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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. What does CBD stand for?
14. What is another expression for ‘urban sprawl‘?  D__________ c_________
15. Which city is the most important financial centre in Europe?
16. Which city is the financial centre of the EU?
17. Which city is the political centre of Europe?
18.  Which were the first two areas in Spain to industrialize?
19.  Explain what happened to cities in Spain between 1955-70
20.  Which are the two main national metropolises in Spain today?
21.  Which are the five main regional metropolises with at least between 500,000 to 1,500,000 million people in Spain?
22.  Explain why Zaragoza is such a well-situated city
23.  New York, London, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong are all g______ c________?
24. Which two cities are Alpha++ cities in the urban hierarchy?
25.  New York, London, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong are also at the head of the u________ h_________________.
26.  A wide range of jobs and services, as well as rural jobs not being well paid, are all reasons for people doing what?
27.  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_________.
28.  Pollution, traffic, waste management and residential segregation are all types of: u________ p____________.
29. Which were the first two cities to industrialise in Spain?
30.  There was rapid urban expansion in Spain between: 19____ – 19____.

27.   Valencia, Bilbao, Zaragoza, Seville and Málaga are all N__________ c_____________ .
28.  Valladolid, Alicante, Murcia, Palma and Cádiz are all R_______ c______________.
29. The Basque Country and Catalunya were the first places in Spain to do what in the mid-nineteenth century?