IGCSE Revision 2016/17 Because Geography Rocks!

Question 1

What is the term for when a city continues to grow outwards?

Accepted Answer

Urbansprawl

Question 2

An example of internal migration is

Accepted Answer

Mexico to USA, Rural China to the East Coast of china e.g. Shanghai

Question 3

Authorities can reduce high death rates by...

Accepted Answer

Improving households, Improving sanitation, Providing safer and clean water

Question 4

Despite this do urban planners still build on greenfield sites?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 5

Why has population increased?

Accepted Answer

More resources e.g. water, oil, Stronger economies, Lack of family planning

Question 6

What is the term on an LEDC population pyramid for high death rates?

Accepted Answer

Concave

Question 7

Big bulges in the slope of a population pyramid can mean...

Accepted Answer

An excess of male or female births, Rates of in- migration

Question 8

Which are problems of urbanisation in MEDC's e.g London?

Accepted Answer

Overcrowding and bad breath on metros, Traffic Congestion and air pollution, Lack of housing

Question 9

The UN predicts the number of slum dwellers will increase by how much by 2030?

Accepted Answer

2 billion

Question 10

In which year will India overtake China as the most populous country?

Accepted Answer

2025

Question 11

What is the average life expectancy of a person in Japan?

Accepted Answer

87 years old

Question 12

When would a country's population begin to slow and decline?

Accepted Answer

Birth rate is lower than death rate

Question 13

What is the name of the modern land use model?

Accepted Answer

Hoyt

Question 14

What is urbanisation?

Accepted Answer

People moving from the country side to an urban area

Question 15

What are remittances?

Accepted Answer

Migrants send money back to their country of origin

Question 16

How many deaths are there in Kibera per 1000 of the population?

Accepted Answer

6.8 / 1000

Question 17

Which are problems of an ageing population?

Accepted Answer

Pressure on health care - Inadequate facilities, Falling demand in schools and teachers, Less tax payers = weakens economy

Question 18

A refugee is...

Accepted Answer

A person who's life is in danger e.g war

Question 19

Why do they build on green field sites?

Accepted Answer

Lack of housing, Lack of space

Question 20

Linear settlements tend to follow...

Accepted Answer

Railways, Roads, Rivers

Question 21

How do you work out the natural increase in population of a country?

Accepted Answer

Birth rate - death rate

Question 22

Which are two advantages of an ageing population?

Accepted Answer

Grey Economy - Tourism, Look after the young dependents

Question 23

What is population density?

Accepted Answer

Number of people to a given area or per KM2

Question 24

Internal migration is ...

Accepted Answer

Moving within a country

Question 25

Can you build on a greenfield site?

Accepted Answer

NO

Question 26

Which countries are ageing?

Accepted Answer

Italy, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom

Question 27

Define what is crude birth rate

Accepted Answer

Number of births per 1,000 population

Question 28

Which case study is for rapid population growth /natural increase?

Accepted Answer

Niger

Question 29

Which case study is on population decline?

Accepted Answer

Russia

Question 30

Why do MEDC's have low birth rates?

Accepted Answer

Women put careers first, Children are expensive, Widespread good family planning

Question 31

What is a settlement?

Accepted Answer

Place people live e.g city

Question 32

Which three are intervening obstacles of migration?

Accepted Answer

Visa and passport, Border patrol / protection, Extreme climate e.g. Drought and unbearable heat

Question 33

What is the percentage of Mexicans who can't read and write (illiterate)

Accepted Answer

86%

Question 34

The bigger the settlement e.g city the services will be...

Accepted Answer

High order

Question 35

The three types of settlements are

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Linear, Scattered, Nucleated

Question 36

What are the impacts of building in the rural - urban fringe?

Accepted Answer

Loss of countryside and vegetation to prevent floods, Lose biodiversity and animals lose their homes, Lakes could be dug up

Question 37

Define what is population momentum.

Accepted Answer

Population tends to grow despite fall in birth rate

Question 38

On average what % of Kibera's population is under the age of 15?

Accepted Answer

60%

Question 39

What are the solutions for traffic congestion's in MEDC's

Accepted Answer

Congestion Charge, Pedestrianised Zones

Question 40

Which of the following reasons are related to high birth rates?

Accepted Answer

High Infant mortality rate, Labour - support the family

Question 41

What is a brownfield site?and where is it found?

Accepted Answer

Derelict/ run down land - Industrial Zone

Question 42

Which country suffers the biggest brain drain in the world?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 43

Case study of a slum/ squatter settlement...

Accepted Answer

Kibera

Question 44

Which two are water borne diseases?

Accepted Answer

Typhoid, Cholera

Question 45

Examples of Anti-Natal Policies are...

Accepted Answer

Vasectomy - India, One Child Policy - China

Question 46

Which is the fastest metropolitan area in the USA?

Accepted Answer

Atlanta

Question 47

What features are in a CBD?

Accepted Answer

Tall buildings, Offices and businesses, Pedestrian zones

Question 48

The 'Brain Drain' is ...

Accepted Answer

The loss of a young skilled workforce due to migration

Question 49

What are the main problems of squatter settlements?

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Lack of sanitation and no toilets, Poor housing, High Crime Rates

Question 50

Two advantages of a youthful population

Accepted Answer

Maintain the tax payer and economic work force, Skilled and tend to be more innovative

Question 51

A wide base on a population pyramid shows...

Accepted Answer

High Birth Rate

Question 52

Sphere of influence means ...

Accepted Answer

The area served by the settlement and distance to services

Question 53

Which two are advantages of migration?

Accepted Answer

Rise tax payment and strengthens the economy, Create jobs / fill unwated jobs e.g. slaughter house

Question 54

Which are examples of push factors of migration?

Accepted Answer

Lack of education, Drought and crop failures, Unemployment, Lack of clean water

Question 55

Why are population pyramids useful?

Accepted Answer

Project population growth & trends in fertility & mortality

IGCSE Revision 2016/17 Because Geography Rocks!

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IGCSE Revision 2016/17 Because Geography Rocks!

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