Component

Component: People and Economic Activity

Question 3

Written Paper Section I Question 3 - 2001 HSC

Definition of the geographical term sustainability

Question 5

Written Paper Section I Question 5 - 2011 HSC

Countries in the developing in order of GPD

Question 18

Written Paper Section II Question 18 - 2001 HSC

(a) Use the sources to identify two human activities that may place the Avon–Heathcote Estuary at risk. (b) Identify a management strategy currently used in this estuary and evaluate its likely success in terms of the ecological sustainability of this ecosystem. (c) State two important questions that a geographer could ask to determine the validity and reliability of the information in the ‘Selected Bird Numbers’ source.

Question 19

Written Paper Section II Question 19 - 2002 HSC

(a) From the source, describe the spatial pattern of the global production of oil in 2000. (b) Describe two factors influencing the future direction of a global economic activity.

Question 21

Written Paper Section III Question 21 - 2001 HSC

Explain how global changes in the economic activity have affected an enterprise you have studied at a local scale.

Question 22

Written Paper Section III Question 22 - 2002 HSC

Account for the location of an economic enterprise you have studied at a local scale, and describe the ecological dimensions related to this enterprise.

Question 23

Written Paper Section II Question 23 - 2011 HSC

(a) Explain how changing use of technology has influenced an economic activity. (b) Discuss the statement 'Local economic enterprises can no longer operate in isolation. Linkages and flows change significantly over time', for a local economic enterprise.