Online quiz

Where did cities and urbanism, or urban life begin?

• Europe

• Mesopotamia

• USA

• Roman empire

Answer explanation

The earliest cities were born around 3500 BCE spawned from agricultural villages:

Mesopotamia (Asia)

Indus River region (Asia)

Nile Valley (Africa)

Huang He River valley (Asia)

Mexico (Latin America)

Peru (Latin America)

What is a settlement?

• a place of temporary residence of people

• a place where only people should live

• a permanent collection of buildings and inhabitants

• a building that serves to set up a communication network

Cultural origins of settlements are:

• graves, churches, temples

• schools, libraries

• leader’s house, walls

• stores, food factories

Answer explanation

ORIGINS OF SETTLEMENTS

Religious - graves, churches, temples

Cultural - schools, libraries

Political/Military - leader’s house, walls

Economic - stores, food factories

Agriculture is the predominant occupation in Urban settlements.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Rural Settlements - agriculture as the predominant occupation.

Urban settlements - principal industries are secondary and tertiary.

Clustered rural settlements - are grouped settlements in rural areas to minimize travel

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Clustered rural settlements -grouped settlements in rural areas to minimize travel

Dispersed  rural Settlements - isolated farms with enclosed continuous fields

Number of people in certain area per km²

• Population distribution

• Birtghrate

• Deathrate

• Population density

The number of individuals born per year per 1000 in the population

• Population

• Population growth

• Birthrate

• Deathrate