Megacities

Question 1

What is a mega city?

Answer 1

A city with a high population of over 10 million and is sometimes formed from many cities merged together

Question 2

What is a metropolitan area?

Answer 2

A region consisting of a densely populated urban core and it’s less populated surrounding territories

Question 3

What is conurbation?

Answer 3

Two cities that merge to form a continuous urban area

Question 4

What is a million city?

Answer 4

A city with a population of over 1 million

Question 5

What is a world city and give examples?

Answer 5

A city that has a large importance and influence in world affairs and could be more important than the size suggests like London and New York

Question 6

Give some examples of mega cities

Answer 6

Jakarta in Indonesia
Seoul in South Korea
Shanghai in China

Question 7

How many per square km are in Jakarta?

Answer 7

4 383

Question 8

How many people per square km are in Seoul?

Answer 8

528

Question 9

How many people per square km are in Shanghai?

Answer 9

2059

Question 10

Give some facts about London’s economy

Answer 10

40% of the world’s foreign equities are traded here and amazon plans to open an office creating 3000 more jobs

Question 11

Give some facts about transport in London

Answer 11

• The tube has over 1.34bn annual passengers

- There are over 100,000 flights per month going to destination all over the globe

Question 12

Give some facts about culture in London

Answer 12

300 languages are spoken there and 37% of the population is born outside of London

Question 13

How could political decisions change London?

Answer 13

Brexit may affect trade with other countries

Question 14

Give some facts about New York’s economy

Answer 14

25% of the world’s gold is stored in vaults under Wall Street

Question 15

Give some facts about transport in New York

Answer 15

Has the top international air passenger gateway to the us and there are over 12,000 yellow cabs

Question 16

Give some facts about the culture in New York

Answer 16

36% of the population is foreign and over 800 languages can be spoke by a large proportion of the population

Question 17

Give some political statements about New York

Answer 17

It hosts the UN headquarters and trump’s decisions may affect trade and business

Question 18

What did the uk achieve in 1861?

Answer 18

To be the first country in the world to reach 50% urban population

Question 19

In 1965, how many of the world’s largest cities were in developing countries?

Answer 19

6

Question 20

In developing countries, how has the population increased?

Answer 20

By 2.3% each year since 2000

Question 21

In 2015, less than what percentage of people lived in urban areas?

Answer 21

Less than 40 %

Question 22

What will happen to the world’s largest cities by 2050?

Answer 22

Only 2/10 of the world’s largest cities will be in developed countries

Question 23

How and why has London’s population grown during 2001 -2011?

Answer 23

Due to redevelopments, the population grew by 12.5 %