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Human Settlement

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is a settlement that is usually a single house or a series of buildings that exist far from others. These types of houses are typically in rural areas maybe connected with a farm or an industry that requires a lot of space.

a)

Hamlet

b)

Village

c)

Isolated Dwelling

d)

Megacity

2.

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

3.

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

a)

Human Settlements

b)

Settlement Hierarchy

c)

Settlement Patterns

4.

It refers sizes of the settlement arranged in different levels.

a)

Settlement Types

b)

Settlement Hierarchy

c)

Changes in Settlements

d)

Settlement Patterns

5.

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

6.

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

a)

Dispersed

b)

Nucleated

c)

Isolated

d)

Linear

7.
The name given to the actual land a settlement is built on...
a)
space
b)
site
c)
situation
8.

A_________ is a small settlement but may have houses, a primary school, a few shops, a Post Office and a hall.

a)

city

b)

village

c)

town

9.

___________settlements are found on the Himalayan slopes

a)

Nucleated

b)

Linear

c)

Dispersed

10.

_______are towns where buildings are close together, often clustered around a central point.

a)

Dispersed Settlements

b)

Nucleated settlements

c)

Linear Settlements

11.

A_________ is a small settlement but may have houses, a primary school, a few shops, a Post Office and a hall.

a)

city

b)

village

c)

town

12.
What is the population of a megacity?
a)
More than 5 Million
b)
Between 1- 5 Million
c)
More than 1 Million
d)
More than 2 Million
13.

A hamlet is a ...

a)

Small rural settlement

b)

A farming settlement

c)

A type of nucleated settlement

d)

All of the above

14.

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

15.

Arrange the list of settlements in order of size from largest to smallest:

town- village- city- conurbation-hamlet

a)

village- hamlet- town- city- conurbation

b)

city- town- village- conurbation- hamlet

c)

town- village- city- conurbation-hamlet

d)

hamlet- village- town- city- conurbation

16.

What is the name given to a settlement where the buildings are very spread out?

a)

Dispersed

b)

Nucleated

c)

Rounded

d)

Linear

17.
State the urban problem shown by the photograph:
a)
Poverty
b)
Crime
c)
Congestion
d)
Diseases
18.
Push factors are:
a)
Negative
b)
Positive
c)
Pull factors
d)
attracting people to urban areas.
19.

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.

20.
Which of these is a pull factor to Mumbai for people living in rural areas?
a)
Lack of education
b)
Promise of more pet varieties
c)
Lack of healthcare
d)
Promise of more job opportunities