Population and settlement — IGCSE Geography (0460) questions by topic
Defining internal migration from a map of Italian provinces, comparing population structures across three countries between 1950 and 2020, identifying redevelopment in a Warsaw land-use photograph, and defining rural settlement from a Norwegian photograph structure this page's 19 questions, drawn from 2023 to 2025 papers and worth between 8 and 30 marks. Describe, suggest, explain, identify and state test both definitions and photograph or graph interpretation.
Submit your photograph-based and definition answers for instant marking to see whether the specific term you have used, such as for migration or settlement type, matches the precision the mark scheme expects.
May–June 2025, Paper 11
Study Fig. 1.1, a graph showing information about the main reasons for international migration from four LEDCs in Africa. What percentage of international migrants from Kenya…
Answer this question and get it marked →Study Figs. 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 (Insert), photographs showing different types of service in urban areas. Which photograph shows a low-order service? Fig.…
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2025, Paper 12
Study Fig. 1.1 (Insert), information about population growth rates in 2021. How is population growth calculated? Put the words from the box into the correct places in the formula.…
Answer this question and get it marked →Study Fig. 2.1 (Insert), a photograph showing a rural settlement in Norway (an MEDC in Europe). What is meant by rural settlement?
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2025, Paper 13
Study Fig. 1.1, a diagram about over-population and under-population. Put the words 'over-population' and 'under-population' in the correct places in the following sentence.…
Answer this question and get it marked →Study Fig. 2.1 (Insert), a map showing information about internal migration to and from different provinces in Italy, an MEDC in Europe. What is meant by internal migration?
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2025, Paper 21
Fig. 6.1 shows the population structure of three countries between 1950 and 2020. Using Fig. 6.1, which of the three countries had: an overall population decline…
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2025, Paper 22
Fig. 6.1 shows a mind map drawn by a student studying squatter settlements in a large LEDC city. Using Fig. 6.1, identify one reason why the squatter settlement residents face the…
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2025, Paper 23
Fig. 2.1 shows an urban land-use model for an LEDC. Fig. 2.2 (Insert) shows photographs of each land-use zone in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Study the photographs and add the correct…
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2025, Paper 42
Students in Tokyo, Japan (an MEDC in Asia), did fieldwork about the CBD of their city. Which one of the following is the correct meaning of CBD? Tick your answer. - commercial…
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2024, Paper 13
Study Figs 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 (Insert), photographs taken in different urban zones. Figs 2.1 and 2.2 show residential areas. Define residential area.
Answer this question and get it marked →February–March 2023, Paper 12
Study Fig. 1.1, which shows information about birth rates and death rates in Japan (an MEDC) between 1970 and 2020. What was the birth rate in Japan in 1970? ..................…
Answer this question and get it marked →Study Figs. 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 (Insert), which are photographs taken of different urban land uses in Warsaw, Poland (an MEDC in Eastern Europe). Which photograph shows an area…
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2023, Paper 12
Study Fig. 1.1, which shows information about migration to selected countries in Europe between January and September 2019. Put the following countries in rank order of the number…
Answer this question and get it marked →Study Fig. 2.1 (Insert), which is a map showing land use in Bhagalpur, a city in India (an LEDC in Asia). What is the distance along the railway line from the railway junction…
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2023, Paper 21
Study Fig. 2.1, which shows the population structure of selected countries in 2019. What percentage of Germany's population is aged 0-14 years? ............................ %
Answer this question and get it marked →Study Figs. 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 (Insert), which show different areas of the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, an LEDC. Identify each land-use zone. Choose your answers from the…
Answer this question and get it marked →October–November 2023, Paper 12
Study Fig. 1.1, information about birth rates and death rates in Germany between 1950 and 2020 (Germany is an MEDC in Europe). What was the death rate in Germany in 1950?…
Answer this question and get it marked →Study Fig. 2.1 (Insert), a photograph taken in Dhaka, Bangladesh (an LEDC in Asia). What type of settlement is shown at X in Fig. 2.1? Circle one of the following. dispersed…
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