World Cities Key Terms

Question 1

Millionaire cities

Answer 1

Cities with over a million permanent inhabitants

Question 2

Mega cities

Answer 2

A city of over 10 million people

Question 3

Meta cities

Answer 3

A city of over 20 million people

Question 4

Urban growth

Answer 4

The growth of an urban area and its population

Question 5

Urbanised continents

Answer 5

Continents which are heavily urbanised

North America is the moot urbanised continents worldwide at 81%

Question 6

TNC

Answer 6

Trans national corporation, a company which operates in multiple countries

Question 7

World cities as hubs (4)

Answer 7

Business
Transport
Political
Migration

Question 8

The categories of world city classification

Answer 8

Alpha++
Alpha+
Alpha 
Beta
Gamma

Question 9

Agricultural revolution

Answer 9

A period of time in which agriculture became much more heavily mechanised

Question 10

Division of labour

Answer 10

Where people are designated to perform specific jobs

Question 11

Fertility rate

Answer 11

The average number of children a woman will have during child bearing age (15-45) the replacement rate is 2.1