TBSHS GCSE Geography: Mexico City Quiz 2

Factors causing population growth in Mexico City since the 1950s:

• High death rate and a falling birth rate

• Urban to rural migration

• High birth rate and a falling death rate

• Rural to urban migration

The main flow of migrants to Mexico City is from...

• USA (international migration)

• rural areas (national migration)

• squatter settlements

National migration - push factor

• Few alternative jobs to farming

• Good quality healthcare

• Availability of clean water

Impacts of migration on Mexico City:

• More self-built housing at the city edge

• Fear of crime leading to segregation of people

• Lower population density

• Improved air quality

National migration is...

• the total population of Mexico City

• movement of people to a different country

• movement of people within a country

• the birth rate increasing

The top 20% of people in Mexico City earn how many times as much as the bottom 20%?

• 100

• 13

• 31

• 3

Rapid population growth leads to a lot of competition for the jobs that are available. This means ...

• higher wages can be paid

• many people work in the informal economy

• low wages can be paid

• supply of jobs exceeds the demand

The part of the economy that is neither taxed nor monitored by any form of government

• The informal economy

• The formal economy

• The manufacturing sector

• Farming

The poorest 10% average only ___ years of school attendance while the richest average 12 years.

What is the missing figure?

• 10

• 2

• 6

Squatter settlements develop because of...

• housing shortages

• atmospheric pollution from vehicle emissions

• water pollution

• rapid national migration