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Quizzes //
Urban life
Test your knowledge of urban life with this 15-question GCSE quiz.
If you haven't already done it, work through the unit on urban life, land use and sustainability on the PowerPoint (especially the graph on page 6). Or look at it again to help fill any gaps in your knowledge!
HIGH SCORES
| Rank | Name | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | AJW | 30 |
| 2nd | HSh | 30 |
| 3rd | JFK | 30 |
| 4th | RDL | 30 |
| 5th | JAF | 30 |
| 6th | MT_ | 30 |
| 7th | A.S | 30 |
| 8th | A.S | 30 |
| 9th | JPS | 30 |
| 10th | kjm | 30 |
QUIZZES // Urban life
Q1. What are jobs in the primary sector of the economy?
Jobs that involve the manufacturing of raw materials into something else: making cars and vehicles, for example
Jobs that involve obtaining raw materials from the ground or sea, such as fishing or mining
Jobs that provide a service of some kind, such as selling, teaching, finance and legal work
Jobs that involve the use of high tech and computer technology
Q2. What are jobs in the tertiary sector of the economy?
Jobs that involve the manufacturing of raw materials into something else: making cars and vehicles, for example
Jobs that involve obtaining raw materials from the ground or sea, such as fishing or mining
Jobs that provide a service of some kind, such as selling, teaching, finance and legal work
Jobs that involve the use of cutting-edge tech and computer technology
Q3. What type of urban area is dominated by secondary industries?
Pre-industrial city
Industrial city
Post-industrial city
Megacity
Q4. What type of urban area is dominated by industries in the tertiary sector of the economy?
Pre-industrial city
Industrial city
Post-industrial city
Megacity
Q5. How would you classify this job: a fisherman in the Lagos lagoon works for himself and catches fish to feed his family?
Formal employment in the primary sector
Formal employment in the tertiary sector
Informal employment in the primary sector
Informal employment in the secondary sector
Q6. How would you classify this job: a sales person who works for a large department store?
Formal employment in the primary sector
Formal employment in the tertiary sector
Informal employment in the primary sector
Informal employment in the secondary sector
Q7. What is the meaning of commercial land use?
Where adverts are shown on TV and used to sell land
Land that is used for housing
A form of land use that uses machinery to produce products or a service
Land that is used to generate an income and earn money
Q8. What is industrial land use?
Land use where people work hard
Land that is used for housing
A form of land use occupied by buildings using machinery to produce products
Land that is used to generate an income and earn money
Q9. Which of these best describes retail land use?
Land that is used for housing
Land that is devoted to shops and services
Land that is devoted to schools and education
Land use that is devoted to factories
Q10. Which of these does not feature on Egan’s wheel as an example of sustainable urban areas?
Well designed and built
Well connected
Minimising open space to maximise building density
Fair for everyone
Q11. Study the graph on page 6 of the PowerPoint. Which of the following statements is true?
In the industrial city, 45% of employment is in the secondary sector
In the industrial city, 72% of employment is in the secondary sector
In the industrial city, 27% of employment is in the secondary sector
In the industrial city, 20% of employment is in the secondary sector
Q12. Study the graph again. Which of the following statements is true?
In the pre-industrial city, 90% of employment is in the primary sector
In the pre-industrial city, 70% of employment is in the primary sector
In the pre-industrial city, 20% of employment is in the primary sector
In the pre-industrial city, 10% of employment is in the primary sector
Q13. Study the graph again. Which of the following statements is true?
In the post-industrial city, tertiary and quaternary sector employment makes up 40% of the total
In the post-industrial city, tertiary and quaternary sector employment makes up 60% of the total
In the post-industrial city, tertiary and quaternary sector employment makes up 95% of the total
In the post-industrial city, tertiary and quaternary sector employment makes up 50% of the total
Q14. Which of these is not an element of sustainable urban development in East Village?
Vegetation on roofs traps water and attracts wildlife
Ponds with reed beds capture and filter rainwater
There are individual solar panels on the roof of every flat
A pumping system pumps filtered water from the reedbed ponds back to the housing
Q15. Mumbai has a population of 20 million people, 9 million of whom live in squatter settlements. What percentage of Mumbai’s population live in squatter settlements?
45%
54%
46%
9%
Finished!
You scored this time. The more correct answers you give, and the fewer incorrect answers you guess, the better your score.
