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Urbanisation

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define 'rural'

a)

a small city

b)

city-like areas

c)

towns bigger than 1000

d)

characteristic of a country town

2.

(a)   are run-down areas of a city characterised by poor housing and poverty

3.

'urban' means...

a)

relating to a country

b)

a city

c)

relating to a city or town

d)

related to Keith

4.

What's a word beginning with 's' that are the facilities provided to remove waste such as sewerage and rubbish

(a)  

5.

What is meant by 'urban sprawl'?

a)

the spreading of rural areas into surrounding urban areas to accommodate an expanding population

b)

the spreading of cities

c)

the spreading of urban areas into surrounding rural areas to accommodate an expanding population.

d)

the spreading of rural areas

6.

What is the word for being over-filled or overcrowded - beginning with c?

(a)  

7.

What is 'high density living'?

a)

residential developments with more than 50 dwellings per hectare

b)

residential developments with more than 25 dwellngs per hectare

c)

residential developments with more than 75 dwellings per hectare

d)

residential developments with more than 100 dwellings per hectare

8.

What is 'infrastructure'?

a)

small structures in an urban area

b)

the facilities, services and installations needed for a society to function

c)

structural facilities

d)

the facilities needed for a house

9.

What is the term for 'the amount of productive land needed on average by each person in a selected area for food, water, transport, housing and waste management'?

a)

ecological footprint

b)

geographical footprint

c)

erosion

d)

acreage

10.

Beginning with 'r', what is something that is of use to people that is often found naturally?

(a)  

11.

What do you call a city with more than 10 million people?

(a)  

12.

What is the movement of people or animals from one location to another?

a)

immigration

b)

migration

13.

What is 'population density'?

a)

the pattern of where people live

b)

the number of people living within 1 square km of land

14.

What is the term for the average income per person, calculated as a country's total income divided by the population

a)

gross density population

b)

gross domestic product (GDP)

c)

income

d)

per capita income

15.

What 'factor' is it where an unfavourable quality or attribute of a person's current location drives them to move elsewhere

(a)  

16.

What are some 'pull factors' that are currently bringing mainlanders to Tasmania?

a)

Tasmanian Devils

b)

booming agricultural market and employment

c)

cheaper real estate than anywhere in the country

17.

Which Australian city is currently the most densely populated?

(a)  

18.

what do you think is an 'ecotourist'?

a)

a tourist who travels widely

b)

a tourist who travels to threatened ecosystems in order to help preserve them

c)

a tourist who visits ecochambers

d)

a tourist interested in geography