plumiGlobal urbanisation: AQA GCSE Geography questions
Every AQA GCSE Geography exam question on Global urbanisation, 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 21 questions on Global urbanisation, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q01.1 (1 mark): What is urbanisation? [1 mark]
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q01.2 (1 mark): Which continent is expected to have the most new megacities in 2050? Shade one circle only. [1 mark]
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q01.3 (1 mark): What is the expected percentage growth of Nairobi 2022–2050? Shade one circle only. [1 mark]
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q01.4 (4 marks): Suggest how natural increase and migration affect the growth of LIC/NEE cities. Use Figure 2 and your own understanding. [4 marks]
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q01.1 (2 marks): Complete Figure 1 below using the following data. [2 marks]
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q01.2 (1 mark): Using Figure 1, which of the following statements is true? Shade one circle only. Between 1980–2020 the proportion of the population living in rural areas: [1 m
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q01.3 (2 marks): Give two push factors that encourage people to leave rural areas in LICs/NEEs. [2 marks]
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q01.1 (1 mark): Give one reason for the growth of megacities in LIC/NEEs. [1 mark]
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q01.2 (2 marks): Calculate the mean size of the cities shown in Figure 1. Answer to one decimal place. [2 marks]
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q01.1 (2 marks): Calculate the mean rate of growth per hour for the Asian cities shown in Figure 1. Answer to the nearest whole number. [2 marks]
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q01.2 (2 marks): Outline one reason for the slower rates of growth in HIC cities. [2 marks]
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q01.1 (1 mark): What is meant by rural-urban migration? [1 mark]
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q01.2 (2 marks): Describe the distribution of the cities shown in Figure 1. [2 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q01.1 (1 mark): Which statement completes the following sentence? A megacity is a city with at least… Shade one circle only. [1 mark]
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q01.2 (2 marks): Complete Figure 1 using the following data. [2 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q01.3 (1 mark): Calculate the mean percentage of people projected to be living in urban areas in 2050, in the countries shown. Answer to the nearest whole percentage. [1 mark]
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q01.4 (2 marks): Give two pull factors that encourage people to move to urban areas in LICs/NEEs. [2 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 3, Q01.3 (4 marks): Explain the link between economic development and urbanisation. [4 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 3, Q01.4 (2 marks): Suggest two reasons why estimates of future urban population may not be accurate. [2 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 3, Q01.5 (2 marks): Suggest one challenge that urbanisation creates for rural areas. [2 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 3, Q02.3 (1 mark): Suggest why it might be helpful to describe the growth of African cities as ‘population growth per hour’. [1 mark]
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