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Land Use

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 36mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following has not resulted from urban sprawl?

a)

suburbs

b)

overgrazing

c)

loss of farmland

d)

traffic congestion

2.

When planning for land use, there are multiple factors to consider. Which of these items SHOULD have the biggest influence on land use decisions?

a)

Current animal populations and natural qualities of the ecosystem

b)

Amount of pollution that might be created

c)

Safety of the citizens

d)

All answers are correct

3.

An elderly couple looking for a new town to move to would be looking for factors such as...

a)

Health care

Accessibility

Public transport

b)

Public transport

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Employment opportunities

c)

Health care

Architecture

Education

4.

What is liveability?

a)

An assessment of how good or bad a place is to live in

b)

How many people live in one place

c)

How long people live in one place

d)

The ability to live somewhere

5.

What is migration?

a)

Reasons why people leave their country of birth

b)

The movement of people from one place to another.

6.

A place with high levels of crime and little access to clean water would have

a)

High liveability

b)

Low liveability

7.

Which of these is NOT an example of pattern distribution?

a)

Linear

b)

Triangular

c)

Clustered

d)

Dispersed

8.

Which phrase best fits this description: The number of people living within one square kilometre of land

a)

Population density

b)

Population distribution

c)

Pattern distribution

d)

Pattern density

9.

Which are goals for new urbanism?

a)

increase homogeneity

b)

increase affordable housing

c)

creating lively, vibrant neighborhoods

d)

reducing urban sprawl

10.

New urbanism, smart growth and the construction of greenbelts are efforts to...

a)

combat or reduce urban sprawl

b)

industrialize LDC's

c)

encourage further urban sprawl

11.

What type of land use is this?

a)

Institutional

b)

Industrial

c)

Commercial

d)

Transportation

12.

What type of residential land use is this?

a)

Low density

b)

Medium density

c)

High density

d)

Single family