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Slums
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A push factor is...
A factor of liveability that makes people want to leave a place.
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Provide an example of a pull factor
Access to education, facilities and services.
Better living conditions ...
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A megacity has more than ...
10 million people
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Lack of job is a push or pull factor for the ...?
Push factor for the economy.
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What is a slum?
Informal settlements within cities that have inadequate housing and squalid, miserable living conditions.
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Urbanisation is...
The population shift from rural to urban areas.
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Name 3 consequences of Urbanisation
Multiple Answers
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Jakarta is located in the country of ...
Indonesia
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In this graph what does it show data for? 
Temperature and rainfall in Brisbane over 1 year.
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What are some characteristics of slums seen in this picture
poor hygiene and dirty living conditions (litter).
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Population Density is...
Measurement of amount of people in a small area.
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What is a FIFO worker?
Fly in fly out worker
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Define migration ...
Movement of people from one place to another with intentions of settling, permanently or temporarily, at a new location.
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Define immigration ...
The international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens.
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List 4 consequences of slums forming (1 under each category of social, economic and environmental)...
disease, over population (no jobs), litter and water pollution.
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Urban Sprawl is...
Unrestricted growth surrounding a main urban area with little planning.
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What continent are most Mega Cities found on...
Asia
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In your exam when you answered a question you needed to make sure you...
Use evidence to support what you are saying! Data and quotes count!
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Mr Cam's pet beagle's name is...
Snoop
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Why do slums form?
Causes include rapid rural-to-urban migration, economic stagnation and depression, high unemployment, poverty, informal economy, forced or manipulated ghettoization, poor planning, politics, natural disasters, and social conflicts.
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A map that uses colour to display data...
Choropleth Maps
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Subsidence means...
Sudden sinking or gradual downward settling of the ground's surface
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Sedimentation is ...
The deposit of certain minerals and natural particles that have been broken down via weathering and erosion.
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What is topography?
The study of the forms and features of land surfaces.
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What year did the movie 'Slumdog Millionaire' come out?
2008