Lesson Y9-U02-L04

Y9-U02-L04 Lagos: A Nigerian Megacity (NEE Case Study) Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 14

20 questions

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Lesson Y9-U02-L04, Lagos: A Nigerian Megacity (NEE Case Study): 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 14: Year 9: Urban Worlds: Megacities, Growth and the Future of Cities, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. In which country and continent is Lagos?

    • Ghana, in East Africa
    • Kenya, in Central Africa
    • Nigeria, in West Africa
    • Egypt, in North Africa

  2. What does NEE stand for in this case study?

    • National Energy Estimate
    • Newly Emerging Economy
    • Natural Environment Estate
    • New European Enterprise

  3. What is an informal settlement?

    • A hotel area for tourists in the city centre
    • A cluster of shops that open only at weekends
    • Unplanned housing built without permission, often lacking services
    • A planned estate built by the government with all services

  4. Roughly how many people live in Lagos today?

    • About 1.5 million
    • About 150 million
    • About 15 million
    • About 500 thousand

  5. Roughly how many people did Lagos have in 1960?

    • About 50 million
    • About 15 million
    • About 0.5 million
    • About 5 million

  6. Roughly how many people does Lagos grow by each year?

    • About 5,000
    • About 5 million
    • About 50 million
    • About 500,000

  7. Roughly how many people could Lagos hold by 2050, rivalling Tokyo?

    • 100 million
    • 30 million
    • 10 million
    • 300 million

  8. Lagos had about 4.8 million people in 1990 and about 14.8 million in 2020. How much did it grow between those years?

    • About 1 million
    • About 40 million
    • About 10 million
    • About 20 million

  9. Which two main reasons explain Lagos's growth?

    • Tariffs and trade rules that change the price of food and fuel across the whole of Nigeria
    • Tourism and retirement moves
    • Migration in from poorer regions and high natural increase
    • Snowfall and cold winters

  10. Why do young farmers move to Lagos?

    • Because Nigeria forbids rural people from working
    • Because farming is banned in the north of Nigeria
    • Because Lagos has no schools or hospitals
    • For port, factory, oil and service jobs

  11. Which of these is an economic opportunity for Lagos?

    • Two-thirds of people live in informal settlements
    • Flooding hits low-lying districts in the rainy season
    • The Nollywood film industry creates thousands of jobs
    • Traffic jams waste hours every day

  12. Which of these is a challenge of Lagos's growth?

    • Tech start-ups thrive in Yabacon Valley
    • Nollywood creates thousands of jobs
    • Traffic jams, called go-slows, waste hours every day
    • A new rail line eases some traffic, but it has been delayed and only covers a short route for now

  13. What is the 'single story' idea?

    • A story told by one person about their whole life, shared again and again in the same newspaper column
    • Showing a place as only one thing, ignoring everything else about it
    • A single news report written about a city each year
    • A film that lasts exactly one hour

  14. Why is 'a struggling slum city' described as a single story of Lagos?

    • It describes every part of the city in full detail, from its waterfronts and markets to its suburbs
    • It uses only figures from a national census
    • It ignores the city's real economic opportunities, such as film and tech
    • It is based on one photo from a tourist brochure

  15. Which of these is a real opportunity in Lagos?

    • Crowded informal housing with no services
    • A tech scene nicknamed Yabacon Valley
    • Heavy traffic jams across the main roads
    • Regular flooding in low-lying districts

  16. Why do geographers call a balanced view of Lagos a fair one?

    • It weighs real challenges and real opportunities together
    • It shows only the richest areas of the city, using a survey of the wealthiest districts in Lagos
    • It reports only the city's worst problems
    • It avoids using any evidence at all

  17. Why does fast growth create challenges for services in Lagos?

    • Lagos has no people who need to use its services
    • Services are banned in all fast-growing cities
    • Growth outpaces the building of housing, water and power
    • Services in the city grow faster than the population

  18. Which statement best describes Lagos's location?

    • On the Gulf of Guinea coast of West Africa, around a large lagoon
    • On a mountain range far from any coast, surrounded by high plateaus and dense forests on every side
    • In the desert interior of North Africa
    • In central Europe, close to London

  19. Which judgement best weighs the 'single story' of Lagos?

    • Lagos has serious challenges, but calling it only a slum city is incomplete, as it is also a growing economic hub
    • Lagos is simply a successful city with no challenges at all
    • Lagos is only a slum, so nothing else about the city matters and its poorest districts define the whole place
    • Lagos cannot be judged using any evidence

  20. Why is Lagos described as one of the fastest-growing cities on Earth?

    • It doubles its population every single day, so its streets are full of brand-new residents each morning
    • It adds around 500,000 people each year to a city already of about 15 million
    • It has shrunk in size since the 1990s
    • It has no new residents arriving at all

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