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Slums

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is another commonly used term for 'slum' ?

a)

Shanty Town

b)

The Sulks

2.

True or False:


A slum is an urban area with a lack of basic services

a)

True

b)

False

3.

What is a slum?

a)

Highly populated and poor area in the countryside

b)

Highly populated and poor area in the city

c)

A poor area only in India

4.

How do slums form?

a)

People are forced to live there as punishment

b)

people are lazy

c)

Poor planning

5.

Are Natural Disasters one of the reasons slums form?

a)

yes

b)

no

6.

What are problems that people face living in a slum?

a)

car accidents

b)

attack from wild animals

c)

no fresh water

7.

Which country has the most populated slum in the world?

a)

USA

b)

UK

c)

India

d)

Pakistan

e)

Kenya

8.

What ratio of people on earth right now live in a slum?

a)

1 out of 7

b)

1 out of 5

c)

1 out of 100

d)

1 out of 1000

9.

Where do Slums usually form?

a)

Around big cities

b)

In big cities

c)

In the countryside

d)

In India

10.

Roughly how many people are estimated to live in slums globally?

a)

Between 90 million and 130 million

b)

Between 2 and 3 billion

c)

Between 700,000 and 900,000

d)

Between 900 million and 1.6 billion

11.

Which slum has the largest population?

a)

Kibera in Kenya

b)

Dharavi in India

c)

Orangi Town in Pakistan

d)

Neza in Mexico

12.

What is meant by urbanisation?

a)

The movement of people between large cities

b)

The process whereby an increasing proportion of people live in the countryside

c)

The construction of man-made buildings on green spaces

d)

The process whereby an increasing proportion of people live in towns and cities

13.

Many people arriving in a city results in...

a)

A lot of crime

b)

Housing not being ready

c)

Them becoming homeless and begging on the streets

d)

Big, expensive houses being built

14.

What is meant by urbanisation?

a)

The movement of people between large cities

b)

The process whereby an increasing proportion of people live in the countryside

c)

The construction of man-made buildings on green spaces

d)

The process whereby an increasing proportion of people live in towns and cities