Geography flashcards

92 WACE Geography cards across 2 modules (41 definitions, 50 key facts, 1 fill-the-gap, 0 formulas). Each session gives you 20 cards, due cards first. Swipe right for easy, left for hard, down for again. Keyboard: Space to flip, 1 to 4 to rate.

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What this deck covers

Unit 3: Global Networks and Interconnections (46 cards, 13 dot points)
Unit 4: Planning and Sustainable Futures (46 cards, 12 dot points)

Sample cards from this deck

Definition
Cultural globalisation and homogenisation: WACE Year 12 Geography
Define Cultural globalisation
Cultural globalisation is the transmission of ideas, meanings, values and practices around the world in ways that extend and intensify social relations.
Definition
Causes of urbanisation: WACE Year 12 Geography
Define Urbanisation
Urbanisation is the increase in the proportion of a population living in urban areas, usually caused by people moving from rural to urban areas and by higher natural increase in cities.
Definition
Environmental impacts of global networks: WACE Year 12 Geography
Define Carbon footprint of trade
The carbon footprint of trade is the greenhouse gas emissions generated by producing and transporting goods that are consumed elsewhere.
Definition
Challenges of rural and regional places: WACE Year 12 Geography
Define Agricultural change
Mechanisation and farm consolidation reduce the labour needed on the land.
Definition
Flows of capital and investment: WACE Year 12 Geography
Define Foreign direct investment
Long-term investment in productive assets, such as Chinese and Japanese investment in Australian mines and gas projects.
Definition
Economic, environmental and social sustainability: WACE Year 12 Geography
Define Economic sustainability
An economy that can be maintained over the long term: secure jobs, viable industries, and the capacity to fund services without exhausting the resource base.
Definition
Flows of information and ideas: WACE Year 12 Geography
Define Information and communication technology
Information and communication technology (ICT) refers to the technologies used to capture, store, process and transmit information, including the internet, mobile phones, satellites and computing.
Definition
Fieldwork and geographical inquiry: WACE Year 12 Geography
Define Land-use mapping and transects
Recording how land use, building height or vegetation changes along a line across a place.
Definition
Flows of people and migration: WACE Year 12 Geography
Define Migrant, refugee and asylum seeker
A migrant chooses to move, usually for work or family. A refugee has fled their country and been recognised as needing protection under the 1951 Refugee Convention.
Definition
Managing urban challenges: WACE Year 12 Geography
Define Mass transit
Rail, metro and bus rapid transit move people efficiently and cut car use.