1. What is urbanisation?

1. What is urbanisation?

2. A developed country is: .

1. What is urbanisation?

2. A developed country is: .

3. An emerging country is:

4. A developing country is:

5. What size is a major city?

6. What size is a megacity?

7. Globally, where do more people live?

8. In what type of countries is the most rapid urban growth happening in?

9. Which continent has the fastest rate of urbanisation?

10. What is natural increase?

11. What are birth and death rates?

12. What does rural depopulation mean?

13. What is industrialisation?

14. What is mechanisation?

15. What were the Enclosure Acts?

16. What is a shanty town?

17. Identify the main cause of urbanisation in the developed world.

18. What century did urbanisation occur in, in the developed world?

19. Identify the two main causes of urbanisation in developing and emerging countries. (2)

20. Identify a negative social effect of urbanisation on developed countries.

21. Identify a negative economic effect of urbanisation on developed countries.

22. Identify a negative environmental effect of urbanisation on developing and emerging countries.

23. Identify a positive social effect of urbanisation.

1. Identify which of the following is not an urban centre.

2. Which country has the most large built up areas:?

3. Identify the examples of physical factors affecting the rate of urbanisation in the UK.

4. Identify the examples of economic factors affecting the rate of urbanisation in the UK.

5. Identify the examples of historical factors affecting the rate of urbanisation in the UK.

6. Identify the examples of political factors affecting the rate of urbanisation in the UK.

7. Why did the Enclosure Acts result in the rapid growth of cities such as Birmingham in the 19th century?

8. Why have the south coast towns developed as a retirement settlements?

9. Give an example of a south coast town.

10. Why did cities that had located on river estuaries grow during the 18th and 19th century?

11. Why did the urban areas in South Wales, Swansea and Cardiff, grow in the 19th century?

12. Why do areas of steep relief not attract industry?

13. Identify another reason why areas of steep relief have not developed as urban areas.

14. Identify an area with the steepest relief.

15. What did UK economic growth focus on from the 1950s onwards?

16. Where did these new industries develop?

17. Why were the industries attracted here?

1. Describe Birmingham’s location on a national scale

2. Describe Birmingham’s location on a regional scale

1. Describe Birmingham’s location on a national scale

2. Describe Birmingham’s location on a regional scale

3. Describe Birmingham’s location on a global scale

4. Describe Mexico City’s location on a national scale

5. Describe Mexico City’s location on a regional scale

6. Describe Mexico City’s location on a global scale

7. What is the site of a settlement?

8. What is the situation of a settlement?

9. What is the connectivity of a city?

10. One site factor for Birmingham is that it is a wet-point site. What does this mean?

11. The three rivers in Birmingham are called: