Urban Settlement 1

The increasing proportion or percentage of a country's total population that lives in urban areas is known as....

• urban blight

• urban to rural migration

• urban sprawl

• urbanisation

The worlds largest mega cities are increasingly to be found in ...

• developed countries

• developing countries

• first world countries

• communist countries

The actual physical location of a city is referred to as its...

• site

• location

• situation

• bearing

A central place town is a town which provides goods and services to...

• the local spaza shop owners

• the nearest large town

• the surrounding rural area

• the primate metropolitan area

Richards Bay is a good example of a....

• mining town

• central place town

• break of bulk town

• gap town

The town of Nottingham Road near Michaelhouse is a good example of a...

• local service centre

• primate metropolitan area

• major country town

• metropolitan area

Which of the following statements is NOT true of central place theory

• Settlements with large populations are able to support more functions

• Low-order goods needed every day are available in greater quantities than higher-order goods.

• Lower-order settlements are closer together; higher-order settlements are further apart.

• There are fewer small urban settlements settlements) and more large urban settlements.

The term threshold population refers to ...

• the area from which a business draws its customers.

• the minimum number of people required to support a business.

• the maximum number of people required to support a business.

• the distance customers are prepared to travel to buy a product

Margate on the KZN south coast is a resort town and is unusual in that it is .....

• a large town which offers few services

• small town which offers few services

• a large town which offers a wide range of services

• a small town which offers a wide range of services

A shopping centres located in the suburbs which has a cafe, video outlet and a bottle store would be referred to as....

• regional shopping centres

• suburban shopping centres

• outlying suburban malls

• isolated store clusters