Lesson 3.2.3.3

3.2.3.3 Social and economic issues associated with urbanisation Quiz: AQA Geography, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. Which term describes the spatial clustering of groups with shared characteristics, such as income or ethnicity, within a city?

    • Urban resurgence
    • Deindustrialisation
    • Counter-urbanisation
    • Social segregation

  2. Which index is commonly used to measure income inequality within urban populations?

    • Ecological footprint
    • Dissimilarity index
    • Human Development Index
    • Gini coefficient

  3. What term describes the coexistence of varied ethnic and religious groups within a city?

    • Cultural diversity
    • Cultural assimilation
    • Spatial inequality
    • Social segregation

  4. Which housing strategy helps reduce social segregation by combining private and social housing?

    • Gated communities
    • Mixed-tenure development
    • Gentrification
    • Suburban expansion

  5. Which official UK dataset measures relative local deprivation across multiple socio-economic domains?

    • Social Mobility Monitor
    • Economic Well-being Index
    • Index of Multiple Deprivation
    • National Census Data

  6. What term describes unequal access to services and resources across different urban neighbourhoods?

    • Urban polarisation
    • Residential sorting
    • Social segregation
    • Spatial inequality

  7. Which statistical measure calculates the degree of spatial segregation between two population groups?

    • Gini coefficient
    • Dependency ratio
    • Index of dissimilarity
    • Location quotient

  8. What structural factor makes urban economic inequality difficult to resolve through local policy alone?

    • Urban heat islands
    • Wage inequality
    • Congestion charges
    • High precipitation

  9. What is a major negative socio-economic impact of gentrification in inner-city areas?

    • Industrial decline
    • Resident displacement
    • Urban sprawl
    • Population collapse

  10. What is the primary objective of urban community cohesion programmes?

    • Slum clearance
    • Intergroup integration
    • Commercial gentrification
    • Residential segregation

  11. What urban feature frequently develops due to rapid, unplanned urbanisation in lower-income nations?

    • Suburbs
    • Informal settlements
    • Fortress developments
    • Edge cities

  12. What management strategy directly targets economic inequality by improving local employment prospects?

    • Fortress architecture
    • Skills training schemes
    • Traffic calming
    • Gated developments

  13. What process causes neighbourhoods to become increasingly socio-economically homogeneous over time?

    • Residential sorting
    • Deindustrialisation
    • Counterurbanisation
    • Decentralisation

  14. How does spatial segregation directly worsen economic disadvantage for residents in deprived areas?

    • Restricted job access
    • Higher council tax
    • Increased flood risk
    • Warmer microclimates

  15. What demographic process is the primary driver of increasing cultural diversity in global cities?

    • International migration
    • Natural decrease
    • Counterurbanisation
    • Suburbanisation

  16. What change in a dissimilarity index indicates a decrease in urban social segregation?

    • A zero score
    • A lower score
    • A constant score
    • A higher score

  17. Which strategy is most effective at directly reducing economic inequality in deprived urban districts?

    • Luxury subsidies
    • Commercial tax cuts
    • Gentrification grants
    • Affordable housing

  18. What tool is used in the UK to measure and rank relative local deprivation?

    • Index of Multiple Deprivation
    • Regional Hardship Index
    • Social Inequality Matrix
    • National Poverty Scale

  19. A district has unemployment of 18% against a city average of 6%. How many times higher is the district's unemployment rate than the city average?

    • 3 times
    • 1.5 times
    • 12 times
    • 6 times

  20. Which dissimilarity index change over ten years indicates successful urban desegregation?

    • Zero index score
    • Rising index score
    • Stable index score
    • Falling index score

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