IGCSE - Urbanisation Quiziz

What is urbanisation?

• The movement of people from rural, to urban areas.

• The increase in the proportion of people living in towns and cities.

Which of these is a negative economic consequence of urbanisation?

• Less services available in the city
• Ability to share culture and religions
• Destruction of the natural environment
• Less money dedicated to rural infrastructure/services

Which of these is not an environmental consequence of urbanisation?

• Increase in water pollution
• More efficient services
• Loss of natural land/habitats
• Increase in air pollution

What is a push factor leading to migration?

• Poverty
• More job opportunities
• Closer to family and friends
• Better services

What is a pull factor?

• Something that draws people into another area
• Something that draws people from an area
• A cart that needs pulling
• The movement of people from one area to another

What is population density?

• A measure of people per metre
• The rate of death minus the rate of births
• A measure of people per square kilometre
• A measure of how many people live in one house

How do I calculate natural population increase?

• Births minus deaths, divided by 10

• Deaths minus births

• Deaths plus births

• Births multiplied by deaths

To be a Megacity, the population has to be above

• 8 million
• 11 million
• 15 million
• 10 million

What are the three contributing factors to population?

• Birth rate, death rate and marriage
• Death rate, tourists, immigration
• Birth rate, death rate and immigration

An 'urban area refers to:

• The area along coastlines.
• to towns, cities, and suburbs. An urban area includes the city itself, as well as the surrounding areas.
• Villages, farms and agricultural areas within the state of Queensland.