DP Geography Questionbank

“The growth of the global middle class will inevitably accelerate climate change.” To what extent do you agree with this statement?

Describe trends in the proportion of fuel directly imported into Australia between 2000 and 2013.

Suggest one graphical method that could depict the information in box A, giving a reason for your choice.

Describe what is meant by an individual’s ecological footprint.

Explain how the growth of a country’s middle-class population can lead to changing diets.

Suggest one way in which greater use of renewable energy can decrease the size of a nation’s ecological footprint.

Suggest one way in which greater use of renewable energy can increase the size of a nation’s ecological footprint.

Explain how the growth of a country’s middle-class population can lead to land-use pressures.

Outline two differences in the growth of the middle-class population of Ukraine and Serbia.

Difference 1:

Difference 2:

Suggest one reason for a recent change in the diets of people in middle-income countries.

Describe the relationship shown in the graph.

Explain one way in which ecological footprint measures an individual’s resource consumption.

To what extent does the evidence in the infographic support the view that e-waste is a global problem?

Describe the relationship between GNI per person and average growth rate of EEE consumption.

Describe what is meant by “embedded water”.

Explain two reasons why diets are changing in middle-income countries.

Reason 1:

Reason 2:

Using evidence from the infographic, explain one way it clearly demonstrates to the audience how they can help end poverty.