Lesson Y8-U04-L06

The Great Migration: Cities on the Rise Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 10

20 questions

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Lesson Y8-U04-L06, The Great Migration: Cities on the Rise: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 10: Year 8: Asia in Focus: China and India, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What term describes the movement of people to establish a new home elsewhere?

    • Emigration
    • Commuting
    • Migration
    • Urbanisation

  2. What is urbanisation?

    • Growth of cities
    • Industrial decline
    • Agricultural expansion
    • Rural depopulation

  3. What is a push factor?

    • Government policy
    • Reason to leave
    • City attraction
    • Reason to arrive

  4. Which of these is a pull factor?

    • Drought conditions
    • Crop failure
    • Rural isolation
    • Better job opportunities

  5. Which of these is a push factor?

    • Higher city wages
    • Improved healthcare
    • Poor rural harvest
    • Better education

  6. On a flow-line map, what does the arrow head show?

    • Migration destination
    • Route distance
    • Population size
    • Migration origin

  7. On a flow-line map, what does a thicker arrow show?

    • Older population
    • Faster travel speed
    • Larger migration volume
    • Shorter distance

  8. Roughly what share of China's population lives in towns and cities today?

    • About 90%
    • About 65%
    • About 15%
    • About 36%

  9. Roughly what share of India's population is urban?

    • About 10%
    • About 65%
    • About 36%
    • About 85%

  10. Delhi grew from about 22 million people in 2010 to about 34 million in 2025. How much did it grow?

    • About 34 million
    • About 22 million
    • About 8 million
    • About 12 million

  11. Over how many years did Delhi's growth from 22 million to 34 million take place?

    • 12 years
    • 25 years
    • 15 years
    • 10 years

  12. A very thick arrow runs from a village to Mumbai. What does this show?

    • Rural population growth
    • Few migrants moving
    • Many migrants moving
    • Return migration

  13. A thin arrow runs from Mumbai back to a village. What does this show?

    • Few people returning
    • Mass rural expansion
    • High urban growth
    • No movement

  14. What is a common problem of rapid urban growth?

    • Agricultural surplus
    • Rural depopulation
    • Informal housing
    • Abundant green space

  15. Why does rapid city growth often lead to informal housing?

    • Homes built too slowly
    • Lack of available land
    • High rural house prices
    • Government housing bans

  16. Which is a pull factor for rural-urban migration?

    • Rural poverty
    • City factory jobs
    • Subsistence farming
    • Crop disease

  17. Which situation is an example of a pull factor?

    • Failing crop yields
    • New urban factories
    • Limited local clinics
    • Lack of electricity

  18. What negative issue often accompanies rural-urban migration?

    • Agricultural surplus
    • Rural overpopulation
    • Urban overcrowding
    • Excessive quiet

  19. Why do migration push and pull factors vary between different regions?

    • National laws change
    • Local conditions differ
    • Uniform rural poverty
    • Global weather patterns

  20. How is city population growth rate calculated?

    • Averaging daily weather
    • Measuring river depth
    • Counting total countries
    • Comparing two dates

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