Lesson Y7-U04-L07

Y7-U04-L07 Why People Move: Migration Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 4

20 questions

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Lesson Y7-U04-L07, Why People Move: Migration: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 4: Year 7: Population and Settlement, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What is migration?

    • A count of every person living in a country
    • The number of babies born per 1,000 people
    • Moving water from a river into a reservoir
    • Moving to live in a new place, not just visiting

  2. What do we call a person who migrates?

    • A tourist
    • A census taker
    • A migrant
    • A settler on a hilltop

  3. Is a push factor a good thing or a bad thing?

    • A bad thing, which makes someone want to leave
    • A good thing that only exists in cities
    • Neither, as it has no effect on a move
    • A good thing, which draws people in

  4. Is a pull factor a good thing or a bad thing?

    • A bad thing that forces people to stay put
    • A good thing, which draws someone to a new place
    • A bad thing, which makes someone want to leave
    • Neither, as it is a type of census count

  5. Is 'no jobs at home' a push factor or a pull factor?

    • Both at the same time, always, so it can never be sorted into either group
    • A pull factor, because it draws someone in towards a new place to live
    • A push factor, because it makes someone want to leave
    • Neither, because jobs never affect where people decide to live or move

  6. Is 'better hospitals' in a new place a push factor or a pull factor?

    • Neither, because hospitals never affect people
    • A census factor, because it is counted
    • A push factor, because it makes people leave
    • A pull factor, because it draws people to a place

  7. A family leaves a drought and moves for steady water. What is the push factor?

    • The drought at home, with no water
    • Steady water in the new place
    • A higher wage in the factory
    • A new school in the city

  8. Most moves happen because of a push and a ____.

    • census
    • pull
    • delta
    • contour

  9. Why is it unfair to say a country is only one thing?

    • Because all countries are exactly the same, with the same jobs and the same homes
    • Because countries cannot be described at all, since every country is a mystery
    • Because only capital cities can be described fairly, and the rest are left out
    • Because most places have both good and bad sides, which means push and pull

  10. A tourist is on a one-week holiday abroad. Why is this NOT migration?

    • Because holidays are always in the same country
    • Because tourists never travel by aeroplane
    • Because the tourist is always a push factor
    • Because the tourist is not going to live in the new place

  11. A nurse moves from a town to a big city for a better job. Which is the pull factor?

    • The nurse has a family in the town
    • The town has few jobs for nurses
    • The nurse must leave the town
    • The big city has better jobs for nurses

  12. Which sentence correctly sorts the reasons 'war at home' and 'safety in a new country'?

    • Both are pull factors, because both are about travel
    • War is a pull factor, and safety is a push factor
    • War is a push factor, and safety is a pull factor
    • Both are push factors, because both are about home

  13. Which of these is a push factor for leaving a home?

    • Better healthcare in a new city
    • Peace and safety in a new place
    • War or conflict in the home country
    • More job choices in a new town

  14. Which of these is a pull factor drawing people into a new city?

    • Poor hospitals at home
    • More job choices in the city
    • War or conflict at home
    • Not enough jobs at home

  15. A pupil writes: 'The city pushes everyone away because it is so good.' Which correction is best?

    • Pull and push are the same thing, so the pupil is right
    • A good thing like jobs is a pull factor, not a push factor
    • The city is only a push factor, because it is a bad place
    • Cities never have push or pull factors

  16. Explain why the same factor could push one person but pull another.

    • Factors only affect the people who live in a large city and never people in villages
    • Different people may value the factor differently, so it works both ways
    • Every person has exactly the same needs and wants, so the factor affects them all the same
    • The factor changes its colour on the map for each person who studies it closely

  17. Explain why a move usually needs both a push and a pull, not just one.

    • Moves never happen in the real world at all, because people always stay where they are
    • A push and a pull cancel each other out completely, so nobody ever decides to move
    • A pull alone always makes people leave their home, even when they are happy there
    • A push alone makes people leave, but a pull gives them a place to go to

  18. A UK city has high rents and crowding. Which group might find this a push factor?

    • A retired person who wants a quieter place
    • A young worker who is looking for a cheap home
    • A family who is looking for a bigger home at a low price
    • A student who likes busy streets and high rents

  19. Spain pulls retirees with sunshine but pushes some young people abroad for work. What does this example show?

    • Spain is only a pull factor, with no push at all
    • A place can be both a pull and a push for different groups
    • Sunshine is always a push factor for everyone
    • Young people never move abroad from Spain

  20. A new place offers steady, paid work and good schools for a family. Which best describes these two factors?

    • They are the causes of a drought
    • Both are push factors, as they make the family leave home
    • Both are pull factors, as they draw the family to the new place
    • They are census counts of the people

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