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WorksheetsHuman Settlements
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 41mins
Which is the most crowded area?
suburban community
urban community
rural community
After 1882, where did most European immigrants enter the U.S.?
Ellis Island
Liberty Island
Angel Island
Long Island
Immigrants from China and Japan entered the US through which immigration station?
Ellis Island
Liberty Island
Long Island
Angel Island
What law banned (stopped) immigration from China between 1882 and the end of WWII?
Immigration Act of 1917
The Gentlemen's Agreement
The Chinese Exclusion Act
A tenement was
an apartment building in the suburbs
an overcrowded quickly built apartment building in the slums
a place in the slums that helped immigrants with housing, jobs, and daycare
Which of these is NOT an example of urban Problems in the early 1900s?
bad sanitation
crime
too many opportunities
dangerous housing
What is urbanization?
rapid growth of cities
migration of farmers to foreign countries
assimilation
the growth of the suburbs
Which of the following are pull factors in the late 1800s?
Religious Freedom
Job opportunities
Dirty and dangerous cities
cheap land
What allowed cities to build up and have many skyscrapers?
really tall ladders
lots of glass and chrome
cheap steel and the elevator
subways
Which of the following are Push Factors from Southern & Eastern Europe?
Poverty
Free speech
Famine
War
What is another word for urban areas?
suburbs
slums
tenements
cities
Who discriminated against immigrants?
all mayors
settlement houses
nativists
the KKK
Some immigrants ____________________ by adopting and blending into American culture.
were isolated
emigrated
assimilated
disassociated
What were some reasons that new immigrants were discriminated against?
they held different beliefs & religions
they spoke English and fit in
people believed immigrants took jobs and lowered wages
they were highly educated
This is what pulled many immigrants and people from rural areas to Cities.
coffee shops
factory jobs
paved roads
isolation
What was the first domesticated animal?
Cattle
Cat
Goat
Dog
Why did the domesticating of animals first begin?
As a sacrifice
To gain money
To provide for humans
As a means of power
Which word means to tame?
Agriculture
Surplus
Domesticate
Irrigation
The first settlements devolved near which geographical areas?
River Valleys
Rain Forests
Ocean Coasts
Mountain Ranges
Which characteristic of a civilization is most likely to have started first?
Urbanization, or the creation of cities, resulting from settlement
Government and religious institutions created to formalize cities
Specialized labor due to the development of agriculture
Advancement of technology
Which of the following was an advantage to early humans discovering farming methods?
Diseases spread from animals to humans.
Conflict over land
More food was grown to support a larger population.
Droughts would lead to starvation.
What factors influence settlement patterns?
Geography, climate, resources, and culture
Economy, society, and environment
Rural, urban, and suburban
Human settlements across the world
What does HEI stand for
Human example information
Human Environment interaction
Human Elephant interaction
how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another
human-environment interactions
region
movement
place
describes what is special about a specific area in terms of physical and human features
movement
place
geography
settlement patterns
