Urbanisation Year 8

In what year did the number of people living in urban areas surpass those living in rural areas?

• 2000

• 2007

• 2010

• 2015

What is urbanisation?

• The increase in the number of rural areas

• The decrease in the number of people living in cities

• The decrease in the number of rural areas

• The increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas

What significant change occurred about 200 years ago?

• The discovery of America

• The arrival of the industrial age

• The first manned flight

• The invention of the internet

What caused people to move from rural areas to cities during the industrial age?

• Better weather in cities

• More entertainment options in cities

• Less work in rural areas and new job opportunities in cities

• Higher taxes in rural areas

By around 1950, what was the population of the world's largest city, New York?

• 10 million

• 5 million

• 12 million

• 15 million

As of 2012, how many megacities are there around the world?

• 15

• 20

• 27

• 30

What is the population threshold for a city to be considered a megacity?

• 5 million

• 15 million

• 20 million

• 10 million

What term do geographers use to refer to the rapid growth of the world's cities in the last 20 years?

• City boom

• Urban explosion

• Urbanisation

• Metropolitan growth

What percentage of Australia's population lives along the coast in major cities?

• 80%

• 75%

• 70%

• 85%

What was the world's total population around 1950?

• 2.5 billion

• 1.5 billion

• 4.5 billion

• 3.5 billion