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(a) two ways in which current global patterns of food consumption are contributing to long-term resource insecurity.
(b) how energy insecurity can create geopolitical tensions at both regional and global scales.
(d) Using specific examples from the map, how energy trade flows reflect patterns of global inequality in production and consumption.
(e) two reasons why energy-exporting regions may remain economically or politically vulnerable despite their resource advantage.
The map shows the Global State of Food Security 2022
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit
(a) one country with a food security index score of 80 or above.
(b) the term resource security.
(c) Name one country with a high food security score and one country with a low food security score, based on the map.
(d) the global pattern of food security shown on the map.
(a) the term water scarcity.
(b) the term energy security.
(c) the term circular economy.
(d) two reasons why the ecological footprint of a city might be higher than that of a rural area.
(a) the term ecological footprint.
(b) two reasons why resource consumption is higher in high-income countries than in low-income countries.
(c) two consequences of increasing global demand for water.
The graph compares the GDP (Global Domestic Product) per capita against Energy use in 2015
Source: International Energy Agency (2025), Data compiled from multiple sources by World Bank (2025)
(a) how the relationship between economic development and energy use challenges assumptions about sustainability.
(b) one reason why efforts to reduce global resource consumption often face social and political resistance.
(c) how unequal access to water and energy resources can intensify global development disparities.
(d) why countries with similar levels of economic development could exhibit significantly different levels of energy use per capita.
(d) The map shows the water usage per person per day in Litres
Source: Water Usage per person per day in liter, Chartbin number 1455
one country with a per capita water usage greater than 2,500 litres per day.
(e) two benefits of transitioning to renewable energy sources.
(f) two reasons why energy demand is increasing globally.
(g) two reasons why countries in Sub-Saharan Africa tend to score lower on the Global Food Security Index.
(f) one continent where most countries have less than 10,000 million barrels of oil reserves.
(g) the global pattern of oil reserves shown on the map.
(h) two ways in which having large oil reserves might affect a country’s development.
(e) one region where water use is generally below 500 litres per day.
(f) the global pattern of water use per person per day shown on the map.
(g) two reasons why water usage is generally lower in low-income countries than in high-income countries.
(e) The map shows the countries with proven oil reserves (in millions of barrels)
Source: US EIA
one country with over 200,000 million barrels of oil reserves.
