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Q4 Week 4 Vocab Urban Geography

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does urbanization (n) mean?

a)

the movement of people from the countryside to towns and cities

b)

the movement of people out of cities to the countryside

c)

an increase in the number of people living in towns and cities

d)

an increase in the number of people moving to the countryside

2.

Which of the following words mean "relating to city life"?

a)

urbanize (v)

b)

urbanization (n)

c)

urban (adj)

3.

The area between a city (urban are) and a rural area is called:

a)

metropolitan

b)

suburbs

c)

housing

4.

Which population density would be found in a rural area?

a)

high density

b)

low density

5.

The population density of an urban area would be...

a)

high

b)

low

6.

Busy streets, traffic, many people walking, and noise are all descriptors of...

a)

urban area

b)

rural area

7.

Standard of living refers to:

a)

Shelter (houses, apartments, condos)

b)

the way in which something is divided among a group or spread over an area.

c)

Life quality for people (access to: education, health, sanitation, technology, jobs, etc.)

8.

Housing (n) is an umbrella term that means (choose 3):

a)

houses

b)

apartment

c)

shelter

d)

traffic

9.

Which of these images show a metropolitan area?

a)
b)
10.

Which of these images show the suburbs (like Edina, Woodbury, Eden Prairie) ?

a)
b)
11.

Urban sprawl is__________

a)

development of countryside

b)

unplanned, unorganized spreading of cities

c)

organized, planned spreading of suburbs

d)

when countryside stretches into the cities