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Revision Settlements

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following are the major occupations of rural settlements

a)

working in factories

b)

farming

c)

fishing

d)

working in IT industry

2.

Rural settlements develop over a time into

a)

Scattered settlements

b)

Tribal settlements

c)

Urban settlements

3.

Settlements have provided humans with which 2 factors from the following

a)

stability

b)

security

c)

air

4.

The kind of settlement that would be found on mountains

a)

scattered

b)

urban

c)

flowing

5.

What kind of settlement Hunters and Gatherers have?

a)

Temporary Settlement

b)

Permanent Settlement

6.

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

7.

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

8.

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

9.

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

10.

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

a)

Dispersed

b)

Nucleated

c)

Isolated

d)

Linear

11.
The name given to the actual land a settlement is built on...
a)
space
b)
site
c)
situation
12.
Which of these would you find in a town, but not in a village?
a)
Marks and Spencer
b)
Post Office
c)
Primary School 
13.

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

a)

Human Settlements

b)

Settlement Hierarchy

c)

Settlement Patterns

14.

If a location is urban, it is...

a)

outside towns and cities

b)

far away from main centres of population

c)

within towns and cities

d)

by a sea or an ocean

15.

Which activities are found in a rural settlement?

a)

Mining, fishing, farming and industry.

b)

Livestock, construction, fishing and farming.

c)

Farming, agriculture, tourism and industry.

d)

Livestock, farming, fishing and mining.

16.

What advantages does city life offer?

a)

A lot of rich people are concentrated in residential areas.

b)

It offers jobs, universities and services.

c)

It concentrates poor citizens in shanty towns.

d)

Green areas, absence of pollution and no cultural and social conflicts.

17.
A very large settlement comprising of many buildings, services and activities.
a)
Rural area
b)
Squatter camp
c)
Urban area
d)
Recreational area
18.

Which of this is a site?

a)

A place where people live.

b)

A fun place to visit

c)

The exact place where a settlement first started

d)

A place of human dwelling

19.

This type of settlement has thousands of people, railway stations and hospitals.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

This type of settlement has all the following services except.

a)

A few shops

b)

A university

c)

A village hall

d)

A post office

21.
A very large settlement comprising of many buildings, services and activities.
a)
Rural area
b)
Squatter camp
c)
Urban area
d)
Recreational area
22.

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

a)
b)
c)
d)
23.

What did people do for a living 200.000 years ago?

a)

The were hunters.

b)

They were farmers.

c)

They were shepherds.

d)

They were soldiers.

24.

Is this a shelter in the picture?

a)

Yes.

b)

No.

25.

In this picture, what do you think is the key factor for choosing this site for a settlement?

a)

Good farmland.

b)

Access to water.

c)

Access to firewood.

d)

Access to roads.

e)

Safe from floods and enemies.

26.

In this picture, what do you think is the key factor for choosing this site for a settlement?

a)

Good farmland.

b)

Access to water.

c)

Access to firewood.

d)

Access to roads.

e)

Safe from floods and enemies.

27.

In this picture, what do you think is the key factor for choosing this site for a settlement?

a)

Good farmland.

b)

Access to water.

c)

Access to firewood.

d)

Access to roads.

e)

Safe from floods and enemies.

28.

Which answer shows the number of settlements, then the order of size from largest to smallest?

a)

3, nucleated, dispersed, linear

b)

4, spread out, clumped together, line shape

c)

3, nucleated, linear, dispersed, diagonal

d)

3 nucleated, linear, dispersed

29.

What kind of settlement Hunters and Gatherers have?

a)

Part-time Settlement

b)

Permanent Settlement

c)

Temporary Settlement

30.

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

a)

Megacity

b)

Greatercity

c)

Incity

d)

Maincity

31.

What are push and pull factors? (pick two)

a)

Push factors cause people to leave the country/settlement

b)

Pull factors cause people to go to other countries

c)

Pull factors attract immigrants

d)

Push factors push people to come to there country

32.
Which of these is the smallest settlement?
a)
village
b)
town
c)
hamlet
33.
If we were to rank settlements in size order, we would draw a ________________
a)
hierarchy
b)
map
c)
urban model
34.
This is a model of a city! We call it an urban model.
Name the yellow section...
a)
Inner city
b)
Outer suburbs
c)
Inner subrubs
35.
Which of these is not a settlement function?
a)
Market town
b)
Port
c)
Linear
d)
Resort
36.
Which of these is not a settlement shape?
a)
Nucleated
b)
Linear
c)
Dispersed
d)
Industrial
37.
Where are most greenfield sites located?
a)
Suburbs and the rural/urban fringe
b)
In the centre of towns or cities
38.
Push factors are:
a)
Negative
b)
Positive
c)
Pull factors
d)
attracting people to urban areas.
39.

An example of a pull factor to urban area is:

a)

Better social life

b)

Shortage of houses

c)

More space to farm

d)

something that forces us to move to an urban area.

40.
A very large settlement comprising of many buildings, services and activities.
a)
Rural area
b)
Squatter camp
c)
Urban area
d)
Recreational area
41.
The area served by the settlement is known as its
a)
Range
b)
Sphere of Influence
c)
Service
d)
Hierarchy
42.

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

43.

What is the shape of this settlement?

a)

Linear

b)

Nucleated

c)

Dispersed

d)

Isolated

44.
spreading of urban developments on undeveloped land near a city
a)
connectivity
b)
Urban Sprawl
c)
metropolitan area
d)
world cities
45.

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

46.

What is a settlement?

a)

A village where houses are dispersed across the area.

b)

A group of people integrated in their environment.

c)

The process by which people establish homes in a place.

d)

It is located in areas of agriculture, mining and fishing.

47.

Which are some negative consequences of urban expansion?

a)

Destruction of the land and increasing global warming.

b)

The use of electric cars and public transport.

c)

Water purification and closing down industries.

d)

It consumes large amounts of water, energy and food.

48.

The arrival of immigrants into the cities...

a)

...has brought urban sprawl and traffic congestion.

b)

...has brought greater cultural diversity.

c)

...has only produced tensions, discrimination and xenophobia.

d)

...has produced enormous conurbations.

49.

Settlements which are occupied for a long amount of time are called

a)

permanent settlements

b)

Temporary settlements

c)

standing settlements

d)

forever settlments

50.

where did early people setlled

a)

In houses

b)

In caves

c)

In malls

d)

In Mr.beast headquaters

51.

give some example's of temporary home

a)

Tent

b)

Apartment

c)

Mall

d)

Bunglow

52.

Why did hunter's and gatherers made temporary houses

a)

because they moved from one place to other after the resourses of that place ended

b)

because they were bored of staying in one place

c)

they wanted new areas to play games

d)

they did not have any choice and needed to move to another area