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URBAN GEOGRAPHY

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do you call the system of canals leading from the river to the fields devoted for agriculture?

a)

Aqueducts

b)

Bathhouses

c)

Irrigation

d)

Straits

2.

The following are the cities that developed in Mesopotamia, EXCEPT one:

a)

Ur

b)

Uruk

c)

Eridu

d)

Thebes

3.

The following are the institutions that lead to the birth of a more complex society known as civilization, EXCEPT one:

a)

Agricultural development

b)

Permanent mud-brick dwellings

c)

City wall development

d)

Specialized workers

4.

This is used to secure the network of trade in Mesopotamia from evil practices, black marketing and hoarding among others.

a)

Barter

b)

Coins

c)

Seals

d)

Stamps

5.

The Harappa and Mohenjo Daro are the biggest cities that developed in _____.

a)

Tigris & Euphrates

b)

Along the banks of the Nile River

c)

Indus Valley

d)

Yangtze River

6.

What do you call the fortresses that housed assembly halls, granaries and public baths?

a)

Citadel-walled Fortress

b)

Pyramid

c)

Ziggurat

d)

None of the options

7.

The city in the Indus valley are constructed in which manner?

a)

Orthogonal Matrix Grid Plan

b)

Uniform and well-planned grid pattern

c)

Hoyt Sector

d)

Peripheral

8.

The following were reasons to the collapse of the Harappan civilization, EXCEPT one:

a)

Earthquakes

b)

Floods

c)

Invasion

d)

Disintegrated governance

9.

Which among the following is NOT a gift of the Nile River?

a)

Served as a vital transportation route

b)

Flooded around the same time each year

c)

Occasional drought

d)

None of the options

10.

Which of the following is considered as the birthplace of the Chines civilization?

a)

Tigris & Euphrates River

b)

Nile River

c)

Huang He River

d)

Indus Valley

11.

The Greek polis emerged during the Dark ages on and built around ____.

a)

Acred Hills

b)

Steep Hills

c)

Mountain Ranges

d)

Shorelines

12.

What do you call the system of governance in the many isolated cities of Greece?

a)

City-states

b)

Decentralized Governance

c)

Unitary Governance

d)

None of the above

13.

The Parthenon was created in honor of which God/Goddess?

(a)  

14.

The city of Miletus follows which type of urban city construction?

a)

Grid Plan

b)

Radial Grid Plan

c)

Organic Plan

d)

Suburban

15.

The following are reasons of the collapse of many ancient civilizations, EXCEPT one:

a)

uncontrollable population movements

b)

uncontrollable population movements

c)

failing states leading to increased warfare

d)

Lack of city planning

16.

The following are reasons that encouraged the second urban revolution, EXCEPT:

a)

Second agricultural revolution that improved food production and created a larger surplus

b)

Industrialization, which encouraged growth of cities near industrial resources

c)

The use of the assembly line among factories

d)

Development of computing softwares and mainframes

17.

Which of the following stage of evolution model by John Borchert refers to slow, primitive overland and waterway transport-Boston, New York and Philadelphia were major cities oriented to European trade?

a)

First Stage-Sail- Wagon Epoch

b)

Second Stage-Iron Horse Epoch

c)

   Third Stage-Steel-Rail Epoch

d)

Fourth Stage-Auto-Air- Amenity Epoch

18.

The following are great cities in America, EXCEPT one:

a)

Chicago

b)

Miami

c)

Saxony

d)

San Francisco

19.

Which of the following is an ancient civilization which existed in Meso-America?

a)

Harappa

b)

Inca

c)

Mycenae

d)

Uruk

20.

What do you call the process that encompasses the preparation of plans for and the regulation and management of towns, cities, and metropolitan regions?

a)

City Governance

b)

Rural Planning

c)

Urban Planning

d)

National Governance