WorksheetsCoastal settlement
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 29mins
Natural harbours are the best places to launch a boat and villages. Which of the following is a natural harbour?
Dublin Ireland
Sydney, Australia
London
Newcastle, Australia
Beautiful places along the coasts are home to some world's best-known resorts. Which of the following is a coastal holiday resort?
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Acapulco, Mexico
New York, USA
Montreal
An estuary is where a river widens out as it reaches the sea. Which of the following is an estuary?
Portsmouth, England
Dublin, Ireland
Alexandria
Dubai, UAE
Villages also grew into towns and cities near the mouths of rivers. Which of the following coastal is a river crossing?
London
Kingston, Jamaica
Vancouver, Canada
Benidorm, Spain
Other coastal cities grew because there were important resources or industries nearby. Which of the following is such coastal city?
San Francisco, USA
Dublin, Ireland
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt
Libson
Which of the following settlement is formed due to a natural harbour?
Acapula, Mexico
New York, USA
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tromso, Norway
Which of the following settlement is developed due to important resources or industries nearby?
Miami Beach, Florida
Newcastle, Australia
Kingston, Jamaica
Montreal
Which of the following coastal settlement was developed for holiday resorts?
Benidorm, Spain
Abu Dhabi
Tokyo
Muscat
What is an advantage with the development of ports?
Growth of raw materials and exports
Tourist attraction
Increase in number of boats made
Extension of a country's size
What is a concern with the development of ports?
Pollution
Trade war
Infectious diseases
Growth in number of plants and animals
As the port develop, the habitats of plants and animals are destroyed by the building work and pollution.
True
False
Many coastal settlements have developed into capital cities around the world.
True
False
The Red Sea gets its name because it contains algae that are reddish-brown in colour.
True
False
Cargo could be unloaded at Rotterdam and put on barges which could take it up the River Rhine to Germany, France and Switzerland.
True
False
Singapore is the world's first-busiest port.
True
False
Jebel Ali Port in Dubai handles over 1000 ships every year.
True
False
One of the world's largest container ships is the Marie Maersk.
True
False
Portsmouth in southern England, Sydney in Australia, New York in the US, Kingston in Jamaica and Vancouver in Canada all developed around natural harbours.
True
False
______________ is where a river widens out as it reaches the sea.
Coastal
Harbour
Estuary
Port
Tromso in Norway began life as a port based on fishing and the capture of ____________.
Lobsters
Pearls
Sharks
Whales
Benidorm is on Spain's ___________ coast.
South
East
North
West
A coastal holiday resort, Benidorm in Spain, the average temperature in winer is ___________ and ____________ in summer.
15° C and 26°C
16°C and 25°C
20°C and 26°C
25°C and 15°C
Before _________ , Benidorm was a small fishing village.
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
With more than 8000 kilometres of sandy beaches, Spain is one of the most popular _____________ in Europe.
trading port
harbour
tourist destinations
coastal
______________________ is the largest city in the Netherlands, and the biggest port in Europe, even though it lies 30 kilometres from the North Sea.
Benidorm
Aqaba
Jebel Ali
Rotterdam
The things that attract tourists and holidaymakers to Benidorm include ;
warm climate
leisure activities
cheap hotel
easy to travel
Aqaba is a city on the coast of Jordan at the north-eastern tip of __________.
Dead Sea
North Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea
Aqaba first developed at the meeting point of two major trade routes that at that time linked _______________ and _____________.
Asia and Europe
Europe and Middle East
Africa and Asia
Africa and Middle East
For people who do not dive or snorkel, there are trips in ___________ to see the coral and sea life in Aqaba.
sail boats
glass-bottomed boats
diving boats
cruise ships
Most of Jordan's export goods leave the country from _____________ port.
Aqaba
container
Aqaba, container
coastal
One of the Jordan's most important exports is __________.
oil
phosphate
gold
seafood
Aqaba is connected to the rest of Jordan by ____________.
highways
two major highways
fast train
river
One of the warmest, salties and reddest seas in the world is ____________.
Dead Sea
North Sea
Red Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Jebel Ali is a port in ______________.
Jordan
Middle East
UAE
Saudi Arabia
Large ships such as bulk carriers, supertankers and container ships require ________ and _______ for handling their cargo.
deep water and special equipment
deep water
special equipment
big port
All defines the key concept CHANGE except one, what is it?
improvement
from nothing to having
make a difference
remain the same
What is the largest continent in the World?
South America
North America
Asia
Europe
What kind of settlement Hunters and Gatherers have?
Temporary Settlement
Permanent Settlement
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.
Hamlet
Village
Isolated Dwelling
Megacity
A type of settlement with more than 10 million people living there, and Tokyo Japan is one of it.
Megacity
City
Town
Village
It means places or location where people set up homes to live.
Human Settlements
Settlement Hierarchy
Settlement Patterns
If a person has a farm or an agricultural land to take care of what kind of settlement he must have?
Temporary Settlement
Permanent Settlement
It refers sizes of the settlement arranged in different levels.
Settlement Types
Settlement Hierarchy
Changes in Settlements
Settlement Patterns
It is a type of settlement which has the largest population having more than 10 Million people living there.
Hamlet
Town
Village
Megacity
It is a type of settlement referring to large urban areas that sees a merging together of more than one city or with surrounding towns.
Large Cities
Conurbations
Isolated Dwellings
Villages
Which areas can we see Hamlet and Isolated Dwellings?
Rural Areas
Urban Areas
This settlement pattern involves a number of buildings or houses not that close to each other but are within the same locality.
Dispersed
Isolated
Nucleated
Linear
This is a settlement pattern that is usually developed along the road, railways, established routes or waterways.
Linear
Dispersed
Isolated
Nucleated
This type of settlement pattern has a center point and develop from the middle outwards.
Dispersed
Nucleated
Isolated
Linear
Which one is not a Megacity?
Tokyo, Japan with population of 37 million
Calcutta, India with 14 million people living in the area
New York City with 20 million inhabitants
Vatican City, Italy with only 836 people living in the area.
In the tropics the beaches have deposits of
sand
mud
corals
pebbles
The correct order of sorted beach material is from the seashore towards the land
silt, sand, smaller pebbles, larger pebbles, rocks
smaller pebbles, rocks, larger pebbles, silt, sand
silt, sand, larger pebbles, smaller pebbles, rocks
rocks, sand, silt, smaller pebbles, large pebbles
Large rocks that fall from the cliff is known as
concrete
boulders
rounded boulders
large pebbles
Small particles that are deposited at the beach that is finer than sand and coarser than mud or clay.
shingles
pebbles
silt
soil
The wave water that drains back to the sea and has less force.
peaking wave
crest
swash
backwash
The place where land meets the sea.
horizon
plantation
harbour
coast
A place where people stay during for a holiday
home
resort
kingdom
desert
A place where ships stop to load and unload their cargo.
harbour
coast
port
beach
A place such as village, town or city where people live
location
market place
settlement
country
Everything that surrounds us is known as
air
trees
environment
atmosphere
Part of a coast sheltered from an open sea and has natural deep water.
port
bay
harbour
ford
Things that are useful and valuable and makes our life easier.
electricity
forest
export
resources
Settlements develop along the coast because of
travelers, customers, holidays
ports, trade, industries and resources
industries and population
coastal view
A place where things are produced or manufactured
estuary
ports
industry
rivers
Herring is a type of
Animal
bird
insect
fish
