UK cities and population distribution | Geography | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

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What is this a map of?

United Kingdom ✓

Great Britain

British Isles
What type of map is this?

Political

Topographical ✓

Choropleth
Match the country of the United Kingdom to its capital.

England

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London ✓

Northern Ireland

⇔

Belfast ✓

Scotland

⇔

Edinburgh ✓

Wales

⇔

Cardiff ✓
In 2024, to the nearest million, what was the population of the UK?

67 million

68 million

69 million ✓

70 million
What is the purpose of a census?

To count the number of people in a country for tax collection purposes.

To gather population data for government planning and resource allocation. ✓

To track individual citizens for security and surveillance.

To determine the number of votes each person can cast in an election.
How often is the UK census taken?

every year

every five years

every ten years ✓

How many cities are there in the UK?

'76' ✓
Match the country of the UK to its population.

England

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57.1 million ✓

Northern Ireland

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1.91 million ✓

Scotland

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5.45 million ✓

Wales

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3.13 million ✓
Population density is defined as the number of people that live within a square ______.

'kilometre' ✓
The ______ distribution of the UK is uneven.

'population' ✓
Match the country of the UK to its population density.

England

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434 people per km2 ✓

Northern Ireland

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137 people per km2 ✓

Scotland

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70 people per km2 ✓

Wales

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153 people per km2 ✓
Human and __________ factors help to explain the population distribution of the UK.

political

historical

physical ✓

social

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There are 76 cities in the UK and the majority of these are in England.
Population is unevenly distributed in the UK.
Population density varies between the countries of the UK and areas within them.
Human and physical factors can explain the differences in population distribution.

Pupils can mix up population distribution and population density.

Population density is a spatial pattern of population whereas population density is the ratio of people to a defined space.

Population distribution - the pattern of where people do and do not live
Population density - the average number of people that live within a square kilometre