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Lesson 5: Settlement type and function

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_____________________are where people live.

a)

Places

b)

Spaces

c)

Ocean

d)

Settlements

2.

This isolated dwelling is located in a ________________area.

a)

urban

b)

rural

c)

town

d)

village

3.

This city is an example of a ________________area.

a)

rural

b)

urban

c)

isolated

d)

megacity

4.

As settlements increase in size their services and sphere of influence_________________.

a)

decrease

b)

increase

c)

stay the same

d)

go away

5.

As settlements decrease in size we see that____________________.

a)

there are more of them

b)

there are fewer of them

c)

their sphere's of influence increase

d)

their power increases

6.

If a city has a large port, we could say that it serves as a port ______________ for the country.

a)

function

b)

sphere of influence

c)

village

d)

town

7.

Which city in Taiwan has the largest sphere of influence?

a)

Taipei

b)

Taichung

c)

Kaohsiung

d)

Tainan

8.

(look at the picture) What type of settlement pattern is NO 1

a)

nucleated settlement pattern

b)

dispersed settlement pattern

c)

isolated dwelling settlement pattern

d)

linear settlement pattern

9.

(look at the picture) What type of settlement pattern is NO 2

a)

linear settlement pattern

b)

isolated dwelling settlement pattern

c)

nucleated settlement pattern

d)

dispersed settlement pattern

10.

(look at the picture) What type of settlement pattern is NO 3

a)

nucleated settlement pattern

b)

linear settlement pattern

c)

isolated settlement pattern

d)

dispersed settlement pattern

11.

What type of map is this?

a)

North American

b)

political

c)

road

d)

data and resource

12.

Which of the following is a data and resource map?

a)
b)
c)
d)
13.

What type of map is this?

a)

road

b)

political

c)

data and resource

d)

satellite

14.

What is this picture showing us?

a)

cardinal directions

b)

a compass

c)

where home is

d)

a direction star

15.

What would be the coordinates for the grey square? (four-figure grid reference)

a)

2247

b)

2348

c)

4822

d)

212245

16.

Height can be represented on a map with _____________.

a)

contour interval

b)

contour lines

c)

relief

d)

scale

17.

The height difference on maps is called ____________.

a)

relief

b)

scale

c)

map key

d)

map height

18.

Our ______________ and ______________ influence our understanding of our place within time and space.

a)

perspectives, identity

b)

views, opinions

c)

ideas, food

d)

books, cars

19.

What is are these four maps helping us understand about London?

a)

How London has gotten bigger over time?

b)

The space between places in London?

c)

Why London is very important?

d)

How London is very close to a river

20.

This is the 2025 plan for Shenzhen's MRT. What key concept is does this picture help us most understand?

a)

place

b)

space

c)

time

d)

relief

21.

What is being shown here?

a)

Gall-Peter's projection

b)

Mercator projection

c)

How maps do not have a bias

d)

time

22.

What is being shown here?

a)

The Gall-Peters projection

b)

The Mercator projection

c)

topographic map

d)

satellite map

23.

Which of the following maps should have the LEAST bias?

a)
b)
c)
d)
24.

What bias might a map from this OLD cartographer have?

a)

he could only use information that he had at the time

b)

he has no political bias

c)

he does not know how to use Google Maps

d)

he does not know the earth is round

25.

This settlement is the largest example of a settlement. There are over 10,000,000 people in a settlement like this. What type of settlement is it?

a)

city

b)

hamlet

c)

village

d)

megacity

26.

This is Taipei. Taipei is the largest settlement in Taiwan and has close to 8,000,000 people. What type of settlement is it?

a)

megacity

b)

city

c)

hamlet

d)

supercity

27.

This is Yilan 宜蘭市 in northern Taiwan. It has a population of 94,148 people. According to our textbook, what type of settlement is Yilan?

a)

town

b)

super city

c)

city

d)

megacity

28.

This is Taimali 太麻里鄉 in southeastern Taiwan. It has some shops and services. It is not too big with only 11,000 people. According to our textbook, what type of settlement is Taimali?

a)

hamlet

b)

village

c)

settlement

d)

town

29.

This is a small settlement with a few houses. It is too small to have any shops in it. What kind of settlement is it?

a)

hamlet

b)

village

c)

town

d)

isolated dwelling

30.

What type of settlement are we looking at in this picture?

a)

isolated hamlet

b)

isolated town

c)

isolated village

d)

isolated dwelling