GCSE (9-1) GEOGRAPHY B

EDEXCEL
PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
BOOKLET

UNIT 1
TOPIC 3 – CHALLENGES OF AN URBANISING
WORLD

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Practicing the exam questions for June 2021 exam – PAPER 1

TOPIC 3 – CHALLENGES OF AN URBANISING WORLD

Q1) Explain the rapid growth of cities in a developing or emerging country in the
recent years (4)
It is increasing because the city is where most people live in developing/emerging
countries amongst the urban and rural because the healthcare is unhygienic so there is
more disease and higher infant mortality rates, also there is not much technology and
medicine to help people. The food is low and the poor starve because of low income so
there are more kid deaths. So people now have more kids so at least on of them survives.

Q2) Give one reason why urbanisation is much slower in developed countries (2)
There is counter urbanisation and the money is equally is spread around the country
and the best accommodations are mostly in rural areas with middle class
accommodation in sub urban areas ans the lowest class in he city which a mostly tall flat
buildings.

Q3) Explain what is meant by the term ‘primate city’? (2)

Q4) Explain what causes rural-to-urban migration (national migration) of a

city in an emerging or developing world (4) or

Q5) Explain what factors have attracted international migration to London (4)

Q6) Give one push factor that makes people decide to leave the area (2)

Q7) Explain how economic processes have affected urban areas in a city in
developed country. (4)

Q8) Compare the main differences between the formal and informal
economy in avery large cities in developing and emerging countries (4)

Q9) Describe the main differences between the economies of cities in developing and
emerging countries and economies in developed countries (4)

Q10) Explain how Clark-Fisher model helps to determine the stage of economic
development of a country (4)

Q11) What is meant by suburbanisation (2)

Q12) What is meant by de-industrialisation (2)

Q13) What is meant by counter-urbanisation (2) or

Q14) What is meant by regeneration (2)

Q15) Explain the strategies that can be used to regenerate city centres in developed
countries (4)

Q16) Explain why proportion of people working in the secondary sector changes as a
country develops (4)

Q17) Contrast the spatial growth of megacities in developed and developing

countries (4)

Q18) Explain some of the main factors that influence land use in a city (4)

Q19) Explain one way that planning regulation influence land use in cities (2)

Q20) Explain how the growth of a major city in developed country affected its urban
functions (4)

Q21) Explain how land use in the city centre of cities might change over time (3)

Q22) Why does quality of life vary so much within one megacity in an emerging
country (6)

Q23) Explain one reason why the location of the megacity you studied is
important for its growth (3)

Q24) What is meant by natural increase (2)

Q25) Explain the difference between Mumbai’s site and situation (4)

Q26) Give one reason why industry will locate in outskirts (urban fringe) of a city (3)

Q27) Describe two ways that rapid population growth has led to a change in land use
in a megacity in an emerging or developing country that you have studied (4)

Q28) For a named megacity in developing or emerging country, explain one way
in which its location has affected its growth, function or structure (2)

Q29) Explain why slums locate close to CBDs in a megacity you have studies (3)
Q30) Explain why urban-rural fringe might be difficult to determine in megacity of a
developing or emerging country (2)

Q31) Explain how population growth has affected Mumbai’s population growth (4)

Explain the relationship between Mumbai’s economic growth and its population
growth (4)

Q32) Explain how rapid growth has created opportunities for the majority
of Mumbai’s residents (4)

Q33) Explain how infrastructure in a megacity that you have studied benefits to
improve the quality of life for poor people living there (4)

Q34) Explain how presence of slums can be advantageous to TNCs (2)

Q35) For a named megacity in a developing or emerging country, explain two

reasons why rapid population growth has led to problems with traffic conditions (4)

Q36) For a named megacity in a developing or emerging country, explain two

reasons why rapid population growth has led to problems with housing (4)

Q37) Explain how living with slums can cause problems with sanitation? (3)

Q38) Evaluate the challenges of living in a rapidly growing megacity that you
have studied (8marks + SPAG)

Q39) What is meant by ‘quality of life’. (2)

Q40) Explain why some megacities underperform in their provision of urban quality
of life when compared to the others (4).

Q41) For a named megacity, evaluate attempts made to improve the quality of life
for people living there (8marks + SPAG)

Q42) Explain two reasons why rapid population growth leads to problems with
water supply (4)

Q43) For a named megacity, explain one top-down strategy that can make
transport more sustainable (4)

Q44) For a named megacity in an emerging country, assess how far a rapid
population growth has affected attempts to make it more sustainable
(8marks + SPAG)

Q45) For a named megacity in an emerging country, evaluate whether bottom-up

solutions can improve the quality of life for residents (8marks + SPaG)

Q46) Explain ways in which bottom-up projects can improve city housing (4)

Q47) For a named megacity in an emerging country, evaluate whether top-down

solutions can improve the quality of life for residents (8marks + SPaG)
Q48) Explain two reasons why urban primacy can become a problem for developing
and emerging countries (4)

Q49) Explain two reasons why economic changes can cause a city to decline in
population. (4)

Q50) Assess whether economic development always leads to urban growth. (8)