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IGCSE Geography Theme 1 Review

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The carrying capacity of earth has increased because of ...

a)

...technology

b)

...anti-natalist policies

c)

pro-natalist policies

d)

demographic momentum

2.

When the birth rate is lower than the death rate the population of a country will...

a)

Increase

b)

Decrease

c)

increase or decrease depending on net migration

d)

A natural decrease

3.

Which country is in stage 5 of the Demographic Transition Model?

a)

India

b)

Japan

c)

Cameroon

d)

Brazil

4.

Which of the following is not an indication that a country may be over-populated?

a)

Scarcity of water resource

b)

High housing prices

c)

Heavy traffic

d)

More people needed for getting valuable resources

5.

Money sent back to the country of origin is called

a)

remittance

b)

involuntary monetary transfer

c)

external bank transfer

d)

internal bank transfer

6.

All refugees are internally displaced people

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Sometimes

d)

They are basically the same thing, yes

7.

Counter-urbanization is most likely to happen in...?

a)

Developed countries

b)

LEDCs

c)

The Gambia

d)

Indonesia

8.

Which of the following is not a benefit to destination country that migrant moves to?

a)

Increase in labour will help reduce inflation

b)

They bring new ideas and skills

c)

Can help support an ageing population

d)

Reduces the pressure on health and education

9.

This would be the population pyramid of what type of country?

a)

MEDC

b)

NIC

c)

LEDC

d)

Most likely a Western European country

10.

Andorra has (or soon will have) a high dependency ratio?

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Unable to determine from the population pyramid

d)

It will happen by maybe in 50 years

11.

The global population density of the world is...?

a)

Equally distributed

b)

Higher in South America

c)

Somewhat random

d)

Focused only in India and China

12.

Canada is a sparsely populated country?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Many parts of it are, yes.

d)

No, it's actually quite densely populated

13.

Linear settlements are usually located in which of the following places or areas?

a)

Urban areas

b)

The CBD

c)

More rural areas

d)

Within a nucleated settlement

14.

What type of settlement pattern is this?

a)

Dispersed

b)

Linear

c)

Nucleated

d)

Unable to determine from this image

15.

This is an example of?

a)

A low-order service with a large sphere of influence

b)

A high-order service with a large sphere of influence

c)

A low-order service with a small sphere of influence

d)

A high-order service with a small sphere of influence

16.

As you go up the hierarchy of settlements what happens?

a)

Population decreases and there are more high-order services

b)

Population increases and there are more high-order services

c)

Population decreases and the number of that type of settlement increases

d)

Population increases and the number of that type of settlement increases

17.

According to bid rent theory, which land use is least likely to be in the CBD?

a)

Retail

b)

Manufacturing

c)

Residential

d)

Brownfield site

18.

What is one least likely to find in the core of the CBD?

a)

Industires and factories

b)

Bank head offices

c)

High quality shopping

d)

Tall buildings

19.

Where are you most likely to find warehousing like the one in the picture?

a)

Suburbs

b)

CBD

c)

Urban areas

d)

Rural-urban fringe

20.

Urbanization is...?

a)

an increase in the percentage of population living in an urban area

b)

Decreasing globally

c)

Increasing globally

d)

when an urban area expands and creates new buildings

21.

Slums in Brazil are often known as...

a)

Slums

b)

Favellas

c)

Shanty towns

d)

Squatter settlements

22.

Which of the following is not a 'carrot' or reward for trying to manage traffic issues in urban areas?

a)

Giving money for every kilometer of bike riding

b)

Congestion charges

c)

Private bus lanes

d)

Subsidized public transport