Where People Live (Cambridge International IGCSE Geography): Exam Questions

Study the map extract showing part of Kingston, Jamaica (scale 1:50 000). Jamaica is an LIC.

Map extract

Kingston is an urban area. Define the term urban area.

Define the term urbanisation.

Study Figure 4.1, a map showing information about the population in selected countries in Asia.

Put the following four countries in rank order according to their total population from largest to smallest.

Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, and Thailand

Extract:

Study Figure 4.1, a map showing information about the population in selected countries in Asia.

Use Figure 4.1 to describe the variation in the percentage of the population living in urban areas.

What is an urban area?

Study Figure 4.1, a map showing information about the population in selected countries in Asia.

Explain why there are differences in the percentage of the population living in urban areas in different countries.

Explain two causes of rapid urban growth in LICs.

Describe how the urbanisation pathway changes over time.

Give reasons why megacities are increasing in number.

Explain how economic development causes urban growth.

Evaluate the extent to which rural–urban migration is the main cause of urban growth in LICs.

Explain how economic development can both increase and reduce urban inequalities.

Assess the role of government policy in shaping urban growth patterns in different income countries.

Explain how natural population increase affects the sustainability of urban growth.

Evaluate the extent to which urbanisation is a positive process for low-income countries?