Human Geography Revision

Population geography looks at the spread ___ of people over the earth's surface.

Population Geography studies

• why some parts of the world have many people living there while other parts have very few

• areas where the numbers of people living, and their growth rate

• the problems that come from this growth

• reasons why people move from one area or country to another

• how movements lead to people having different customs, religious beliefs and ways of living

Settlement geography is about

• where people live.

• why settlements grow up in a particular place, and why some remain small in size (villages) while others may grow into very large urban centres (cities).

• It describes problems that go with living in very small places as well as those of very large ones

• It looks at how land is used in cities and how this use can change over time.

___ describes the methods of transport by which people may move about - to work, to school, to the shops and for recreation and holidays.

___ It also includes the movement of goods (trade) and information, such as conversations on the telephone and programmes on the television.

___ looks at how people try to earn a living. (industry, jobs, wealth)

• Environmental Geography

• Physical Geography

• Economic Geography

• Finance

Primary activities, Secondary activities, Tertiary activities are terms associated with the study of

Farming is an example of

• tertiary activity

• secondary activity

• primary activity

Manufacturing (creating products) is an example of

• tertiary activity

• secondary activity

• primary activity

Service industry (doctors, teaching, lawyer...) is an example of

• tertiary activity

• secondary activity

• primary activity