G9 Revision Work - Urbanisation

G9 Revision Quiz - Urbanisation

By Liz Anderson

Multiple Choice

What is the main cause of urbanisation in developed countries?

• Desertification

• Modernisation

• Industrialisation

• Fabrication

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Where does urbanisation occur most rapidly?

• Richer nations

• Poorer nations

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Urbanization is

• The process of urbaning
• When an increasing percentage of a country's population lives in cities
• When more people move from one city to another
• When the size of cities grow

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An example of a HIC is?

• Nigeria

• Ethiopia

• Japan

• Afghanistan

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Urbanisation is a consequence of natural increase. What is natural increase?

• When there is an increase in nature

• When there are more people moving in to the urban areas

• When the birth rate is higher than the death rate

• When there is an increase is housing so now more people can move to the area

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Identify a pull factor to an urban area

• inadequate supplies of food

• Poor water supply

• Educational opportunities

• Overcrowding

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Identify a environmental push factor

• drought leading to poor harvests

• lack of job opportunities

• low access to safe water supplies or sanitation

• limited educational opportunities

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Urban form encompasses the size, shape and density and how settlements are set out. True or False?

• True

• False

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Human factors related to urban form includes what? (More than one answer)

• Planning

• Topography

• Natural Resources

• Infrastructure

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What are town centre mixed developments?

• Ones that are planned by a mix of different people

• Ones that have different types of land use - shops, houses and entertainment

• Ones that have just shops and houses

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What are the urban development types that are very security conscious?

• Secure developments

• Safe developments

• Fortress developments

• Gated developments

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What are some of the problems associated with urbanisation? There is more than one answer.

• Too many people

• Not enough public services

• Too many man-made natural features

• Crime

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Sydney is NOT considered a megacity because...

• It is in Australia

• Its population is only 4.4 million

• It is a coastal city

• It is a world city

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Which of the following cities was already a megacity in 1950?

• Shanghai

• Dhaka

• Java

• Tokyo

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How are megacities formed?

• More infrastructure attracts people

• Governments supply grants for people to move to cities

• More and more people are moving to the city areas for a variety of reasons

• Cities battle it out to be seen as the best ones to live in

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Where are the majority of megacities located?

• Africa

• Europe

• Asia

• The Americas

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How many megacities are located in North America?

• half of them

• 2

• 13.3%

• New York

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Most of the world's population live in megacities

• True

• False

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Megacities have a population of ...?

• Over 9,000

• Over 10 million

• Over 50 million

• Over 100 million

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What is a slum?

• A city that has the population of 10 million people

• A cool city

• It is a overcrowded urban residential area.

• A river

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Slums lack certain things. They lack things like sanitation, personal safety and clean water. True or False?

• True

• False

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Slums are often built within big cities and have a housing authority that plans what they look like. True or False?

• True

• False

​Inequalities exist in all urban areas. Inequality means extreme differences between poverty and wealth, as well as in people's wellbeing and access to things like jobs, housing and education.

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Why do people live in slums?

• They come there to help family that are already there

• They live there because they lost their house in a natural disaster

• They come to the slums as they are closer to employment opportunities

• They live in the slums because they are uneducated

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The name and population of one of the largest slums in India is:

• Mumbai,

  10 million people

• Kolkata,

  100,000 people

• Dharavi,

  1 million people

• Dharavi

  100,000 people

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It is hard for residents to visit hospitals in slums?

• True

• False

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In urban areas, there are inequalities that exist between the rich and poor. True or False?

• True

• False

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Which does inequality cover?

• Wealth

• Wellbeing

• Education

• All of these options

​It is a fact that wealth inequality in cities across the world has accelerated dramatically. While economic globalisation has created great wealth, it is increasingly clear that the benefits of this growth are very unevenly distributed.

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What is economic inequality?

• Uneven access to education amongst a population

• Uneven access to healthcare amongst a population

• Uneven access to wealth amongst a population

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Economic inequalities are higher in the developing world than in developed countries. True or False?

• True

• False

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What are the issues the economic inequality can cause? Tick all that apply.

• Political instability

• Elevated crime rate

• A potential rise in poverty

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One of the benefits of cultural diversity is:

• Tensions between groups

• Pressure on services like schools

• Economic benefits due to cultural diversity attracting people

• Segregation

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Encouraging social and cultural integration will have a positive effect on some urban issues. True or False?

• True

• False

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Unless the government enforces new laws to curb social/ cultural integration, this will always be a problem. True or False?

• True

• False

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Sustainability means living in a way that doesn’t irreversibly damage the environment or use of resources faster than they can be replenished

• True

• False

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What can be implemented to make water and energy more sustainable?

• Pipe cleaning more regularly

• Better infrastructure for water and energy

• Conservation Projects

• Not wasting electrcity

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When observing sustainability regarding water, we need to only take from the environment what we can replenish. True or False.

• True

• False

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Why is landfill unsustainable?

• Nutella jars are the biggest problem in landfill

• There are too many cans in the landfill

• We will, in time, run out of space to put all the landfill

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What does decomposing landfill create?

• Hills

• Methane gases

• Oxygen