Geography

Megacities

Key Stage 4, Geography, Understanding global urbanisation

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Megacities

This lesson looks at megacities and where they're located. We consider their importance to our rapidly growing global population.

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Quiz:

Intro quiz - Recap from previous lesson

Before we start this lesson, let’s see what you can remember from this topic. Here’s a quick quiz!

Q1.The percentage of people living in urban areas is...

Increasing. Decreasing.

1/5

Q2.Natural increase occurs when...

Death rate is higher than birth rate. Birth rate is higher than death rate.

2/5

Q3.Which is the pull factor?

Drought makes farming difficult. Poor access to education. More jobs are available.

3/5

Q4.Access to health care is poor. Is this a....

Pull factor. Push factor.

4/5

Q5.The UK has a birth rate of 11 per 1000 people per year and a death rate of 9 per 1000 people per year. They are experiencing...

Population decrease. Population increase.

5/5

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Quiz:

Intro quiz - Recap from previous lesson

Before we start this lesson, let’s see what you can remember from this topic. Here’s a quick quiz!

Q1.The percentage of people living in urban areas is...

Increasing. Decreasing.

1/5

Q2.Natural increase occurs when...

Death rate is higher than birth rate. Birth rate is higher than death rate.

2/5

Q3.Which is the pull factor?

Drought makes farming difficult. Poor access to education. More jobs are available.

3/5

Q4.Access to health care is poor. Is this a....

Pull factor. Push factor.

4/5

Q5.The UK has a birth rate of 11 per 1000 people per year and a death rate of 9 per 1000 people per year. They are experiencing...

Population decrease. Population increase.

5/5

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Megacities - quiz.

Today we've looked at megacities and where they are located. Let's check how much you have learnt.

Q1.Megacities tend to have a minimum population of...

1 million people. 10 million people. 100 million people.

1/5

Q2.The continent that has the most megacities is...

Europe. Asia. Africa.

2/5

Q3.The number of megacities has...

Increased. Decreased. Stayed the same.

3/5

Q4.There are more megacities in...

Developed countries (HICs). Developing countries (LICs and NEEs).

4/5

Q5.Which is NOT a reason why there are many megacities in developing countries?

Rapid rural to urban migration is occurring. Cities have better opportunities than rural areas. Megacities have few available jobs.

5/5

This quiz includes images that don't have any alt text - please contact your teacher who should be able to help you with an audio description.

Quiz:

Megacities - quiz.

Today we've looked at megacities and where they are located. Let's check how much you have learnt.

Q1.Megacities tend to have a minimum population of...

1 million people. 10 million people. 100 million people.

1/5

Q2.The continent that has the most megacities is...

Europe. Asia. Africa.

2/5

Q3.The number of megacities has...

Increased. Decreased. Stayed the same.

3/5

Q4.There are more megacities in...

Developed countries (HICs). Developing countries (LICs and NEEs).

4/5

Q5.Which is NOT a reason why there are many megacities in developing countries?

Rapid rural to urban migration is occurring. Cities have better opportunities than rural areas. Megacities have few available jobs.

5/5

Lesson summary: Megacities

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This was the final lesson in the unit Understanding global urbanisation.

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