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Settlements

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a settlement?

a)

A village where houses are dispersed across the area.

b)

A group of people integrated in their environment.

c)

The process by which people establish homes in a place.

d)

It is located in areas of agriculture, mining and fishing.

2.

Which activities are found in a rural settlement?

a)

Mining, fishing, farming and industry.

b)

Livestock, construction, fishing and farming.

c)

Farming, agriculture, tourism and industry.

d)

Livestock, farming, fishing and mining.

3.

A concentrated settlement...

a)

...has its houses grouped together in a dispersed way.

b)

...can be nucleated or linear.

c)

...can sometimes be interspersed in montainous areas.

d)

...is dispersed across an area of land.

4.

Colonial cities...

a)

...were built thousands of years ago by Roman settlers.

b)

...were usually designed with an orthogonal grid layout.

c)

...were surrounded by suburbs for wealthy people.

d)

...were built in Latin America in the 19th century.

5.

What advantages does city life offer?

a)

A lot of rich people are concentrated in residential areas.

b)

It offers jobs, universities and services.

c)

It concentrates poor citizens in shanty towns.

d)

Green areas, absence of pollution and no cultural and social conflicts.

6.

Which are some negative consequences of urban expansion?

a)

Destruction of the land and increasing global warming.

b)

The use of electric cars and public transport.

c)

Water purification and closing down industries.

d)

It consumes large amounts of water, energy and food.

7.

The arrival of immigrants into the cities...

a)

...has brought urban sprawl and traffic congestion.

b)

...has brought greater cultural diversity.

c)

...has only produced tensions, discrimination and xenophobia.

d)

...has produced enormous conurbations.

8.
Name the land use shown in this photograph.
a)
Settlement
b)
Commercial
c)
Residential
d)
Recreational
9.
State the urban problem shown by the photograph:
a)
Poverty
b)
Crime
c)
Congestion
d)
Diseases
10.
Push factors are:
a)
Negative
b)
Positive
c)
Pull factors
d)
attracting people to urban areas.
11.

An example of a pull factor to urban area is:

a)

Better social life

b)

Shortage of houses

c)

More space to farm

d)

something that forces us to move to an urban area.

12.
A very large settlement comprising of many buildings, services and activities.
a)
Rural area
b)
Squatter camp
c)
Urban area
d)
Recreational area
13.
The area served by the settlement is known as its
a)
Range
b)
Sphere of Influence
c)
Service
d)
Hierarchy
14.

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

d)

by a sea or an ocean

15.

The two ways that urban areas grow are

a)

nitrogen and phospherous

b)

natural increase and migration

c)

lower death dates

d)

immigration and less pollution

16.

Which are NOT typically features of CBD

a)

High density of pedestrians

b)

concentration of banks and businesses

c)

low residential areas, areas of high shopping quality

d)

low rents, poor transport links