Rural-Urban Migration in China Quiz

What is the main cause of rural-urban migration in China?

• Political reasons

• Social reasons

• Economic reasons

• Environmental reasons

Which of the following provinces in China are the main sources of migrants moving to the coastal conurbations?

• Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, and Inner Mongolia

• Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, and Ningxia

• Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Hainan

• Sichuan, Hunan, Henan, Anhui, and Jiangxi

What is one of the positive impacts of rural-urban migration in China?

• Increased rural poverty

• Decreased access to services for migrant workers

• Reduced poverty in the countryside

• Decreased remittances to rural families

What is one of the negative impacts of rural-urban migration in China?

• Increased upward social mobility in rural areas

• Rural depopulation leading to loss of productive age groups

• Increased access to social services for migrant workers

• Improved living conditions for migrant workers

What is the main method that China has used to manage migration?

• Hukou system

• Housing subsidies

• Employment quotas

• Education grants

What is the impact of the hukou system reform in July 2014?

• It removed the link between hukou and access to services

• It restricted migration to medium-sized cities only

• It completely abolished the hukou system

• It tightened controls on population flow in all cities

Do migrant workers move for social or economic reasons? Explain your answer fully.

• Political reasons

• Environmental reasons

• Social reasons

• Economic reasons

What are the biggest positive and negative impacts of rural-urban migration in China? Give reasons for your answer.

• Reduced poverty in the countryside and rural depopulation

• Reduced poverty in the countryside and rural depopulation

• Increased rural poverty and improved living conditions for migrant workers

• Improved access to services for migrant workers and increased upward social mobility in rural areas

Describe and suggest reasons for the pattern of migration shown in Figure 1.

• Migrants are moving from one interior province to another

• Migrants are moving from one coastal conurbation to another

• Migrants are moving from the interior provinces to the large coastal conurbations

• Migrants are moving from coastal conurbations to the interior provinces

Research the socio-economic costs and benefits of the most recent changes to the hukou system. Are all sources equally reliable?

• Yes

• Not mentioned in the text

• No

• Maybe