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Human Settlement

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What kind of settlement Hunters and Gatherers have?

a)

Temporary Settlement

b)

Permanent Settlement

2.

It is a settlement that is usually a single house or a series of buildings that exist far from others. These types of houses are typically in rural areas maybe connected with a farm or an industry that requires a lot of space.

a)

Hamlet

b)

Village

c)

Isolated Dwelling

d)

Megacity

3.

A type of settlement with more than 10 million people living there, and Tokyo Japan is one of it.

a)

Megacity

b)

City

c)

Town

d)

Village

4.

It means places or location where people set up homes to live.

a)

Human Settlements

b)

Settlement Hierarchy

c)

Settlement Patterns

5.

If a person has a farm or an agricultural land to take care of what kind of settlement he must have?

a)

Temporary Settlement

b)

Permanent Settlement

6.

It refers sizes of the settlement arranged in different levels.

a)

Settlement Types

b)

Settlement Hierarchy

c)

Changes in Settlements

d)

Settlement Patterns

7.

This is a settlement pattern that is usually developed along the road, railways, established routes or waterways.

a)

Linear

b)

Dispersed

c)

Isolated

d)

Nucleated

8.

This type of settlement pattern has a center point and develop from the middle outwards.

a)

Dispersed

b)

Nucleated

c)

Isolated

d)

Linear

9.
The name given to the actual land a settlement is built on...
a)
space
b)
site
c)
situation
10.

The people practice agriculture, fishing, forestry in .............. settlements.

a)

Rural

b)

Urban

c)

Both

d)

None of these

11.

The railway network is well developed over :

a)

Mountains

b)

Deserts

c)

Plain areas

d)

Costal areas

12.

The settlements may be ................. or temporary.

a)

Houses

b)

Transport

c)

Permanent

d)

Communication

13.

Which of the following are the major occupations of rural settlements

a)

working in factories

b)

farming

c)

fishing

d)

working in IT industry

14.

Houses few and far away from each other, are found in

a)

nucleated settlements

b)

scattered settlements

c)

urban settlements

15.

The kind of settlement that would be found on mountains

a)

scattered

b)

urban

c)

flowing

16.

Facilities and services in these settlements are inadequate

a)

circular

b)

urban

c)

scattered

17.

What is the largest / most populated Settlement?

a)

Hamlet

b)

Conurbation

c)

Large Town

d)

City

18.

Conurbation has a population over 3 million

a)

True

b)

False

19.

As you move up the Settlement Hierarchy, the size of the Settlement and the Population increases

a)

True

b)

False

20.

(a)   is bigger than a Small Town but is smaller than a City

21.

Name any 1 City you know

4 lines
22.

Where do you want to live in the Settlement Hierarchy and why?

4 lines
23.

What Settlement do you live in?

4 lines
24.

What type of settlement is this?

a)

Isolated

b)

Nucleated

c)

Linear

d)

Dispersed

25.

What type of settlement is this?

a)

Isolated

b)

Nucleated

c)

Linear

d)

Dispersed

26.

What type of settlement is this?

a)

Isolated

b)

Nucleated

c)

Linear

d)

Dispersed

27.

What type of settlement is this?

a)

Isolated

b)

Nucleated

c)

Linear

d)

Dispersed

28.

What type of settlement is this?

a)

Isolated

b)

Nucleated

c)

Linear

d)

Dispersed

29.

What type of settlement is this?

a)

Isolated

b)

Nucleated

c)

Linear

d)

Dispersed

30.

What type of settlement is this?

a)

Isolated

b)

Nucleated

c)

Linear

d)

Dispersed

31.

What type of settlement is this?

a)

Isolated

b)

Nucleated

c)

Linear

d)

Dispersed

32.

What type of settlement is this?

a)

Isolated

b)

Nucleated

c)

Linear

d)

Dispersed

33.

What type of settlement is this?

a)

Isolated

b)

Nucleated

c)

Linear

d)

Dispersed

34.

What type of settlement is this?

a)

Isolated

b)

Nucleated

c)

Linear

d)

Dispersed

35.

Define 'Site'

a)

Physical location where settlement is built

b)

The place where I am camping

c)

The way a settlement faces the sun or is out of the wind

d)

A big hill upon which a castle is built

36.

What is are 'High Order' Goods and Services?

a)

A Haircut

b)

Noodles and vegetables

c)

Spare parts for a car

d)

A computer and a washing machine

37.

What do Geographers mean by 'Range'?

a)

A place where you can practice your golf swing

b)

How far people are willing to travel to buy certain goods

c)

A large oven and hob complex

d)

A spread of possible answers

38.

What is a settlement's 'functions'?

a)

What a settlement has done

b)

Future plans for the settlement

c)

What a settlement does

d)

The way a settlement works

39.

What is a Sphere of Influence?

a)

How far people are willing to travel to purchase goods and services

b)

How many people served by a settlement

c)

There area served by a settlement

d)

A crystal ball that can control your mind

40.

Rural means ..?

a)

Refers to towns and cities

b)

Refers to High Order Services

c)

Refers to broad spheres of influence

d)

Refers to the countryside

41.

Migration in Geography means ..?

a)

The invasion of new planets by an alien race who have wasted resources on their own.

b)

The movement of zebras, wildebeest, lions etc across the African Savannah.

c)

The movement at night, of fish and other creatures living in the deep oceans, to the surface to feed.

d)

For people to move, permanently or semi-permanently, to a new location.

42.

Define 'Urban'

a)

Characteristic of the countryside

b)

To do with cities and people not involved in agriculture

c)

Things to do with villages

d)

Describes small towns only

43.

A settlement hierarchy is ...

a)

where there are more smaller settlements and fewer larger settlements

b)

Beijing is more important than Shanghai

c)

London is bigger than Manchester

d)

Where settlements are ranked according to size

44.

Pull factors are ...

a)

Those factors that encourage people to leave their home towns or villages

b)

Those factors that encourage people to stay at home

c)

Those factors that encourage people to move to the countryside

d)

Those factors that cause people to think that another settlement is a better place to live