Year 8 - Geography Revision

19th Century

When did the United States experience rural-to-urban migration alongside rapid industrialisation?

USA: 82% urbanised
Australia: 895 urbanised

What is the percentage of urbanisation in the United States compared to Australia?

1 million

The USA has a large number of major cities with a population between 500,000 and __________.

Sun-belt.

Many Americans migrate to Florida, Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico, seeking a warmer climate and easier lifestyle. What are the groups called?

New York and Los Angeles.

What are the service based cities in the USA?

Declining employment.

What is the main reason for the decline of population in many US industrial cities?

50

How many states are there in the US?

Rail

What network developed and expanded many cities in the interior of the United States?

Boston and Massachusetts.

What two cities have the greatest urban concentration in the US?

St Lawrence River and Mississippi River, Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.

What sea ways, oceans and gulfs do ocean vessels travel through in the United States?

China was established as a communist regime after WWII It imposed strict government control over everyday life, including the economy, under their leader Mao Zedong.

When was China established as a communist regime. Who was the leader and what did they control?

1978

When did China begin industrialisation?

China's level of urbanisation is 50.6%.

What is China's rate of urbanisation?

Yes, due to rapid industrialisation.

Is China one of the fastest growing economies? Why or why not?

Poor.

How are the wages in China for workers to produce products?

Many rural workers are still lured to the cities. The total estimated supply of rural migrant labour was estimated at 155 million in 2010. China's urban population was estimated at 622 million in 2009: most of the increase is attributed to net internal migration.

Why are rural workers lured to the city in China? What is the estimated urban population rate for China in 2010?

1979

In what year did the Chinese government create Special Economic Zones (SEZs), where villages where transformed into towns?

There is an abundant supply of cheap and mobile labour.

What has been the benefit in China of rural-to-urban migration?

Getting a migration permit to move from rural to urban areas is very difficult. However, rural migrants travel to many places to take up jobs and may stay temporarily with relatives.

How easy is it to get a migration permit in China? What do rural migrants do?

The huge population attrition in rural areas has had a negative impact on these areas, leaving the very young and the very old to sustain these communities.

What is the negative impacts of the migrants moving from rural to urban areas in China?