Lesson Y7-U04-L08

Urbanisation: The Move to the City Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 4

20 questions

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Lesson Y7-U04-L08, Urbanisation: The Move to the City: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 4: Year 7: Population and Settlement, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What is the term for the growing percentage of people living in towns and cities?

    • Migration
    • Counter-urbanisation
    • Suburbanisation
    • Urbanisation

  2. Which term describes the countryside, including villages, farms and open land?

    • Urban
    • Suburban
    • Metropolitan
    • Rural

  3. Which term describes a built-up area such as a town or city?

    • Remote
    • Rural
    • Agricultural
    • Urban

  4. What term describes population growth when birth rates exceed death rates?

    • Population boom
    • Net migration
    • Natural increase
    • Urban growth

  5. Is the availability of more jobs in a city a push factor or a pull factor?

    • Push factor
    • Pull factor
    • Physical factor
    • Barrier factor

  6. Is drought affecting farmland a push factor or a pull factor?

    • Social factor
    • Push factor
    • Pull factor
    • Economic factor

  7. Which of these is a classic pull factor attracting people to urban areas?

    • Traffic congestion
    • Better healthcare
    • Higher pollution
    • Higher rents

  8. What does a rise in the urban share from 30% to 56% demonstrate?

    • Rural expansion
    • Suburban decline
    • Natural decrease
    • Global urbanisation

  9. The share of the world living in cities was about 30% in 1950, 43% in 1990, 51% in 2010 and 56% in 2020. What was the share in 2010?

    • About 51%
    • About 37%
    • About 43%
    • About 56%

  10. The share of the world living in cities was about 30% in 1950 and about 56% in 2020. By how many percentage points did it rise?

    • About 30 percentage points
    • About 26 percentage points
    • About 56 percentage points
    • About 20 percentage points

  11. Lagos had about 4.8 million people in 1990 and about 10.4 million in 2010. By about how many million did its population grow between these years?

    • About 15.2 million
    • About 5.6 million
    • About 10.4 million
    • About 4.8 million

  12. How did Lagos's population change between 1990 and 2020?

    • Fluctuated wildly
    • Remained stable
    • Fell steadily
    • Rose rapidly

  13. Which main factor drives rapid population growth in cities like Lagos?

    • Coastal erosion
    • Natural increase
    • Low birth rates
    • Rural decline

  14. Which term describes an economic benefit that attracts migrants into urban areas?

    • Natural increase
    • Urbanisation
    • Pull factor
    • Push factor

  15. What is the primary economic activity in the earliest stage of an urbanisation timeline?

    • Service industries
    • Heavy manufacturing
    • Rural farming
    • High-tech research

  16. What is the typical demographic movement associated with urbanisation?

    • Urban to rural
    • Coastal to inland
    • Suburban to forest
    • Rural to urban

  17. What minimum population defines a megacity?

    • 5 million
    • 1 million
    • 10 million
    • 50 million

  18. What major urban problem often develops when a city grows faster than housing can be built?

    • Excess parking
    • Slum settlements
    • Rural depopulation
    • Surplus electricity

  19. What does the geographical process of urbanisation measure?

    • City population share
    • Vehicle ownership rates
    • Total land area
    • Average building height

  20. What are the two main causes of rapid urban growth worldwide?

    • Farming and mining
    • Natural increase and migration
    • Trade and tourism
    • Emigration and earthquakes

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