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IB DP Geography Hazards and Disasters Syllabus to Annotate

Hazards and Disasters Definitions and Case Studies

Hazards and Disasters Exam Style Question

1. Define vulnerability. [1 mark]
2. Describe the distribution of radioactive pollution from the human-induced hazard that occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. [3 marks]
3. Explain the causes of any one recent human-induced hazard event or disaster. [6 marks]
4. Discuss how vulnerability can be a function of demographic and socio-economic factors. [10 marks]

Concept Mapping Case Studies

Choose four of your case studies to include:

• either an earthquake or a volcanic eruption
• a hurricane / tropical cyclone / typhoon
• a drought
• a human-induced hazard

Write the names of your case studies, evenly spaces, across thy middle of a large sheet of paper.

Add the following terms/phrases to your sheet of paper, spaced out so there is roughly the same amount of space around each:

• location
• time/date
• magnitude
• demographic effects
• economic effects
• cause
• predictability
• responses
• adjustments

Now connect each of your case studies to each of the terms/phrases with a line, one at a time. When you add a line, add the details of the connection between the case study and the term/phrase.

IB DP Geography Hazards and Disasters Revision - The 'Bowl' Game

1. Cut out the 20 keyword squares, fold them and put into a bowl.
2. Students get into groups of four - made up of two teams of two. Student A and C, Student B and D.
3. Round One: A sixty second countdown starts and student A takes a keyword from the bowl. He/she must get his/her team member (Student C) to say what is on keyword square without using the keywords themselves. Once Student C correctly states what is on the keyword square Student A takes another one from the bowl and again tries to get Student C to say the keywords. This process stops once sixty seconds ends. It is then Student B's turn for sixty seconds with his/her team mate Student D, then Student C and then Student D ... until all the keywords have been done. A score is counted per team and the keywords are returned to the bowl.
4. Round Two: the same principal as Round One but this time it is done without words, like a game of 'charades'.
5. Round Three: this time all that can be said is the initials of the keywords.
6. Round Four: This time only one word can be used - but it must not be one of the keywords.