DP Geography Questionbank

Examine ways of managing the negative impacts of tourism’s rapid growth in some urban environments.

Examine the advantages and disadvantages of the site used for one or more festivals.

Explain why participation in basketball or other sports might increase over time for low-income groups.

Outline one factor that can influence the location of a sports stadium.

Explain why participation in basketball or other sports might increase over time for women.

Estimate the percentage of older adults playing basketball in 2008.

Estimate the range of costs shown for the Winter Olympics, in billions of US dollars.

Estimate the total cost shown for the Summer Olympics between 2004 and 2016, in billions of US dollars.

Examine the geographic relationship between the hierarchy of teams and the distribution of supporters for one named national sports league.

Outline one possible reason why some higher-income countries have chosen to host the Olympics on multiple occasions.

Explain two ways in which participation in international sporting events became more diverse during the years shown in the graph.

Examine the contribution that ecotourism can make to the sustainability of tourism on local and global scales.

Outline one way in which investment by transnational corporations (TNCs) can help places grow as tourist destinations.

Suggest two reasons why further visitor growth at major tourist hotspots such as these could be unsustainable.

State the range of number of visitors, in millions, for the 15 major tourist hotspots.

Examine how people’s participation in leisure activities can be affected by their country’s level of human development.

Examine how different tourism strategies might contribute to the development of one or more countries.

Suggest how large numbers of visitors in an area such as this could have one positive economic impact for local communities.

Suggest how large numbers of visitors in an area such as this could have one negative economic impact for local communities.

Examine why views may differ on the benefits of tourism as a development strategy.

Using the photograph, identify two characteristics of this area that may reduce accessibility for visiting football supporters.

Examine the influence of cultural and political factors on participation in sport at varying scales.

Outline one reason why some city stadiums have a large sphere of influence.

Referring to the photograph, describe the distribution of two touristic activities.

Examine how international sporting events bring social and economic benefits to different places.

Using photographic evidence, suggest one physical reason why this destination may have reached its environmental carrying capacity.

Explain three local human factors that could reduce the number of tourist arrivals at a destination such as the one shown in the photograph.

Examine the physical and human reasons why some rural areas have become important for leisure activities.

Outline one possible reason why people in this high-income country have a large amount of leisure time.

Explain three factors not shown in the graph that may affect the amount of leisure time for different groups of working people in a country like this.

Examine ways in which international sporting events have become more inclusive over time.

Estimate the number of hours per day that people aged 65+ spend watching TV.

Examine reasons why the growth of tourism hotspots can become unsustainable.

Estimate the percentage of leisure time that 15–24-year-olds spend on non-screen activities.