Year 8 Geography - Changing Nations - 2

the two ways that urban areas grow are

• nitrogen and phospherous
• natural increase and migration
• increasing birth rates and migration

A mega-city is defined as

• a city with more than 10 million people
• a city with more than 20 million people
• a city that has global influence
• a city that receives more migrants than loses emmigrants

This is the rapid, often poorly planned spread of development from an urban area outward into rural areas

• urban sprawl
• metropolitan area
• rural fringe
• whooping cough

Which is a negative effect of urban sprawl?

• new, affordable homes
• more farmland
• destruction of habitats
• more people pass their geography quiz

Which is a positive effect of urban sprawl?

• there are more affordable houses
• increased pollution
• destruction of habitats
• more taco bells (this one's not the right answer, but it is true)

What does BOLTSS stand for?

• Border, Outline, Legend, Title, Scale and Source
• Border, Orientation, Legend, Title, Scale and Source
• Border, Outline, Lakes, Title, Scale and Source
• Buildings, Orientation, Legend, Title, Scale and Source

Cutting down trees to build houses is an example of which?

• Location
• Place
• Human-Environment Interaction
• Movement

Declining water and air quality, Carbon emissions and urban sprawl are...

• Social consequences

• Economic consequences

• Environmental consequences

Which is the following is NOT a pull factor

• More jobs

• More goods and services

• Less entertainment

• More entertainment

Urban sprawl is a problem because....

• People have to commute too far to get to work

• its destroying natural environments and farm land

• Its increasing crime in the suburbs

• Its bringing too many people into the city