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Settlement

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 31mins

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Class
Date
1.

The settlement of Nottingham Road near Michaelhouse can best be desribed as a .....

a)

conurbation

b)

metropolis

c)

major country town

d)

local service centre

2.

What type of settlement is this?

a)

Isolated

b)

Nucleated

c)

Linear

d)

Dispersed

3.

What type of settlement is this?

a)

Isolated

b)

Nucleated

c)

Linear

d)

Dispersed

4.

What type of settlement is this?

a)

Isolated

b)

Nucleated

c)

Linear

d)

Dispersed

5.

What type of settlement is this?

a)

Isolated

b)

Nucleated

c)

Linear

d)

Dispersed

6.

What type of settlement is this?

a)

Isolated

b)

Nucleated

c)

Linear

d)

Dispersed

7.

What type of settlement is this?

a)

Isolated

b)

Nucleated

c)

Linear

d)

Dispersed

8.

What type of settlement is this?

a)

Isolated

b)

Nucleated

c)

Linear

d)

Dispersed

9.

What type of settlement is this?

a)

Isolated

b)

Nucleated

c)

Linear

d)

Dispersed

10.

What type of settlement is this?

a)

Isolated

b)

Nucleated

c)

Linear

d)

Dispersed

11.

What type of settlement is this?

a)

Isolated

b)

Nucleated

c)

Linear

d)

Dispersed

12.

What type of settlement is this?

a)

Isolated

b)

Nucleated

c)

Linear

d)

Dispersed

13.
The process of people coming to an urban area is called…
a)
Urbanism
b)
Urbanization
c)
Urban sprawl
d)

facadism

14.
Sprawl is:
a)
the growth of urban areas out into the surrounding rural area; natural habitat or farmland
b)
development of new housing cites within the urban core
c)
land maintained as open space surrounding an urban area
d)
period in the morning and evening with the heaviest volumes of traffic
15.

What is site?

a)

the actual land occupied by the settlement

b)

the shape of the village

c)

the main activities of the settlement

d)

the location of the settlement in relation to the area around it

16.

What is shape?

a)

the actual land occupied by the settlement

b)

the shape of the village e.g. linear

c)

the location of the settlement in relation to the area around it

d)

the shape of the village e.g. defence

17.

What is situation?

a)

the location of a settlement in relation to the area around it

b)

the location of a settlement in relation to the activities around it

c)

the actual land occupied by the settlement

d)

the shape of the village

18.

What is function?

a)

the actual land occupied by the settlement

b)

the shape of the village

c)

the main activities of the settlement e.g. defence

d)

the main activities of the settlement e.g. hilltop

19.

Which of the following is an example of a linear settlement pattern?

a)
b)
c)
d)
20.

What is the main difference between a village and a hamlet?

a)

Hamlets have more people than villages

b)

Hamlets only engage in secondary activities

c)

Villages have more people than hamlets

d)

Villages only engage in secondary activities

21.

Where do the majority of people who live in rural areas come from?

a)

MEDC

b)

LEDC

c)

Developing countries

d)

It doesn't matter what type of country it is

22.

Refer to settlements A to D in FIGURE 1. Indicate to which settlement the following description refers to:


"Farmsteads that are dispersed/isolated."

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

23.

Refer to settlements A to E in FIGURE 1. Indicate to which settlement the following description refers to:


"Settlements located close to a source of water because water is scarce."

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

24.

Refer to settlements A to E in FIGURE 1. Indicate to which settlement the following description refers to:


"Farmsteads that follow a linear shape."

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

25.

Refer to settlements A to E in FIGURE 1. Indicate to which settlement the following description refers to:


"Farmsteads that have a roughly circular shape."

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

26.

Refer to settlements A to E in FIGURE 1. Indicate to which settlement the following description refers to:


"An isolated settlement most likely associated with subsistence farming."

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

27.

Refer to settlements A to E in FIGURE 1. Indicate to which settlement the following description refers to:


"Associated with large commercial farms that are profit driven."

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

28.

Refer to settlements A to E in FIGURE 1. Indicate to which settlement the following description refers to:


"Farmsteads associated with intensive commercial farming."

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

29.

Refer to the case study in FIGURE 3, based on urbanisation in South Africa. What proportion of South Africans lived in urban areas in 2011?

a)

52%52\%

b)

62%62\%

c)

48%48\%

d)

38%38\%

30.
Name the land use shown in this photograph.
a)
Settlement
b)
Commercial
c)
Residential
d)
Recreational
31.
The area served by the settlement is known as its
a)
Range
b)
Sphere of Influence
c)
Service
d)
Hierarchy
32.

