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Test Your Knowledge: Urbanization Quiz

1

Why are people moving into cities?

2

Do most of the people in the world today live in urban or rural areas?

3

Can cities adapt to this influx of people?

4

Where will most of the world’s poor people live by 2050?

5

Where do people who are moving into cities in search of work but without any means end up living?

6

What kind of risks are people living in slums exposed to?

7

Why can’t slum dwellers use their houses to obtain a loan from the bank?

8

What kind of environmental hazards are poor people exposed to?

9

What countries have more traffic accidents—developed or developing? Where do you think more people get hurt?

10

What’s the largest city in the world?

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