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Urban Morphology

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the first hearth of civilization?
a)
Peru
b)
Nile
c)
Indus
d)
Mesopotamia
2.
What promoted urbanization more than any other event?
a)
highways
b)
industrial revolution
c)
commericalization
d)
minimum wage
3.
________ is the process of settlement, formation, expansion, and change.
a)
Suburbanization
b)
Urbanization
c)
Urban Sprawl
d)
City Growth
4.
Grid street patterns are most typical for cities in
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Asia
d)
Europe
5.
Inner city neighborhoods face all of the following challenges except 
a)
a lack of social and economic diversity
b)
a culture of poverty
c)
deteriorating housing
d)
increased crime
6.
The maximum distance people are willing to travel for a service.
a)
range
b)
hearth
c)
hinterland
d)
redlineing
7.
This is the rapid, often poorly planned spread of development from an urban area outward into rural areas
a)
urban sprawl
b)
metropolitan area
c)
rural fringe
d)
whooping cough
8.
The central city and its surrounding suburbs is known as a
a)
Megalopolis
b)
Zoning Laws
c)
Urban Morphology
d)
Urban Area
9.
A mega-city is defined as
a)
a city with more than 10 million people
b)
a city with more than 20 million people
c)
a city that has global influence
d)
a city that receives more migrants than loses emmigrants
10.

Which statement is true, Morphology is

a)

The study of form

b)

The study of Urban form

c)

The study of type of the cities

d)

The study of geography

11.

Choose the factor that affected urban form

a)

Transportation

b)

Politic and Administration

c)

Religion

d)

People

12.

City that affected by religion is

a)

Mecca

b)

Florence

c)

Hongkong

d)

Surabaya

13.

The agricultural surplus is the first factor forming the urban form

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Later, immigrants are the significant factor of forming the modern city

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Florence and Siena has common factor of urban form which is

a)

Religion

b)

Water

c)

Road

d)

Politic

16.

5. The city above is an example of

a)

River City

b)

Natural Port City

c)

Hilltop City

d)

Ridge City

17.

In Tokyo, what kind of street pattern is implemented which were derived from Buddhism values?

a)

Radial Street Pattern

b)

Fragmented Parallel Pattern

c)

Grid Street Pattern

d)

Warped Parallel Pattern

18.

Which of these are not considered as a problem in the integration of Urban Morphology and Urban Design?

a)

Big Architecture Concept

b)

Lack of Form and Space Quality

c)

Two-Dimensional Planning

d)

Three-Dimensional Planning

19.

Catupastha is Hindu concept of morphological form which similar with the grid concept with the Athens development, what make the concept is different?

a)

Catupastha is wind direction

b)

Indian using grid different with the Athens in the way how to use it

c)

Catupastha is related with the sacred concept

d)

Catupastha is not perfect grid like Athens

20.

City that affected by religious concept in India usually using Vastu Sastrha concept, meanwhile in Bali they use?

a)

Buana Alit and Buana Agung as the embodied of macrocosmos and microcosmos

b)

Modification of Vastu

c)

Using traditional Hindu concept

d)

Already affected by the modernization and don't use any cosmologic concept

21.

Which of these statements describe Synchronic Analysis?

a)

An analysis of a subject matter at a singular given point of time

b)

An analysis of a subject matter through periodic stages

c)

An analysis of a subject matter that takes history into account

d)

All of the above

22.

Which one is part of the urban Pre-industrial morphology

a)

Urban Infrastructure

b)

Defense Factor

c)

Urban Mobility

d)

Economic factor

23.

Which is statement that false about post industrial morphology?

a)

Mainly affected by the economic factor

b)

Density created compact morphological development, also found the space syntax to create more efficient space

c)

Highly affected by the transportation system

d)

Shape by the politician and decision makers

24.

All of these issues are linked with the transportation development of Bangkok except for which one?

a)

High Level of Automobile Use

b)

Depletion of Forests

c)

Depletion of Natural Water Retention

d)

Inadequate Public Transportation Facilities

25.

Which of these subjects are included in diachronic analysis?

a)

Built Environment

b)

Natural Environment

c)

Road Structure

d)

All of the above

26.

What is the characteristic of a city that is influenced by political aspects?

a)

Apply a nonlinear system

b)

Implementing a decentralized system

c)

Apply a linear system

d)

None of above

27.

What kind of approach in urban morphology analysis does the picture above show?

a)

Synchronic Approach

b)

Diachronic Approach

c)

Combination of Synchronic and Diachronic

d)

Morphology apporoach

28.

These are factors that influence the form of Baghdad "The Round City", except

a)

Cultural

b)

Religious

c)

Climate

d)

Economic

29.

MACHU PICCHU PERU is ... that is influced by topographic aspects.

a)

City of natural defense

b)

City of ridge

c)

Hilltop city

d)

Hillside city

30.

The picture above is one example of the outputs of what analysis?

a)

Synchronic Analysis

b)

Diachronic Analysis

c)

Prescriptive Analysis

d)

Descriptive Analysis

31.

What element that has been analysed on this picture by the author?

a)

Building types, Street types, Tissues, Topography

b)

City Patterns, Street types, Tissues

c)

Economic, Natural Resource, Street types, Tissues

d)

Natural Resource, City Patterns, Tissues, Street types

32.

Which of these is not the characteristics of a religious city?

a)

A city that has a sacred dimension

b)

A city where a religion was born

c)

A city in which the king exerts authority through cosmological meaning

d)

A city that only has one religion

33.

