Settlement Patterns

The process of people coming to an urban area is called…

• Urbanism
• Urbanization
• Urban sprawl
• Keith Urban

The way we use our land is called...

• Land Cover
• Land Fills
• Land plants
• Land use

An area often referred to as the country that is sparsely populated is called...

• Urban Area
• Rural Area
• Land Cover
• Land Use

Sprawl is:

• the growth of urban areas out into the surrounding rural area; natural habitat or farmland
• development of new housing cites within the urban core
• land maintained as open space surrounding an urban area
• period in the morning and evening with the heaviest volumes of traffic

Toronto’s Official Plan encourages smart-growth instead of urban sprawl. Which of these is the best example of smart-growth?

• constructing a new airport on nearby farm fields
• building a system of roads to expand the residential area into an area of farmland
• filling in wetlands to create space for a new shopping mall
• replacing an abandoned factory with anew apartment building

In the past, 80% of Canada's population lived in rural areas. Today, 80% of Canada's population lives in:

• urban areas
• small towns like LaSalle
• remote areas in the North

The following is an example of a commercial land use.

• Riverside Secondary
• Fire Station 2
• Windsor Assembly Plant
• Tandoori Taste of India

90% of the Canadian population lives:

• Along a coastline 
• On the Pacific Coast
• In the Greater Toronto Area
• Within a few hundred km of the US border

Examine the map on Inuit Settlement and determine which of the following is correct:

• Inuit settlements are typically inland
• Inuit settlements are only in Nunavut
• Inuit settlements are mostly coastal.

Which of the following is an attribute of urban sprawl:

• mixed land use 
• land uses are separated