Unit 12: Option F — The Geography of Food and Health
Topic 12.2: Food systems and the spread of disease Questions
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The table below shows the energy input, energy output and efficiency of several farm products.
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Explain how the spread of disease can increase food insecurity in a low-income country.
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The table shows the percentage of children sleeping under an insecticide-treated mosquito net in five sub-Saharan African countries, in 2003 and 2016.
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Explain how conflict can cause famine in a region.
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Suggest two strategies a government could use to reduce food insecurity, and explain how each would help.
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Explain how mechanizing food production can raise yields but also raise energy use.
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Outline two physical (environmental) factors that can reduce the food available in a region.
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Which is an economic factor in the spread of disease?
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Explain the difference between expansion diffusion and relocation diffusion in the spread of disease, using an example of each.
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Food can be available in a country yet people still go hungry because they lack…
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Give one political factor and explain how it can cause high levels of food insecurity.
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Outline one way the energy input to farming changes when food production is mechanized, and develop your answer.
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Outline one human factor that helps a water-borne disease spread through a population, and develop how it aids the spread.
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Outline one disadvantage that vertical farming poses for farmers, and develop it.
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For one named water-borne disease, explain one physical factor and one human factor that help it spread from place to place.
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Outline two geographic factors that can slow the spread of a new farming technology to poorer farmers.
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Which is a physical (environmental) cause of food insecurity?
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The table below shows the percentage of people with food insecurity by region in 2018 and a projection for 2028.
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The table shows dengue fever incidence (cases per 1000) by age group in an Asian country across three years.
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Food-production methods can be classified as urban, indoor or vertical, and some methods fall into more than one category.
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