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Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is ecological footprint?
The spreading of urban areas into rural areas to accommodate an expanding population.
The act of moving from rural to urban areas.
The amount of land required (by one person or a population) for waste management, food and transport etc.
The physical footprint left in the mud after heavy rain.
Is Australia an urbanised country?
Yes
No
I don't know
Maybe
What is urban sprawl?
The sprawl of people from rural areas to urban areas.
The main city centre in an urban area.
The spreading of rural areas into surrounding rural areas to accommodate the need for extra land space due to a rise in ecological footpint.
The spreading of urban areas into surrounding rural areas to accommodate an expanding population.
Approximately how much of the world's population lives along the coastline or within 200km of the coastline?
1/8
1/4
1/2
3/4
The movement of people from one country to another is called...
Migration
Rural to urban migration
International movement
Annual migration
What is urbanisation?
Urbanisation is the migration of people from rural areas to cities that results in the expansion of urban areas.
Urbanisation is the migration of people from poor countries to rich countries.
Urbanisation is the migration of people from urban to rural areas that results in the reduction of urban areas.
A city of more than 10 million people
Capital city
Megacity
Push factor
things that make people want to leave an area such as high crime, lack of education & health services
things that attract people to move to an area such as greater employment opportunities
Pull factor
things that make people want to leave an area such as high crime, lack of education & health services
things that attract people to move to an area such as greater employment opportunities
Slum housing, unreliable power systems, congested roads and poor public transport, inefficient ports and inadequate schools.
rapid urbanisation challenges
rapid urbanisation benefits
Convenience of goods and services, increased literacy and better health, availability of public transportation
Urbanisation benefits
Urbanisation challenges
a country with a lot of industrial activity and where people generally have high incomes
developed country
developing country
an agricultural country that is seeking to become more advanced economically and socially
developed country
developing country
