GCSE Geography Paper 2 (1)

Which of the following has the definition below?

"The process where people move form the countryside into cities and urban areas"

• Elite migration

• Rural-urban migration

• Economic migration

• Forced migration

What does NEE stand for?

• Newly Emerging Economies

• New Economic Evolution

• Newly Emerging Ecosystem

• New Environmental Economy

Which country is an example of High Income Countries (HICs)?

• Nepal

• China

• Nigeria

• Germany

Answer explanation

Nepal and Nigeria are both Low Income Countries (LICs); China is an example of newly emerging economies (NEEs).

Megacity is a city with a population of ...?

• Over 9 million

• Over 10 million

• 15 million

• Over 5 million

Migrants arriving in cities in LICs or NEEs will often move to the cheapest housing. What are these parts of the city known as?

• The central business district

• The rural-urban fringe

• Suburbs

• Informal settlements

What is a brownfield site?

• An area of land that has not been developed previously

• The area around a city where development is restricted so that town and cities do not merge

• Land that was once used for housing or industry and is now disused, awaiting re-development

• Land used or suitable for farming

Cities in the UK have suffered from de-industrialisation. Which of these processes is most likely to be the result of it?

• Inner city decline

• Regeneration of the CBD

• Suburbanisation

• Urbanisation

In Brick Lane, in the East End of London, you can see street signs in Bengali and English. This is evidence of what?

• National migration

• International migration

• Urban sprawl

• Gentrification

Which of the following is an example of national migration?

• Bankers from Amsterdam work in the City of London

• Lorry drivers from the EU emerge from the Eurotunnel every day

• Students from around the UK graduate then stay in London for work

• Polish workers arrive in the UK to pick fruit in Devon

What is an informal economy?

• Employment in regulated, taxed parts of the economy

• Employment in unregulated, untaxed parts of the economy

• Employment in the manufacturing sector

• Employment in the tertiary and quaternary sector