Low Tech Cities Reading Quiz

Which vocabulary word means to soak up, take in.

• absorb

• monitor

• resilient

• vulnerable

Unlike rural areas that are mostly nature and farms, __________ areas are cities filled with thousands of people.

• monitor

• urban

• vulnerable

• absorb

If something is open to damage or unprotected it is _____________.

• efficient

• vulnerable

• resilient

• urban

The students were _________ and successfully handled many changes during the school year.

• efficient

• vulnerable

• resilient

• urban

Another word for monitor is __________.

• watch

• catch

• reject

• city

The new computer program has more ____________ which means that it works better and faster.

• urban

• resilience

• efficiency

• vulnerable

What are some flaws to using technology? How does relying on technology make us vulnerable?

Select multiple answers

• technology ages fast to where we can no longer use it

• technology is not always reliable

• technology helps us communicate with people around the world

• there are privacy concerns with technology that could expose our personal information with others

In ancient (older) times, people ________________.

• had an unhealthy disconnect with nature

• lived with greater connection to nature than today

• did not have any way to protect themselves against vulnerabilities

Look at page 4 in the text. Kongjan Yu's "sponge cities" _________________.

• are wetlands built upriver from urban areas

• absorb rainwater to protect against flood damage

• drive fish and birds away from cities, according to Yu.

Share your perspective. How can learning about the past help us improve the world?