When settlements are placed into an order, by size of area, population or number of services, this is termed

a)

a settlement hierarchy

b)

a sphere of influence

c)

a settlement pyramid

d)

pyramid scheme

33.

What is the shape of this settlement?

a)

Linear

b)

Nucleated

c)

Dispersed

d)

Isolated

34.
A car can be classified as
a)
A low order good
b)
A convenience good
c)
A high order good
d)
A high order service
35.
spreading of urban developments on undeveloped land near a city
a)
connectivity
b)
Urban Sprawl
c)
metropolitan area
d)
world cities
36.

The two ways that urban areas grow are

a)

nitrogen and phospherous

b)

natural increase and migration

c)

lower death dates

d)

immigration and less pollution

37.

Which are NOT typically features of CBD

a)

High density of pedestrians

b)

concentration of banks and businesses

c)

low residential areas, areas of high shopping quality

d)

low rents, poor transport links

38.

It refers sizes of the settlement arranged in different levels.

a)

Settlement Types

b)

Settlement Hierarchy

c)

Changes in Settlements

d)

Settlement Patterns

39.

It is a type of settlement which has the largest population having more than 10 Million people living there.

a)

Hamlet

b)

Town

c)

Village

d)

Megacity

40.

It is a type of settlement referring to large urban areas that sees a merging together of more than one city or with surrounding towns.

a)

Large Cities

b)

Conurbations

c)

Isolated Dwellings

d)

Villages

41.

This settlement pattern involves a number of buildings or houses not that close to each other but are within the same locality.

a)

Dispersed

b)

Isolated

c)

Nucleated

d)

Linear

42.

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

43.

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

a)

Dispersed

b)

Nucleated

c)

Isolated

d)

Linear

44.
The process of people coming to an urban area is called…
a)
Urbanism
b)
Urbanization
c)
Urban sprawl
d)
Keith Urban
45.

In which zone of the city are land prices the highest?

a)

CBD

b)

Low Class Housing (Inner City)

c)

Middle Class Housing (Suburbs)

d)

High Class Housing (Rural-Urban Fringe)

46.

In which zone of the city would you see the most green space?

a)

CBD

b)

Low Class Housing (Inner City)

c)

Middle Class Housing (Suburbs)

d)

High Class Housing (Rural-Urban Fringe)

47.

Which urban land use model has the CBD in the centre?

a)

LIC

b)

Concentric circle

c)

Sector

d)

All of the models

48.

Which urban land use model has the CBD in the centre?

a)

LIC

b)

Concentric circle

c)

Sector

d)

All of the models

49.

Which urban land use model shows that the city is structured around major transport routes?

a)

LIC

b)

Concentric circle

c)

Sector

d)

All of the models

50.

Which of the below is part of the Infrastructure system:

a)

Residential Buildings

b)

Population growth

c)

Transportation system

d)

Social Organization

51.

According to the sector model, once established, the most expensive new housing is built

a)

on the outer edge, farther out from the center

b)

in the skyscrapers of the CBD

c)

on the inner edge of that district, closer to the center

d)

on outer edge of the suburban area, farther from the center

52.

According to the concentric zone model, a city develops in a series of

a)

corridors

b)

rings

c)

nodes

d)

sectors

53.

According to the multiple nuclei model, an airport is likely to attract nearby

a)

hotels and warehouses

b)

retail and wholesale shops

c)

residences and highways

d)

universities and colleges

54.

Many of the poor on the periphery of cities in less developed countries live in areas known as

a)

squatter settlements

b)

public housing

c)

the zone in transition

d)

suburbs

55.

Many of the poor on the periphery of cities in less developed countries live in areas known as

a)

squatter settlements

b)

public housing

c)

the zone in transition

d)

suburbs

56.

According to the multiple nuclei model, what develops at the outskirts of core cities?

a)

Airports

b)

Edge cities

c)

World cities

d)

First-ring suburbs

57.

Heavy manufacturing would be located closest to ___________ in the Multiple Nuclei Model

a)

Central Business District

b)

Outlying Business District

c)

Low-Class Residential

d)

Middle Class Residential

58.

people illegally establish

residences on land they do not

own or rent and erect homemade

structures

a)

Slums

b)

Urban Poverty

c)

Urban Revitalization

d)

Squatter Settlements

59.

an attempt to get people to

return to the city. This is usually accompanied by

blight removal, new shopping centers, and cultural

attractions.

a)

Slums

b)

Urban Poverty

c)

Squatter Settlements

d)

Urban Revitalization

60.

Composed of a small rural settlement or small

component of a larger settlement or municipality.

They are typically unincorporated. They have

little to no significance. Things you find in a

Hamlet: Gas Station and small cluster of homes.

a)

Hamlet

b)

Village

c)

Town

d)

City