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WorksheetsSocial Studies 6 Geography Unit 3 Migration and urbanization
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 38mins
To be a megacity, a city must have over 10 Billion people.
True
False
Is the following an opportunity or a problem of Urbanization?
Traffic Jams
Opportunity
Problem
Is the following an opportunity or a problem in regards of Urbanization?
Smog
Opportunity
Problem
Overcrowding
Is the following an opportunity or a problem in regards to Urbanization?
Access to More Health Care Choices
Opportunity
Problem
An area often referred to as "the country". Sparsely populated areas like we live in:
Urban Area
Rural Area
Timbuktoo
Migration
What is a pull factor?
Something that forces someone to move
Something that attracts someone to move to a new place
The motion of a see saw
The cord used to start a snow blower
The number of persons in a certain area. This is measured as persons per square mile or kilometer and is used to help determine if an area is rural or urban.
death rate
birth rate
population density
emigrate
Factors that pressure people to emigrate (leave) from their native country.
job pull
emigrate
pull urbans
push factor
Factors that influence people to immigrate to another country from their home country:
push factors
pull factors
population distribution
Taco Tuesday
Which of the following is NOT a push factor?
war in your homeland
Natural hazards, such as a volcano erupting in your neighbor's yard
Job opportunities are plentiful in your hometown
A disease, strangely like a zombie outbreak, is spreading from the next county over!
As of March 2023, the Earth's human population is approximately:
76.0 Billion
9.5 Billion
8.6 Million
8.0 Billion
743 people, 3 dogs, and a cat.
The study of human populations is...
Biology
Demography
Geography
X-Files
People coming into your country for good paying jobs and better education opportunities would be considered?
skittles
defectors
emigrants
immigrants
Which of the following regions have the largest number of megacities?
Northern Asia and Northern Europe
Australia and Central America
North Africa and Australia
South and East Asia
a person who has been forced to leave his/her country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster
emigrant
immigrant
migrant
refugee
material evidence from past civilization that are left for us to study are called:
antiques
theories
artifacts
zip ties
Social scientists that study ancient cultures through the examination of artifacts, buildings, and other remaining material evidence are known as:
Mike the Barber
theorist
archaeologist
anthropologist
An accepted explanation, supported by scientific evidence, is a/an:
turnip
statement
theory
request
a city with over 10 million people is called:
metro area
urbanization
megacity
microcity
velocity
A run-down area of a city with inadequate housing and lack of services such as water and sanitation is a/an
green space
slum
historical district
dwelling
traffic jam
Which of the following is a measurement of population density?
10 people/km2
10
10 rainbow unicorns
10km
green
Recently, an Ice Age campsite was discovered called the Meadowcroft Rock Shelter in Pennsylvania. Some artifacts could possibly be 14,000 to 15,000 years old. What might this discovery cause archaeologists to decide regarding how humans arrived in the Western Hemisphere?
This find supports completely the theory that the first Americans crossed the Beringia Land Bridge.
That it is possible that the first Americans came earlier than archaeologists thought previously or arrived by a different route than the land bridge but more research is needed.
This site absolutely must be the earliest place where the first Americans arrived at.
The artifacts found are from a different planet
If an early artifact was found at one location and a similar one was found at another location 2,000 miles away, an archaeologist might logically theorize that...
The same person made and would have used both of these is the only possible explanation
That both of these very advanced civilizations must have bought them at the same IKEA store.
There is no way that they could be connected at all.
The people that used these were possibly ancestors and could have migrated to the other location over many years.
According to this map and what we learned in class, most historians and archaeologists support the theory the first Americans...
migrated across the Beringia Land Bridge approximately 12,000 years ago
migrated from Oceana on boats or rafts to Central America thousands of years ago.
migrated across the Mackinac Bridge thousands of years ago.
migrated from Europe across land or water millions of years ago.
Arrived from the planet Zarbagwa aboard spaceships which later became large, edible fruit trees
What is it called when there are too many people living in an area and there are not enough resources for them, causing death or emigration to another area?
Urbanization
Overpopulation
Demographic Transition
Natural Increase
stories handed down through the ages by word of mouth
Fables
oral tradition
archetypes
flat characters
Why did early humans migrate?
to pursue food, like large mastadons
to be near the beach
to live near work and the best taco trucks
for better scenery
to escape religious persecution
Artifacts would include which of the following items?
a stone sharpening tool
pottery used to store liquids
remains of an early hunting spear
all of these are artifacts
copper jewelry
Urbanization offers what opportunities to a larger population than in rural areas:
access to health care
availability of electricity, city water, and mass transportation
better education
more job possibilities and cultural experiences
All of these are opportunities offered by urbanization
You are helping plan for a rapidly growing megacity and are assigned to ensure citizens can find a place to see wildlife and the open sky, breathe fresh air, and maybe have a picnic. Which of these are you going to be working on:
mass transportation like subways and buses
traffic regulation and roadways
green spaces/parks
job distribution/unemployment
Curitiba, the city we studied in slides and readings, has an impressive record with positive solutions to urbanization issues. What nation is Curitiba in?
Brazil
Canada
USA
Russia
Venus
Rapid population growth in less developed countries leads to a large amount of illegal immigration attempts into the US, polluted rivers that go through several neighboring countries, and conflicts over resources. This is what level of problem?
Individual
local
National
International/Global
The United States Department of Commerce contains the US Census Department, which is the leading source of data about the nation's people and economy. It counts all the people in the US every ten years, and government decisions including representation and funding is based on these findings. This is example of a/an_____________ organization.
Local
National
International
Interplantery
