DEVELOPMENT
STUDIES
EXERCISES
MODULE 4: INDUSTRIALISATION AND
URBANISATION
MATER SPEI COLLEGE
DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
Name: _____________________________ Surname: _____________________________
Class: ____________ Date: __________/___________/__________
Module 4: Industrialisation & Urbanisation
Class Exercise 1
1 (a) Define industrialisation. [1]
(b) Describe three benefits of industrialisation to developing countries. (What are the
advantages of industrialisation?) [3]
2 (a) Define industrial production. [1]
(b) State three characteristics of modern industries. [3]
3 (a) Define import substitution industrialisation. [1]
(b) Describe three advantages of import substitution industrialization. [3]
(a)(i) What is the percentage of people employed in industry for Zambia? [1]
4(a) What are export oriented industries? [1]
(ii) What is the percentage difference between services and agriculture in the United
Kingdom? [1]
(b) Give three disadvantages of using export oriented industrialisation. [3]
(b) State two examples of services. [2]
5(a) What is meant by feminisation of the labour force? [1]
(b) State three benefits to a country of feminisation of the labour force. [3] (c) Describe two factors to consider in setting up an industry. [2]
(d)(i) State two negative effects of industrialisation on the environment. [2]
(ii) Suggest possible solutions to each problem states in (d)(i) above. [2]
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MATER SPEI COLLEGE
DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
Name: _____________________________ Surname: _____________________________
Class: ____________ Date: __________/___________/__________
Module 4: Industrialisation & Urbanisation
Class Exercise 2
1 (a) What is meant by small-scale enterprises? [1]
(b) Describe three advantages of export-oriented industrialization. [3]
2(a) What is meant by synthetic products? [1]
(b) Give three problems of import substitution strategy in developing countries. (Give
three disadvantages of import substitution industrialisation) [3]
3(a) What are multi-national companies? [1] (a)(i) Which village has the least total number of employed females? [1]
(b) Give three disadvantages of multinational companies. [3] (ii) What is the difference in the number of employed males and male job-seekers in
Ncojane? [1]
4(a) What is meant by state enterprises? [1]
(b) Suggest two reasons why Ghanzi has the highest number of both employed people and
(b) Give three importance of having state enterprises in Botswana. [3] job-seekers. [2]
5(a) What is meant by automation and robotics? [1] (c) Describe three economic factors that force people to move from rural to urban areas.[3]
(b) State three advantages of the use of automation and robotics in modern industries. [3] (d) Suggest three ways by which the government may reduce rural-urban migration. [3]
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DEVELOPMENT STUDIES MATER SPEI COLLEGE
Name: ____________________________ Surname: _____________________________ DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
Class: ____________ Date: __________/___________/__________ Name: ____________________________ Surname: _____________________________
Module 4: Industrialisation & Urbanisation Class: ____________ Date: __________/___________/__________
Class Exercise 3 Module 4: Industrialisation & Urbanisation
1. Study Fig.1, which shows some of the strategies for industrialisation. Class Exercise 4
1 Study Fig. 1, which shows the Newly Industrialised Countries (NICs), and answer
questions (a)(i) and (ii).
Fig.1
(a)(i) Describe the industrialisation strategies shown in Fig. 1.
(ii) Describe factors that a country should consider in order to set up industries.
[10 marks]
(b)(i) Describe the negative effects of industries on the environment.
(ii) Suggest the benefits of having many industries in a developing country such as
Botswana.
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[10 marks]
Fig.1
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(a)(i) Describe the location of the Newly Industrialised Countries. MATER SPEI COLLEGE
(ii) Explain the challenges which are faced by the Newly Industrialised Countries. DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
[10 marks] Name: ____________________________ Surname: _____________________________
(b)(i) Describe the characteristics of modern industries. Class: ____________ Date: __________/___________/__________
(ii) How can the Botswana government encourage industrialisation in other parts of the Module 4: Industrialisation & Urbanisation
country?
Class Exercise 5
[10 marks]
1 Study Fig. 1 which is a picture showing a large industry.
Fig. 1
(a)(i) With the aid of Fig. 1, describe the negative effects of having many industries in a
country.
(ii) Suggest factors that promote the industrialisation process.
[10 marks]
(b)(i) Describe any three forms of specialisation in production.
(ii) Suggest factors that may reduce labour efficiency among workers in Botswana.
