SME
College · Science
Human Geography
5 topics
Geography
Before this course
Nothing to review first. This is a starting point.
Topics
Population and migration
Main lesson
Birth, death and growth rates
Use this for “A country of 500,000 had 6,000 births and 4,000 deaths. Find CBR, CDR and RNI, and its doubling time.”
Population growth and doubling time
Use this for “A city of 1,000,000 grows 2 % a year. How many people will it have in 20 years, and when will it double?”
Which city draws more migrants
Use this for “City A has 1,000,000 people 100 km away; city B has 4,000,000 people 300 km away. Which draws more migrants?”
Dependency ratio from age groups
Use this for “A country has 2.4 million people under 15, 6 million aged 15–64 and 1.2 million aged 65 and over. What is its dependency ratio?”
Stages of the demographic transition
Use this for “Which stage of the demographic transition is this country in, and what comes next?”
Urbanization
Main lesson
Population density away from the centre
Use this for “A city’s centre has 20,000 people per km² and a density gradient of 0.2 per km. How dense is it 10 km out?”
A city’s growth rate and doubling time
Use this for “A city grew from 1,200,000 to 3,000,000 people in 25 years. What was its yearly growth rate, and how fast does it double?”
Models of a city’s land use
Use this for “A city’s richest neighbourhoods run in a wedge along the lakeshore. Which urban model does that fit?”
Economic geography
Main lesson
Land rent and distance from market
Use this for “Wheat yields 4 t a hectare, sells for $200 a tonne, costs $120 a tonne to grow and $0.50 a tonne per km to haul. What rent does land 100 km out earn?”
Least-cost site: mine or market
Use this for “Smelting 1 t of copper takes 5 t of ore. The mine is 300 km from the market and freight is $0.10 a tonne-km. Build at the mine or the market?”
Economic sectors of jobs
Use this for “Is a truck driver, a steel worker or a software designer in the primary, secondary, tertiary or quaternary sector?”
Cultural landscapes
Political geography and development
Course test
See what you know: 10 questions on this course
New questions each time. Pass to mark it complete.