Geography GCSE AQA Paper 2
What is urbanisation? - ANS- The growth in the proportion of a country's population
living in urban areas
What are High Income Countries (HICs)? - ANS- More economically developed, e.g. UK,
Japan and Germany
What are Low Income Countries (LICs)? - ANS- Less economically developed, e.g.
Ethiopia, Nepal and Afghanistan
What are Newly Emerging Economies (NEEs)? - ANS- Those where economic
development increases rapidly, e.g. Brazil, China, Russia and India
What is rural-urban migration? - ANS- The movement of people from the countryside to
the cities
What are pull factors? - ANS- Things that encourage people to move to an area
What are push factors? - ANS- Things that encourage people to leave an area
What are examples of push factors? - ANS- Natural disasters, mechanisation is taking
peoples jobs, conflict or war
What are examples of pull factors? - ANS- There are more jobs, better health care and
education, family members there, better quality of life
What is natural increase? - ANS- When birth rate is higher than death rate
What is a megacity? - ANS- An urban area with over 10 million people living there, e.g.
Mumbai in India
How many megacities are there? - ANS- 34
What are examples of social opportunities for urban growth in NEEs and LICs? - ANS-
Better access to services such as health care and education and better access to clean
water and electricity
What are examples of economic opportunities for urban growth in NEEs and LICs? -
ANS- More people move to urban areas to work in the factories- there are more jobs and
better wages
What is urbanisation? - ANS- The growth in the proportion of a country's population
living in urban areas
What are High Income Countries (HICs)? - ANS- More economically developed, e.g. UK,
Japan and Germany
What are Low Income Countries (LICs)? - ANS- Less economically developed, e.g.
Ethiopia, Nepal and Afghanistan
What are Newly Emerging Economies (NEEs)? - ANS- Those where economic
development increases rapidly, e.g. Brazil, China, Russia and India
What is rural-urban migration? - ANS- The movement of people from the countryside to
the cities
What are pull factors? - ANS- Things that encourage people to move to an area
What are push factors? - ANS- Things that encourage people to leave an area
What are examples of push factors? - ANS- Natural disasters, mechanisation is taking
peoples jobs, conflict or war
What are examples of pull factors? - ANS- There are more jobs, better health care and
education, family members there, better quality of life
What is natural increase? - ANS- When birth rate is higher than death rate
What is a megacity? - ANS- An urban area with over 10 million people living there, e.g.
Mumbai in India
How many megacities are there? - ANS- 34
What are examples of social opportunities for urban growth in NEEs and LICs? - ANS-
Better access to services such as health care and education and better access to clean
water and electricity
What are examples of economic opportunities for urban growth in NEEs and LICs? -
ANS- More people move to urban areas to work in the factories- there are more jobs and
better wages
