WorksheetsTBSHS Y7 Urbanisation Quiz 1
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Natural increase means...
There are more deaths than births
Births and deaths are equal
There are more births than deaths
The population is decreasing
The UK's population today is around...
52 million
104 million
64 million
12 million
Which of the following is a definition of URBANISATION?
The percentage of people living in villages is growing
The percentage of people living in towns and cities is growing
The population of a country is increasing
The percentage of people in the world living in towns and cities TODAY:
54%
25%
70%
The century with the most rapid population growth in Manchester:
The 17th century
The 18th century
The 19th century
The 20th century
The type of manufacturing industry that was very important in Manchester in the 19th century:
Chemicals
Iron
Paper
Cotton
Cheap housing, crammed in narrow streets, often with poor facilities:
Terraced housing
Semi-detached housing
Detached housing
ONE reason for Manchester's population decline from the 1930s:
Workers became bored of making the same products day after day
People migrated to London because the climate was much drier
Other countries began to make cloth and other goods more cheaply and Manchester's factories could not compete
Reasons for Manchester's population growing again in the 21st century:
Run-down housing has been replaced by modern housing
It has improved its transportation systems e.g. modern tram service
The canals are a speedy way to transport finished products
Consequences of Manchester's industrial decline in the second half of the 20th century:
Manchester United played great football
Crime rates rose
People lost their jobs
People moved to other towns and cities to find work
The percentage of people in the UK living in towns and cities TODAY:
50%
25%
98%
80%
A definition of regeneration:
A built-up area (large town or city)
The increase in the % of population living in urban areas
To restore an area that was in a poor state, and bring it back to life
Reasons for Manchester's rapidly growing population during the Industrial Revolution:
High birth rate
Urban to rural migration
High death rate
Rural to urban migration
