DP Geography Questionbank

Identify the percentage of people affected by diabetes in Europe in 2000.

Suggest two reasons, other than population growth, why the number of people suffering from diseases of affluence is projected to increase globally.

Estimate the area of the country of Nigeria, in km². Show your working.

Outline one of the main components of the food security index.

Explain two human factors that may have led to high food insecurity in countries such as those shown.

Examine the reasons why food insecurity remains high in many places.

Estimate the mean incidence rate of dengue fever for all years in the 20–24 age group.

Examine the relative importance of physical and human factors in the diffusion over time of one vector-borne disease.

Examine the role of diffusion and barriers in the spread of disease. 

State the four-figure grid reference for the spot height of 1062 metres in the northeast of the map.

Estimate the area, in km² , of cultivated land to the west of easting 02.

Explain one physical factor and one human factor contributing to the diffusion of one named water-borne disease through an area such as this.

Examine how spatial variations in food consumption can impact upon life expectancy.

Outline one strategy used to limit the spread of a water-borne disease.

Examine how different factors have contributed to famine in one or more countries or areas.

Examine ways in which people’s dietary choices are sometimes influenced by different types of transnational corporation (TNC).

Examine how governments and other stakeholders can affect the severity of famine.

Examine how different stakeholders influence the diets of individuals and societies.

Examine the view that food waste reduction is the best way to achieve future food security.

Explain one global and one local action that could be undertaken to manage a pandemic such as diabetes.

Examine possible ways to improve food availability in different places.

Outline one way in which the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) could help increase food production from cultivated land.

Examine the reasons why food insecurity remains high in many places.

Estimate the amount of food waste, in billions of tonnes, created by consumers in North America.

Outline how vertical farming can help increase long-term global food availability.

Explain two strengths of food waste reduction as a strategy to improve food security in the world regions shown on the graph.

Examine the relative importance of prevention and treatment in limiting the spread of one or more diseases.

Explain how using genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to increase food production can lead to one environmental disadvantage.

Explain how using genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to increase food production can lead to one social disadvantage.

Examine how food production systems can use water and energy more sustainably.