The Great Questions on Geography

Cities & Primary Sector

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1.  Give a definition for the word ‘city’
2.  What is a megacity?
3.  Name at least three of the world’s megacities that are not in Europe or the Americas
4.  Name the four global cities that are at the head of the urban hierarchy
5.  What percentage of the world’s population lives in cities?
6.  What percentage of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050?
7.  What percentage of the population of developed countries lives in cities?
8.  Why did the cities expand greatly during the industrialization of the 18^th and 19^th centuries?
9.  What has happened to the rural population in the world?
10.  Why have so many people left rural areas to go to cities?
11.  What influence do cities have on a country?
12.  Name at least four principal urban problems
13.  Which were the first two areas in Spain to industrialize?
14.  Explain what happened to cities in Spain between 1955-80
15.  Which are the two main national metropolises in Spain today?
16.  Which are the five main regional metropolises with at least between 500,000 to 1,500,000 million people?
17.  Explain why Zaragoza is such a well-situated city
18.  New York, London, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong are all g______ c________? (page 52)
19.  New York, London, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong are also at the head of the u________ h (page 52)
20.  A wide range of jobs and services as well as rural jobs not being well paid are all reasons for people doing what? (page 50)
21.  The world’s main financial institutions, international institutions, head quarters of multinational companies as well as key information & communication industries are found in: g_________ c_________.
22.  Pollution, traffic, waste management and residential segregation are forms of: u________ p (page 54)
23.  What is a heat island? (page 54)
24.  The Basque Country and Catalunya were the first places in Spain to do what in the mid-nineteenth century? (page 56)
25.  Which were the first two cities to industrialise in Spain?
26.  There was rapid urban expansion in Spain between:

19___ – 19____.

27.   Valencia, Bilbao, Zaragoza, Seville and Málaga are all R__________ m (page 57)
28.  Valladolid, Alicante, Murcia, Palma and Cádiz are all R_______ c (page 57)
29.  Give a definition for the primary sector
30.  Is the primary sector important for the economy? Why / why not?
31.  What does the primary sector consist of? (page 64)
32.  What percentage did agriculture contribute to the world’s GDP in 2012? (page 64)
33.  What percentage of the world’s active population works in agriculture? (page 64)
34.  Why has the percentage of people working in agriculture fallen since the Industrial Revolution?
35.  What percentage of the active population work in agriculture in developed countries?
36. What percentage of the active population work in agriculture in emerging and less developed countries?
37.  What percentage of the active population work in agriculture in the  world’s poorest countries?
38.  What do you know about agriculture in Almeria?
39.  Define commercial agriculture
40.  What is intensive farming?
41.  What is extensive farming?
42.  Explain the difference between rainfed and irrigation crops
43.  What is monoculture and what type of farmer would employ this method?
44.  What is polyculture and what type of farmer would employ this method?
45.  What type of agriculture is practiced in Canada? (page 69)
46.  What type of agriculture is practiced in Morocco? (page 69)
47.  What are some of the benefits of commercial agriculture?
48.  What are some of the problems of commercial agriculture?
49.  What are GM crops? (page 70)
50.  What is the controversy surrounding GM crops?
51.  What is subsistence agriculture?
52.  What are plantations? (page 73)
53.  What type crops are produced on a plantation?
54.  What are the benefits of this type of agriculture for multinationals and less developed countries?
55.  What are the drawbacks (disadvantages) of this type of agriculture for less developed countries?
56.  What are three main types of livestock? (page 74)
57.  Which is better intensive or extensive livestock farming?
58.  What are three types of fishing? (page 75)
59.  What is aquaculture?
60.  Which country consumes the largest amount of fish products in the world?
61.  Which is the second largest consumer of fish in the world? (page 76)
62.  Which is the world’s biggest fish market?
63.  Which country has the largest fishing fleet in the world?
64.  Is fishing important for the future of the world’s food supply?
65.  What percentage of the active population in Spain works in agriculture in Spain?
66.  Which is the EU country with the greatest percentage of land used for agriculture?
67.  Which is the second with 34.4%?
68.  What are the typical products of Spain’s agriculture?
69.  Spain has the second highest number of number f what livestock in the EU?
70.  Which region in Spain has the highest number of pigs?