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WorksheetsUrbanisation Revision
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 18mins
population of a country or region live in urban areas rather than rural areas
population of a country or region live in urban areas rather than rural areas
An 'urban' area refers to:
Is this rural or urban?: Dominated by natural or managed features such as grasslands, forests, crop fields
Urban
Rural
What is meant by the term '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 the term for urban areas merging to form one continuous urban area?
(a)
What is the word for a rundown area of a city characterised by poor housing and poverty?
(a)
What is the term for facilities, services and installations needed for a society to function, such as transportation, and communications systems, water and powerlines?
utilities
services
infrastructure
What is a country with a less developed industrial base, lower income per capita and more primitive agricultural systems?
(a)
What is the term for facilities provided to remove waste such as sewerage and household or business rubbish?
(a)
What is the term for a city with more than 10 million inhabitants?
(a)
What is a megaregion?
An area greater than 10 million inhabitants
Megacities that merge
An enormous region
True or false?
Over half the future growth in megacities will be within Asia.
(a)
Megacities consume more of the world's energy and produce more greenhouse gas emissions than ever before.
True
False
Slums in megacities are especially vulnerable to (a) change, as they are often built on hazardous sites in high-risk locations.
Which places are not listed in the top 10 megacities of the world today?
Shanghai
Mumbai
Beijing
Sydney
Which megacity slum was recorded in 2020 as fast becoming a global Covid-19 epicentre?
Cape Town, South Africa
Karachi, Pakistan
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