What data is needed to analyze the natural environment in an area?

a)

Topographical data, Climate conditions, Networks data

b)

Topographical data, Transportation data, Demographic data

c)

Climate conditions, Economic and political data, Urban design element

d)

Climate Conditions, Material and natural resources, Land use

e)

Material and natural resources, Land use, Infrastructures

34.

Based on the socio-cultural aspect, what are the norms adapted by the community which affects their activities?

a)

Cosmological, Human Pride, Resident Culture

b)

Cosmological,Resident Culture, Local Wisdom

c)

Resident Culture,Local Wisdom,Equality

d)

Equality, Resident Culture,Cosmological

35.

The development of the city in classical times shows that the holder of state power is not always in the hands of kings and nobles, but also in the hands of follow except

a)

military commanders

b)

religious leaders

c)

communities

d)

rebels

36.

Labyrinth medina, mohallas, and chowks are the socio-cultural affected characteristics of...

a)

Baghdad

b)

Ankara

c)

New Delhi

d)

Old Delhi

37.

Bengkulu was placed along the coast as a city focusing on shipping and trade by...

a)

Dutch colonials

b)

British colonials

c)

Portuguiese colonials

d)

Spanish colonials

38.

In the early development of Venice, there is no centralized sewage system at all in the city, but rather its function is carried out by small canals through which garbage and waste is carried directly to the Grand Canal and on to the Adriatic Sea. Based on the description, what aspects that currently we are talking about?

a)

Natural environment

b)

Built environment

c)

Human activities

d)

Infrastructure

39.

The growth process of Top hill City begins with

a)

Placement of the main building at the top of the hill.

b)

The road network pattern is in the form of concentric circles from the top to the bottom

c)

Subsequent city developments followed a concentric pattern that extended towards the foothills

d)

The growth of the city begins with building a network of roads and buildings on the potential developed hill sections

40.

This is the typical morphology for?

a)

Europe

b)

Indian

c)

Asian

d)

Middle Eastern

41.

The picture above is a road network pattern and urban morphology on the typical area, from the picture please select which one of the statements is true according the aspects that influenced the form

a)

The area is dominated by developed land

b)

The city is limited by topographic physical conditions

c)

The existence of small cities that depend on the main city

d)

Semi-privacy protection for the owner of the residence

42.

Moscow is a city planned with a concentric-ring growth pattern in 1960. Concentric-ring growth is a circular city with the center of the city and the surrounding fortress, Mosow has a city center, the Kremlin, the Kremlin is a fortress and a historic palace complex with mobility access Moscow today is dominated by roads and rivers.

With a brief overview of Moscow City in 1960 above, this city was formed based on aspects

a)

Hegemony of power

b)

Defense

c)

Politics

d)

Transportation

43.

Cities in Marrakech, Aleppo and Tunisia are the example of the Islamic cities model. Cities are allowed to grow independently based on respect for tradition, ownership and visual privacy. Below that includes attention to privacy except

a)

Placement of doors and windows at the front of the building so as not to disturb residents.

b)

Determination of building height that is capable of creating private space.

c)

Corridor placement avoiding direct grand vista view of the city

d)

Primary, secondary and tertiary road ideas.

e)

Determination of the scale of the building clusters that form residential units that depend on each other, forming a cul-de-sa pattern

44.

Constantinople (now Istanbul) was once one of the most difficult cities to conquer and was almost impregnable during the Middle Ages. When Constantinople was under Roman rule, Constantinople managed to repel various attacks from the Avars, Arabs, Rus' and Bulgars.

Through the summary and image above, below are the factors that made Constantinople almost impenetrable during the Middle Ages geographically, except ..

a)

It was surrounded by defensive walls that covered it

b)

It is close to the mouth of the Golden Horn so that it can regulate the accessibility and mobility of the outflow of ships that pass through it

c)

Located at the tip of the land, making it difficult to attack from the ground

d)

Has a natural defense system in the form of the Bosphorus Strait with strong waves

e)

Accessibility to agricultural land and forests to facilitate supply

45.

What is not a morphological feature during the pedestrian domination period is

a)

Still a small town

b)

The residence is on the left and right of the road

c)

The compactness of the settlements is still visible

d)

The shape is relatively round

e)

Low communication and transportation coverage

46.

Which is the correct statement regarding the city morphology in ring road developments?

a)

The growth acceleration of the urban features does not seem to have changed much after the development

b)

Despite the higher accessibility, new centers of activity did not appear much

c)

The shape of the city becomes structured and is not scattered after the construction of the ring road

d)

The ring road construction does not endanger countries that rely on agricultural production

e)

Ring roads are able to support the accessibility of remote areas and increase mobility

47.

The following cities that do not use a cosmological orientation are

a)

Beijing

b)

Pagan

c)

Srirangam

d)

Madurai

e)

Jerussalem

48.

The change in the concept of the alun-alun (public square) which was originally the center of social and spiritual activities of the state into a space to strengthen the position of the regent so that it was easily monitored by the authorities occurred during the period

a)

Hinduism -Budhism

b)

Islam Period

c)

Japanese

d)

Dutch Colonial

e)

After the Independence

49.

The following is the shape of the city which is affected by the physical conditions in the form of natural ports, except

a)

Valparaiso

b)

Rio de Janeiro

c)

Helikarnassos

d)

Budapest

e)

Cilacap

50.

Examples of cities influenced by topographic types like the picture above is

a)

Troya

b)

Seina

c)

Machu Pichu

d)

Boston

e)

Venesia