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Changes in Settlement Patterns

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 56mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The physical arrangement observed by looking at where people live are:

a)

region

b)

landform

c)

geographic factors

d)

settlement patterns

2.

Relating to, or being in a city is known as a:

a)

urban area

b)

suburban area

c)

rural area

3.

Relating to the country, country people or life, or agriculture is known as an:

a)

Urban area

b)

Suburban area

c)

Rural area

4.

To cause to take on an urban way of life is:

a)

Ranching

b)

Farming

c)

Industry

d)

Urbanization

5.

The businesses that provide a manufacturing activity is a:

a)

Farm

b)

Ranch

c)

Industry

d)

Urban area

6.
If a location is rural, it is...
a)
outside towns and cities
b)
far away from main centres of population
c)
within towns and cities
7.
If a location is urban, it is...
a)
outside towns and cities
b)
far away from main centres of population
c)
within towns and cities
8.

All are a good reasons to have a settlement site near a river EXCEPT?

a)

For washing

b)

For cooking

c)

For growing crops

d)

To swim in

9.
More food than as needed by a person.
a)
Trade
b)
Domestication
c)
Surpus
d)
Irrigation
10.
The wave of immigrants that arrived in the late nineteenth century changed American society by
a)
bringing new ideas to American industries.
b)
changing the face and size of American cities.
c)
forming ethnic neighborhoods in many communities.
d)
rapidly assimilating into mainstream American culture.
11.
The world's largest megacity is
a)
Columbia
b)
New York
c)
Mexico City
d)
Tokyo
12.

Cities became overcrowded because of _____________________.

a)

immigration

b)

urbanization

c)

both immigration and urbanization

d)

neither immigration and urbanization

13.

_______________ invented the elevator.

a)

John Roebling

b)

James Buchanan Eads

c)

Elisha Graves Otis

d)

Jacob Riis

14.
How did the Industrial Revolution affect the cities?
a)
Made the crime rate decrease
b)
Led to an increase in farm workers
c)
Make the cities cleaner and safer
d)
Led to an increase in population in the cities
15.
Forms of mass transit during the late 1800s included all EXCEPT:
a)
Trolleys
b)
Subways
c)
Cars
d)
Trains
16.
Basic support systems needed to keep economy going: power, transportation, sanitation, education
a)
urbanization
b)
industrialization
c)
urban geography
d)
infrastructure
17.
What was the primary motivation behind rural-to-urban migration?
a)
steady employment
b)
plentiful land
c)
religious freedom
d)
fear of crime
18.
What is Urban Sprawl?
a)
Slow growth in an urban area, decreasing in resources
b)
Population decrease in an urban area
c)
The rapid growth of an urban area, increasing development in urban areas
19.
Where do most immigrants choose to live once in America?
a)
in big cities
b)
on rural farms
c)
in Atlanta, Georgia
d)
on the Gulf coast
20.

The ability to move water from its source to another location for agriculture is referred to as?

a)

irrigation

b)

crop rotation

c)

4 field system

d)

trenching

21.
Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?
a)
the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean
b)
the Tigris and the Persian Gulf
c)
the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates
d)
the Euphrates and the Tigris
22.

Early humans began to settle along what geographic feature?

a)

mountains

b)

prairies

c)

rivers/fresh water

d)

deserts

23.

The early humans, before civilizations began, lived as what?

a)

nomads, following the food.

b)

huminoids that did not move

c)

chiropracters

d)

none of the above

24.

Why was fresh water important for early civilizations?

a)

to drink and fish

b)

to eat

c)

to swim in

d)

to plant crops, fish, drink, and bath in

25.

What is the method of watering crops?

a)

city-state

b)

polytheism

c)

theocracy

d)

irrigation