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Human Settlements

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Communities that are just outside of an urban area where many people live in neighborhoods are...
a)
rural areas
b)
suburbs
2.
Which density would be found in a rural area?
a)
high density
b)
low density
3.
The density of an urban area would be...
a)
high
b)
low
4.
Which is not a reason for the development of skyscrapers?
a)
need for offices in a city
b)
need for apartments in a city
c)
saving space on the ground by building upwards
d)
need to see far distances from a high place
5.
People who live together in a certain place and share a neighborhood make up a...
a)
school
b)
social group
c)
community
d)
culture
6.
Busy streets, traffic, many people walking, and noise are all descriptors of...
a)
urban area
b)
rural area
7.

Which is the most crowded area?

a)

suburban community

b)

urban community

c)

rural community

8.
Which would be the density for a rural area?
a)
45 people per square mile
b)
4,500 people per square mile
9.

After 1882, where did most European immigrants enter the U.S.?

a)

Ellis Island

b)

Liberty Island

c)

Angel Island

d)

Long Island

10.

Immigrants from China and Japan entered the US through which immigration station?

a)

Ellis Island

b)

Liberty Island

c)

Long Island

d)

Angel Island

11.

What law banned (stopped) immigration from China between 1882 and the end of WWII?

a)

Immigration Act of 1917

b)

The Gentlemen's Agreement

c)

The Chinese Exclusion Act

12.

A tenement was

a)

an apartment building in the suburbs

b)

an overcrowded quickly built apartment building in the slums

c)

a place in the slums that helped immigrants with housing, jobs, and daycare

13.

Which of these is NOT an example of urban Problems in the early 1900s?

a)

bad sanitation

b)

crime

c)

too many opportunities

d)

dangerous housing

14.

What is urbanization?

a)

rapid growth of cities

b)

migration of farmers to foreign countries

c)

assimilation

d)

the growth of the suburbs

15.

Which of the following are pull factors in the late 1800s?

a)

Religious Freedom

b)

Job opportunities

c)

Dirty and dangerous cities

d)

cheap land

16.

What allowed cities to build up and have many skyscrapers?

a)

really tall ladders

b)

lots of glass and chrome

c)

cheap steel and the elevator

d)

subways

17.

Which of the following are Push Factors from Southern & Eastern Europe?

a)

Poverty

b)

Free speech

c)

Famine

d)

War

18.

What is another word for urban areas?

a)

suburbs

b)

slums

c)

tenements

d)

cities

19.

Who discriminated against immigrants?

a)

all mayors

b)

settlement houses

c)

nativists

d)

the KKK

20.

Some immigrants ____________________ by adopting and blending into American culture.

a)

were isolated

b)

emigrated

c)

assimilated

d)

disassociated

21.

What were some reasons that new immigrants were discriminated against?

a)

they held different beliefs & religions

b)

they spoke English and fit in

c)

people believed immigrants took jobs and lowered wages

d)

they were highly educated

22.

This is what pulled many immigrants and people from rural areas to Cities.

a)

coffee shops

b)

factory jobs

c)

paved roads

d)

isolation

23.
What led to the first permanent settlements?
a)
agriculture
b)
megaliths
c)
migration
d)
language
24.
Historians believe that people first lived in
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
Europe
d)
North America
25.
___ are a group of people who wander and follow herds of animals which they hunt.
a)
Warriors
b)
Nomads
c)
Cave People
d)
Climate
26.

What was the first domesticated animal?

a)

Cattle

b)

Cat

c)

Goat

d)

Dog

27.

Why did the domesticating of animals first begin?

a)

As a sacrifice

b)

To gain money

c)

To provide for humans

d)

As a means of power

28.
The study of earth's physical features.
a)
Geography
b)
Archeology
c)
Astronomy
d)
Biography
29.

Which word means to tame?

a)

Agriculture

b)

Surplus

c)

Domesticate

d)

Irrigation

30.

The first settlements devolved near which geographical areas?

a)

River Valleys

b)

Rain Forests

c)

Ocean Coasts

d)

Mountain Ranges

31.

Which characteristic of a civilization is most likely to have started first?

a)

Urbanization, or the creation of cities, resulting from settlement

b)

Government and religious institutions created to formalize cities

c)

Specialized labor due to the development of agriculture

d)

Advancement of technology

32.

Which of the following was an advantage to early humans discovering farming methods?

a)

Diseases spread from animals to humans.

b)

Conflict over land

c)

More food was grown to support a larger population.

d)

Droughts would lead to starvation.

33.

Organize these options into the right categories

Categorize the following
Physical Feature
Human feature
34.

What factors influence settlement patterns?

a)

Geography, climate, resources, and culture

b)

Economy, society, and environment

c)

Rural, urban, and suburban

d)

Human settlements across the world

35.

What does HEI stand for

a)

Human example information

b)
High-End Innovation
c)

Human Environment interaction

d)

Human Elephant interaction

36.

how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another

a)

human-environment interactions

b)

region

c)

movement

d)

place

37.

describes what is special about a specific area in terms of physical and human features

a)

movement

b)

place

c)

geography

d)

settlement patterns

38.

Organize these options into the right categories

Categorize the following
Human Geography
Physical Geography