Migration and urbanisation

What is a rural area?

• A place with tall buildings and busy streets

• A small town with modern technology

• A countryside area with farms and small villages

• A crowded area with many factories

What is an urban area?

• A farm with animals and crops

• A place with many people, buildings, and roads

• A forest with no people

• A mountain village

What is urbanisation?

• The movement of people to the countryside

• The process of building farms

• The growth of cities as more people move there

• The destruction of roads and homes

What is a city?

• A rural village with traditional houses

• A permanent area with a high population and developed services

• A group of farms with animals

• A temporary place for workers

What is a megacity?

• A small town with fast transport

• A city with more than 10 million people

• A capital city of a country

• A city known for tourism only

What is a metropolitan area?

• An industrial zone with no homes

• A city’s centre only

• A large city and the connected suburbs and towns around it

• A city near a forest or mountain

What is urban sprawl?

• The tall buildings in the CBD

• The slow shrinking of rural land as cities expand

• A plan to stop people from moving

• A type of farming in the city

What is an informal settlement?

• A housing area planned by engineers

• A clean neighborhood with wide roads

• A group of homes built without legal permission or proper plannin

• A village in the countryside

What is infrastructure?

• Natural land features like rivers and mountains

• Shops and cafes in city centres

• The offices in a tall building

• Systems and structures like roads, power, and water that support a city

What is overcrowding?

• A city with a popular shopping street

• A place where too many people live or gather in a small space

• An area with many factories

• A neighbourhood with big houses