Lesson Y9-U02-L03

Why Do People Move to Cities? Push and Pull Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 14

20 questions

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Lesson Y9-U02-L03, Why Do People Move to Cities? Push and Pull: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 14: Year 9: Urban Worlds: Megacities, Growth and the Future of Cities, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What term describes a negative condition driving people away from rural areas?

    • Relief factor
    • Friction factor
    • Pull factor
    • Push factor

  2. What term describes an attractive feature drawing migrants towards a new destination?

    • Decay factor
    • Pull factor
    • Push factor
    • Barrier factor

  3. Is 'no jobs in my village' a push or pull factor?

    • Economic pull
    • Push factor
    • Pull factor
    • Physical factor

  4. Which of these is a pull factor for city migration?

    • Crop failure
    • Village isolation
    • Better-paid jobs
    • Natural drought

  5. Which of these is a push factor driving people from farms?

    • City nightlife
    • Better schools
    • Factory wages
    • Crop failure

  6. What type of migration factor is 'drought ruins the harvest'?

    • Environmental
    • Political
    • Social
    • Economic

  7. Which type of factor is 'higher wages in city factories'?

    • Environmental
    • Social
    • Cultural
    • Economic

  8. Which type of factor is 'more schools and colleges in the city'?

    • Physical
    • Economic
    • Environmental
    • Social

  9. A flood destroyed the village. Which type of factor is this?

    • Economic
    • Financial
    • Political
    • Environmental

  10. Which connective turns a fact into an explanation?

    • The map shows
    • Yesterday was
    • It is a
    • This means

  11. In structured paragraph writing, what does the Point step do?

    • Provides statistics
    • Concludes argument
    • Evaluates outcomes
    • Names the factor

  12. What must a migration factor do to be classed as a true push or pull force?

    • It must cost money
    • It must be permanent
    • It must be physical
    • It must influence choice

  13. Of recent migrants to Lagos: about 40% got a steady job, 25% found decent housing and 55% a higher income. What share got a steady job?

    • About 40 percent
    • About 65 percent
    • About 25 percent
    • About 55 percent

  14. Of recent migrants to Lagos: about 40% got a steady job, 25% found decent housing and 55% a higher income. What share achieved a higher income?

    • About 40 percent
    • About 90 percent
    • About 25 percent
    • About 55 percent

  15. Of recent migrants to Lagos: about 40% got a steady job, 25% found decent housing and 55% a higher income. What share found decent housing?

    • About 40 percent
    • About 25 percent
    • About 75 percent
    • About 55 percent

  16. Based on Lagos migrant data, which outcome was hardest to achieve?

    • Decent housing
    • Higher income
    • Steady job
    • Basic food

  17. What does 'perception' mean when describing a place?

    • Official census data
    • How a place seems
    • Recorded temperature
    • Exact population size

  18. Why might city pull factors often mislead a rural migrant?

    • Jobs may be scarce
    • Housing is always free
    • Food is never sold
    • Cities are too small

  19. Which urban reality often follows the pull of a city?

    • Guaranteed mansions
    • Informal housing
    • Free luxury flats
    • Immediate land ownership

  20. Which phrase best weighs push and pull forces in rural-urban migration?

    • Push forces, pull hopes
    • Push choices, pull blocks
    • Push wealth, pull poverty
    • Push ease, pull struggle

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