Form 5 Geography First Term Examination Revision Notes
C1 Opportunities & risks
Key questions
1. What areas have been frequently
affected by earthquakes,
volcanic eruptions and
tsunamis?
2. How are they related to the
global distribution of plates and
plate boundaries?
3. What has been done to reduce
the impact of these natural
hazards?
(e.g. monitoring, predicting and
warning systems for natural
hazards, various disaster
mitigation and preparation
strategies, land use zoning)
C3 Changing industrial location
Key questions
1. How has the location of China’s
iron and steel industry changed
- since the 1980s?
- since the early 2000s?
2. What is the role of technology
and other factors, especially
government policy in leading to
such changes?
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Spatial distribution: 60-62
- plate boundary 64-67
- Pacific Ring of Fire / Circum-Pacific Belt 68-70
- rim of the oceans
- subduction zone
- volcanic island arcs
- ocean trenches
- mid-oceanic ridges
- hot spots
- Function of measures 79-83
- Limitation of measures 85-88
- prediction and forecast accuracy 91-94
- level of capital and technology 96-99
- magnitude of hazard
- awareness and preparedness of people
- transport network
- government efficiency
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Characteristics of iron and steel industry: 43-52
- heavy industry
- raw-material-oriented / power-oriented
- heavy and bulky
Locational changes:
- coastal shift
- relocating to the south
Factors affecting industrial location:
- technology: production technology &
transport technology
- access to raw materials, power resources,
market & labour
- land attributes
- government policies
- business partners: agglomeration
economies / industrial clusters