UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
May/June 2020
GGH1502
World Issues: A Geographical Perspective
100 Marks
Duration 2 Hours
This paper consists of 12 pages and one annexure (pp 13-14)
Instructions:
1) This is a full MCQ examination consisting of 50 questions.
2) Read the questions very carefully before attempting to answer each question.
4) Allocation of marks and time utilisation:
• You have 3 hours and 15 minutes at your disposal.
- 15 minutes are for downloading the examination paper.
- 2 hours to answer all 50 multiple-choice questions
- 1 hour to upload your answers
5) Annexures:
Annexure 1 contains translations of some of the terminology used in this examination paper to North
Sotho, isiZulu and Afrikaans.
6) How to submit your answers:
After you have considered and selected answers to all the questions, you need to submit your
answers on myUnisa using the Assessment Info Tool to submit your answers. You still need to
“select” the answers when you open the submit link so leave yourself enough time to upload your
answers.
7) Honesty:
You are reminded that this examination is meant to be the product of your own study and thought.
Plagiarism includes copying answers from another student. No answers may be distributed
between students on any platform and, if found guilty of misconduct or in confirmed cases of exam
cheating, students will be dealt with through the usual disciplinary processes
THIS EXAMINATION PAPER REMAINS THE PROPERTY OF UNISA
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, Learning Unit 3: Sustainable Development
1 When the needs of the present are met without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs, we speak of …
(1) the tragedy of the commons.
(2) the impossibility theorem.
(3) sustainable development.
(4) net primary production.
2 Thomas Malthus suggested that …
(1) food supply grows arithmetically.
(2) human population grows geometrically.
(3) population growth will outstrip the food supply.
(4) All of the above.
3 The decline of the Mayan civilization may have been due to …
(1) over-reliance on maize.
(2) deforestation.
(3) overuse of soil.
(4) All of the above.
4 In what year did the Rio+20 Conference take place?
(1) 2000
(2) 2012
(3) 1992
(4) 2010
5 The opposing views on how serious the environmental crisis is and what ought to be
done about it, are related to the ...
(1) fact that all people use environmental resources in the same way.
(2) differences in the life and world views which people maintain.
(3) lack of a fundamental religious motive in most people's cultural background.
(4) significant technological progress during the past century.
6 Which one of the following statements does not reflect the principles of
sustainable development?
(1) Ecological processes must be preserved and biodiversity protected.
(2) Humans are the ‘ultimate resource’.
(3) Economic and ecological systems must be integrated.
(4) The needs of future generations should be taken into consideration.
7 According to economists, environmental degradation occurs because …
(1) information about this phenomenon is not generally available.
(2) environmental resources are becoming scarcer.
May/June 2020
GGH1502
World Issues: A Geographical Perspective
100 Marks
Duration 2 Hours
This paper consists of 12 pages and one annexure (pp 13-14)
Instructions:
1) This is a full MCQ examination consisting of 50 questions.
2) Read the questions very carefully before attempting to answer each question.
4) Allocation of marks and time utilisation:
• You have 3 hours and 15 minutes at your disposal.
- 15 minutes are for downloading the examination paper.
- 2 hours to answer all 50 multiple-choice questions
- 1 hour to upload your answers
5) Annexures:
Annexure 1 contains translations of some of the terminology used in this examination paper to North
Sotho, isiZulu and Afrikaans.
6) How to submit your answers:
After you have considered and selected answers to all the questions, you need to submit your
answers on myUnisa using the Assessment Info Tool to submit your answers. You still need to
“select” the answers when you open the submit link so leave yourself enough time to upload your
answers.
7) Honesty:
You are reminded that this examination is meant to be the product of your own study and thought.
Plagiarism includes copying answers from another student. No answers may be distributed
between students on any platform and, if found guilty of misconduct or in confirmed cases of exam
cheating, students will be dealt with through the usual disciplinary processes
THIS EXAMINATION PAPER REMAINS THE PROPERTY OF UNISA
[TURN OVER]
, Learning Unit 3: Sustainable Development
1 When the needs of the present are met without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs, we speak of …
(1) the tragedy of the commons.
(2) the impossibility theorem.
(3) sustainable development.
(4) net primary production.
2 Thomas Malthus suggested that …
(1) food supply grows arithmetically.
(2) human population grows geometrically.
(3) population growth will outstrip the food supply.
(4) All of the above.
3 The decline of the Mayan civilization may have been due to …
(1) over-reliance on maize.
(2) deforestation.
(3) overuse of soil.
(4) All of the above.
4 In what year did the Rio+20 Conference take place?
(1) 2000
(2) 2012
(3) 1992
(4) 2010
5 The opposing views on how serious the environmental crisis is and what ought to be
done about it, are related to the ...
(1) fact that all people use environmental resources in the same way.
(2) differences in the life and world views which people maintain.
(3) lack of a fundamental religious motive in most people's cultural background.
(4) significant technological progress during the past century.
6 Which one of the following statements does not reflect the principles of
sustainable development?
(1) Ecological processes must be preserved and biodiversity protected.
(2) Humans are the ‘ultimate resource’.
(3) Economic and ecological systems must be integrated.
(4) The needs of future generations should be taken into consideration.
7 According to economists, environmental degradation occurs because …
(1) information about this phenomenon is not generally available.
(2) environmental resources are becoming scarcer.
