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Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is a settlement?
A village where houses are dispersed across the area.
A group of people integrated in their environment.
The process by which people establish homes in a place.
It is located in areas of agriculture, mining and fishing.
Which activities are found in a rural settlement?
Mining, fishing, farming and industry.
Livestock, construction, fishing and farming.
Farming, agriculture, tourism and industry.
Livestock, farming, fishing and mining.
A concentrated settlement...
...has its houses grouped together in a dispersed way.
...can be nucleated or linear.
...can sometimes be interspersed in montainous areas.
...is dispersed across an area of land.
Colonial cities...
...were built thousands of years ago by Roman settlers.
...were usually designed with an orthogonal grid layout.
...were surrounded by suburbs for wealthy people.
...were built in Latin America in the 19th century.
What advantages does city life offer?
A lot of rich people are concentrated in residential areas.
It offers jobs, universities and services.
It concentrates poor citizens in shanty towns.
Green areas, absence of pollution and no cultural and social conflicts.
Which are some negative consequences of urban expansion?
Destruction of the land and increasing global warming.
The use of electric cars and public transport.
Water purification and closing down industries.
It consumes large amounts of water, energy and food.
The arrival of immigrants into the cities...
...has brought urban sprawl and traffic congestion.
...has brought greater cultural diversity.
...has only produced tensions, discrimination and xenophobia.
...has produced enormous conurbations.
An example of a pull factor to urban area is:
Better social life
Shortage of houses
More space to farm
something that forces us to move to an urban area.
If a location is urban, it is...
outside towns and cities
far away from main centres of population
within towns and cities
by a sea or an ocean
The two ways that urban areas grow are
nitrogen and phospherous
natural increase and migration
lower death dates
immigration and less pollution
Which are NOT typically features of CBD
High density of pedestrians
concentration of banks and businesses
low residential areas, areas of high shopping quality
low rents, poor transport links
