Xperience - Final Test review - Magazines 6 and 7

It is how urban areas grow without planning. Consequently, it causes pollution, long commuting and poor quality of life.

• urban sprawl

• verticalisation

• urban surface runoff

• urban green space

​ (a)   referes to the increasing number of high-rise buildings due to the number of people coming to live in big cities. While ​ (b)   are areas reserves for parks, sports fields and natural environment.

• Verticalisation
• Urban green space
• Urban surface runoff
• Densification

An ​ (a)   happens when a city is warmer than non-urban areas that surround it. It happen because cities have much ​ (b)   concrete than the non-urban areas, once cities are covered by ​ (c)   . In non-urban areas, where there are more ​ (d)   , so plants absorb water through their roots, keep them in their leaves and it evaporates into the air, it's called ​ (e)  

• urban heat island
• more
• asphalt and concrete
• trees
• transpiration
• absorption
• less
• schools
• soil and earth
• air

Choose the consequences of the heat islands.

• physical discomfort

• too many gardens

• floods

• higher air-pollution levels

• better air quality

Africa is a multicultural and diverse ​ (a)   . ​​ (b)   are ones of the ​ (c)   languages spoken there. There are ​ (d)   , one of them is Angola, where the capital is ​ (e)  

• continent
• Yoruba and Swahili
• more than 1000
• 54 countries
• Luanda
• 50 countries
• 54 cities
• Quechua and Guarani
• Cairo
• country

The Earth spins on its axis, this movement is called ​ (a)   , it takes ​ (b)   to be fully completed. When it revolves around the Sun, it's called ​ (c)   , it takes ​ (d)   to be fully completed.

• rotation
• 24 hours
• revolution
• 1 year
• 365 hours
• 24 months

How long does a season last?

• 3 months

• 1 year

• 30 days

• 2 months

Match the following seasons

• Winter

• 
• Fall ; Autumn

• 
• Spring

• 
• Summer

• 

It was the invasion, occupation, division, and colonisation of 90% of Africa by European countries.

Match the following: Civil society - Causes and consequences

• Everybdy helps and is helped by others when in need

• "Streets are not my house, so I don't need to take care of them."

• Streets get dirty, vandalised and negleted.

• "I'm part of a society and so I am responsible for the other members of my society"

• Streets are cleaned by government and conserved by the population

• "Streets are public spaces, so I'm also responsible for them"

• Less priviledge people cannot afford to pay for their basic needs and this may lead to problems.

• "I won't help anyone unless I receive something for it"