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Year 8 Geography - Changing Nations - 2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
the two ways that urban areas grow are
a)
nitrogen and phospherous
b)
natural increase and migration
c)
increasing birth rates and migration
2.
A mega-city is defined as
a)
a city with more than 10 million people
b)
a city with more than 20 million people
c)
a city that has global influence
d)
a city that receives more migrants than loses emmigrants
3.
This is the rapid, often poorly planned spread of development from an urban area outward into rural areas
a)
urban sprawl
b)
metropolitan area
c)
rural fringe
d)
whooping cough
4.
Which is a negative effect of urban sprawl?
a)
new, affordable homes
b)
more farmland
c)
destruction of habitats
d)
more people pass their geography quiz
5.
Which is a positive effect of urban sprawl?
a)
there are more affordable houses
b)
increased pollution
c)
destruction of habitats
d)
more taco bells (this one's not the right answer, but it is true)
6.
What does BOLTSS stand for?
a)
Border, Outline, Legend, Title, Scale and Source
b)
Border, Orientation, Legend, Title, Scale and Source
c)
Border, Outline, Lakes, Title, Scale and Source
d)
Buildings, Orientation, Legend, Title, Scale and Source
7.
Cutting down trees to build houses is an example of which?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Human-Environment Interaction
d)
Movement
8.

Declining water and air quality, Carbon emissions and urban sprawl are...

a)

Social consequences

b)

Economic consequences

c)

Environmental consequences

9.

Which is the following is NOT a pull factor

a)

More jobs

b)

More goods and services

c)

Less entertainment

d)

More entertainment

10.

Urban sprawl is a problem because....

a)

People have to commute too far to get to work

b)

its destroying natural environments and farm land

c)

Its increasing crime in the suburbs

d)

Its bringing too many people into the city

11.

Slums occur in...

a)

Poorer cities

b)

Richer cities

c)

Villages

d)

Towns

12.

Australia's population is most dense...

a)

On the West coat

b)

On the east coast

c)

In Tropical north Queensland

d)

In the desert

13.

True or false? Australia's cities are some of the most sprawling in the world

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Which continent has the most megacities?

a)

Europe

b)

North America

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

15.

Which three cities in Australia might eventually create a conurbation?

a)

Sydney, Canberra and Newcastle

b)

Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra

c)

Sydney, Coffs Harbour and the The Gold Coast

d)

Brisbane, The Gold coast and The Sunshine coast