap to flip Answer How people are spread out across a geographic area. Question Give one factor contributing to the decrease in China's population. Tap to flip Answer e.g. falling birth rates or an ageing population. Question What is a push factor in migration? Tap to flip Answer A reason prompting people to leave where they live, e.g. lack of jobs, hazards or conflict. Question What is a pull factor in migration? Tap to flip Answer A reason attracting people to a new place, e.g. more jobs, better living conditions or better services. Question What is a global city? Tap to flip Answer A city that is a major centre for trade and communication with places around the world. Question What is a megacity? Tap to flip Answer A city with a population of more than 10 million people. Question Are all global cities megacities? Tap to flip Answer No. Global cities are well connected and globally important; megacities are defined by having over 10 million people. Question What is the capital of China? Tap to flip Answer Beijing. Question Roughly how far back does Beijing's history as a city date? Tap to flip Answer Around 3000 years. Question What are transnational corporations? Tap to flip Answer Large businesses that operate in many different countries globally. Question What is an informal settlement? Tap to flip Answer An area of unplanned housing where people often don't own the land and may struggle to access services such as electricity and sanitation. Question Besides money, give one way people's lives can be unequal. Tap to flip Answer e.g. access to education and health care, quality of housing, job opportunities or how people are treated. Question What does Beijing's high population density put strain on? Tap to flip Answer Housing, infrastructure and services. Question Give one reason why so many products are made in China. Tap to flip Answer e.g. cheaper labour, good infrastructure or a large population. Question Is everything made in China exported? Tap to flip Answer No. China makes products for people in China as well as for countries around the world. Question What is a global superpower? Tap to flip Answer A country that has a lot of power or influence over other countries in the world. Question Besides wealth, give one factor that can make a global superpower powerful. Tap to flip Answer e.g. cultural, population or resources. Question What is a carbon footprint? Tap to flip Answer A measure of the amount of greenhouse gases something releases into the atmosphere. Question What is hydropower? Tap to flip Answer Energy from moving water, such as fast-flowing rivers, waterfalls and waves at sea. Question Is everyone equally responsible for climate change? Tap to flip Answer No. Everyone has a carbon footprint, but some people and places contribute more than others. Where this deck sits in the curriculum Curriculum National Curriculum for England Stage Key stage 3 (Years 7–9) Course KS3 Geography Unit China: a global superpower? England's National Curriculum sets what is taught; the units and their order are Oak National Academy's. Flash Feed is not affiliated with Oak or any exam board.
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Show the other sources (10) Primary source Evaluating China's status as a global superpower (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Climate change in China (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source The climate of China (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source The biomes of China (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source The Gobi Desert (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Population change in China (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Rural to urban migration in China (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Beijing: A global city (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Opportunities in Beijing (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Primary source Challenges in Beijing (opens in a new tab) (Oak National Academy, thenational.academy) Found a mistake? Write to support@flashfeed.app .
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