Lesson 3.2.3.1

3.2.3.1 Urbanisation Quiz: AQA Geography, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. Which term describes the growth in the proportion of a country's population living in towns and cities?

    • Decentralisation
    • Urbanisation
    • Suburbanisation
    • Gentrification

  2. What term describes the population movement from cities into surrounding rural areas?

    • Counter-urbanisation
    • Urban resurgence
    • Suburbanisation
    • Gentrification

  3. What process causes the outward expansion of cities into surrounding suburban areas?

    • Urban resurgence
    • Counter-urbanisation
    • Urbanisation
    • Suburbanisation

  4. What term describes the economic and demographic revival of inner-city areas following decline?

    • Deindustrialisation
    • Urban resurgence
    • Suburbanisation
    • Decentralisation

  5. A megacity is conventionally defined as a city with a population of more than:

    • 500,000 people
    • 50,000 people
    • 10 million people
    • 1 million people

  6. What term describes the relocation of businesses from central city areas to out-of-town sites?

    • Centralisation
    • Decentralisation
    • Gentrification
    • Urban resurgence

  7. What process is defined by the sustained decline of manufacturing industry and jobs?

    • Urban resurgence
    • Suburbanisation
    • Deindustrialisation
    • Industrialisation

  8. Which statistic measures the level of urbanisation within a specific country?

    • Population density
    • Urban population percentage
    • Total urban area
    • City growth rate

  9. A city of 2.0 million people grows at 3% per year. Approximately what is its population after 2 years, assuming compound growth?

    • 2.18 million
    • 2.40 million
    • 2.06 million
    • 2.12 million

  10. A country has a total population of 50 million, of which 30 million live in urban areas. What percentage of the population is urban?

    • 30%
    • 83%
    • 60%
    • 40%

  11. Urban population in a region rises from 800,000 to 1,000,000 while rural population falls from 200,000 to 100,000. What is the urban percentage now?

    • 95.2%
    • 80.0%
    • 90.9%
    • 83.3%

  12. What process occurs when a country's urban population percentage continuously increases?

    • Urbanisation
    • Suburbanisation
    • Counter-urbanisation
    • Deindustrialisation

  13. A city's population was 2.5 million in 1980 and 3.0 million in 2000. Approximately what was the average annual percentage growth rate over the 20 years, using a simple (non-compound) method?

    • 1.0% per year
    • 2.0% per year
    • 0.5% per year
    • 20.0% per year

  14. What primary demographic process drives rapid urban growth in low-income countries?

    • Deindustrialisation
    • Natural increase
    • Counter-urbanisation
    • Ageing population

  15. What minimum population threshold defines a megacity according to United Nations criteria?

    • 5 million
    • 1 million
    • 10 million
    • 20 million

  16. What economic shift occurs when tertiary industries replace traditional secondary manufacturing industries?

    • Counter-urbanisation
    • Service economy rise
    • Primary expansion
    • Urban decay

  17. Which market-led scheme was a key UK urban regeneration policy in the 1980s?

    • New towns
    • Enterprise zones
    • Slum clearance
    • Garden cities

  18. Why is counter-urbanisation often considered environmentally unsustainable for rural areas?

    • Reduced housing demand
    • Increased car reliance
    • Declining traffic volume
    • Lower carbon emissions

  19. Which process leads to inner-city population decline while suburban population increases?

    • Suburbanisation
    • Infill development
    • Gentrification
    • Urban resurgence

  20. What process is demonstrated by redeveloping derelict docklands into modern residential spaces?

    • Suburbanisation
    • Deindustrialisation
    • Urban resurgence
    • Counter-urbanisation

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