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[10 mark]
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Name: _____________________________ Surname: _____________________________
Class: ____________ Date: __________/___________/__________
Module 4: Industrialisation & Urbanisation
Class Exercise 6
1(a) What is urbanization? [1]
(b) What are the two causes of urbanisation? [2]
(c) State three advantages of urbanisation on urban dwellers [3]
2(a)What is a primate city? [1]
(b) State three characteristics of a primate city. [3]
3(a) What is urban growth? [1]
(b) Describe three causes of urban growth. [3]
(c)State three problems caused by urban growth on rural areas. [3]
(a)Which country had the lowest death rate? [1]
(d) Give three effects of urbanisation on towns and cities. [3]
(b)(i) Calculate the natural population increase in the United Kingdom. [1]
(e) What are the solutions to problems caused by urbanisation in towns and cities? [3]
(ii)Which type of countries have a high natural population increase? [1]
4(a) Define rural-urban migration. [1]
(iii) Describe three problems which the type of countries you have identified are likely to
(b) Describe three disadvantages of rural-urban migration for rural areas, (What are the face as a result of high natural population increase. [3]
problems of rural-urban migration on rural areas?) [3]
(c)(i) Suggest three reasons for the high birth rates in Uganda and Mozambique. [3]
5(a) Define urban-urban migration. [1]
(ii) Describe the relationship between the birth rate and natural increase. [1]
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(c) Suggest three solutions to problems of rural-urban migration on rural areas. [3]
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Name: _____________________________ Surname: _____________________________ Name: _____________________________ Surname: _____________________________
Class: ____________ Date: __________/___________/__________ Class: ____________ Date: __________/___________/__________
Module 4: Industrialisation & Urbanisation Module 4: Industrialisation & Urbanisation
Class Exercise 7 Class Exercise 8
1. Study Fig. 2 which shows an extract on urbanisation 1(a)What is meant by natural increase? [1]
(b) Give three problems caused by urban growth on urban areas [3]
2(a) Define migration. [1]
(b) Describe three factors that attract people to urban areas. [3]
3(a) Define informal sector of the economy [1]
(a)(i) With the aid of Fig. 2, state the problems caused by urbanisation to cities such as
Cairo. (b) Describe three problems of the informal sector. [3]
(ii) Suggest possible solutions to the problems of urbanisation. 4.(a) What is meant by urban-urban migration? [1]
[10 marks] (b)Give three positive effects of urbanisation in towns and cities. [3]
5(a)What is the formal sector? [1]
(b)(i) State the characteristics of modern industries.
(b) Suggest three ways in which governments can help the informal sector. [3]
(ii) Explain how industrialisation can be implemented.
(c) Describe three solutions to problems of the informal sector. [3]
[10 marks]
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Section B
6 Study Fig. 2, which shows males and females in the formal employment sector in
Botswana in 2009. Use it to answer questions (a) (i) and (ii).
(a)(i) State the percentage of males employed in the parastatal sector. [1]
(a) What percentage of the urban population has access to clean water? [1]
(ii) Identify the sector which employed a larger percentage of females than males in 2009.
[1]
(b) What percentage of the rural population has no access to health services? [1]
(b) What is the difference between formal and informal sectors of the economy? [2]
(c) State two other social factors that attract people to urban areas. [2]
(c) Describe three ways by which governments can help the informal sector to improve
their businesses. [3]
(d) Describe three negative effects of urbanisation on rural areas other than rural
(d) Suggest three way in which the informal sector benefits people in urban areas. [3] depopulation. [3]
(e) Describe the attempts which have been made by developing countries to reduce
the rate of rural depopulation. [3]
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MATER SPEI COLLEGE MATER SPEI COLLEGE
DEVELOPMENT STUDIES DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
Name: _____________________________ Surname: _____________________________ Name: _____________________________ Surname: _____________________________
Class: ____________ Date: __________/___________/__________
Class: ____________ Date: __________/___________/__________
Module 4: Industrialisation & Urbanisation
Module 4: Industrialisation & Urbanisation
Class Exercise 9
Class Exercise 10
1. Study Fig. 1, which shows push and pull factors of rural-urban migration and
answer the question (a) 1. Study Fig.1 which is a picture showing some activities in the informal sector.
Fig.1
(a)(i) Describe the factors that attract people to urban areas.
(ii) Describe the problems caused by urbanisation in towns and cities.
[10 marks]
(b) (i) Suggest reasons for the low numbers of women in the formal sector of the economy.
(ii) What are the disadvantages of having few women in decision making positions?
[10 marks]
Fig.2
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(a)(i) Describe the characteristics of the informal sector. MATER SPEI COLLEGE
(ii) Suggest reasons why many women are involved in the informal sector. DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
[10 marks] Name: _____________________________ Surname: _____________________________
Class: ____________ Date: __________/___________/__________
(b)(i) Suggest reasons for the growth of the formal sector in Botswana.
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(ii) Describe ways by which formal businesses contribute to the development of a country
such as Botswana. Class Exercise 11
[10 marks] 1. Study Figs 1A and 1B, which show the informal and formal sectors of the
economy, and answer questions (a)(i) and (ii).
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(a)(i) Using Figs 1A and 1B and your own knowledge, state the differences between the
informal and formal sectors of the economy.
(ii)Suggest possible problems that are faced by people in the informal sector, such as the
person in Fig. 1A.
[10 marks]
(b)(i) Describe ways by which women in the informal sector contribute to the economic
development of Botswana.
(ii)Explain why the informal sector of the economy is growing rapidly in developing
countries.
[10 marks]
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