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First teaching 2025

First exams 2027

Where People Live (Cambridge (CIE) IGCSE Geography): Exam Questions

Exam code: 0460 & 0976

10 mins5 questions
11 mark

Study the map extract showing part of Kingston, Jamaica (scale 1:50 000). Jamaica is an LIC.

Map extract (opens in a new tab)

Kingston is an urban area. Define the term urban area.

21 mark

Define the term urbanisation.

3a2 marks

Study Figure 4.1, a map showing information about the population in selected countries in Asia.

Map of Asia displaying countries with circles indicating total and urban population sizes; larger circles for India and China, smaller for others.

Put the following four countries in rank order according to their total population from largest to smallest.

Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, and Thailand

3b1 mark

Use Figure 4.1 to describe the variation in the percentage of the population living in urban areas.

41 mark

What is an urban area?

14 marks

Study Figure 4.1, a map showing information about the population in selected countries in Asia.

Map of Asia showing population sizes with circles; larger circles for China and India. Key indicates total and urban populations. Scale shown is 0-800 km.

Explain why there are differences in the percentage of the population living in urban areas in different countries.