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WorksheetsApes Urbanization
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 37mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is one of the primary factors that draws people from rural areas to urban areas?
a)
Less pollution
b)
More jobs
c)
More open space
d)
Heat islands
2.
Sprawl increases carbon dioxide emissions by
a)
generating more factories.
b)
increasing the need to drive.
c)
resulting in more tree growth.
d)
expanding the use of public transportation.
3.
Which of the following is a principle of smart growth?
a)
protecting wildlife habitats
b)
focusing development outside of existing urban centers
c)
creating neighborhoods best suited for cars
d)
building up, not out
4.
Trees, grass, crops, wetlands, water, buildings, and pavement are all examples of
a)
land use.
b)
land cover.
c)
urban areas.
d)
rural areas.
5.
Per capita land consumption means the
a)
amount of land a country uses as a whole.
b)
amount of land each person uses.
c)
type of land covered by state capitals.
d)
type of land people live on.
6.
The primary type of land cover in the United States today is
a)
forest land.
b)
cropland.
c)
urban land.
d)
parks and preserves.
7.
Saving energy and other resources without sacrificing people’s comfort is the goal of
a)
greenways.
b)
urban growth boundaries.
c)
green building design.
d)
zoning.
8.
Which of the following factors contributed to sprawl in the United States?
a)
more affordable automobiles
b)
improved roads
c)
less expensive land
d)
all of the above
9.
Transportation systems, communications systems, water services, power supplies, and schools are all examples of
a)
infrastructure.
b)
rural areas.
c)
ecological footprints.
d)
land use.
10.
A(n) ____________________ is an area in which the temperature is several degrees higher than that of the surrounding area.
a)
Heat Island
b)
Rural Area
c)
Urban Area
d)
Infrastructure
11.
The shift of a population from the countryside to cities is called
a)
urbanization.
b)
infrastructure.
c)
land preservation.
d)
an ecological footprint.
12.
Land that is sparsely populated and has few buildings or roads is defined as a(n)
a)
infrastructure.
b)
heat island.
c)
urban area.
d)
rural area.
13.
____________________ is made up of the facilities, services, and installations needed for the functioning of a community.
a)
Infrastructure
b)
Megalopolis
c)
Greenway
d)
Zoning
14.
____________________ is the spread of low-density urban or suburban development outward from an urban center.
a)
New Urbanization
b)
Urbanization
c)
Sprawl
d)
Rural Movement
15.
One way that planners enforce their decisions is ____________________, the practice of classifying areas for different types of development and land use.
a)
Ecological restoration
b)
Zoning
c)
Heat Island
d)
Economics
16.
People moving from the rural areas to cities is called...
a)
Ruralization
b)
Urbanization
c)
Colonization
d)
None of these
17.
Noise such as traffic and construction is considered...
a)
Pollution
b)
Transportation
c)
Annoying
d)
Rural
18.
What causes urban heat islands?
a)
movement of people from farms to cities
b)
lots and lots of people heating their homes
c)
roads and buildings absorb and retain heat longer than vegetation does
d)
soil erosion
19.
What is a "heat island"?
a)
an island in a river or lake that produces heat
b)
an area in which the air temperature is generally higher than the temperature of surrounding rural areas
c)
when the leftovers or "tailings" from mining are piled up in a river
d)
an oasis
20.
Which is NOT a strategy to increase a city's sustainablity
a)
reduce reliance on fossil fuels
b)
increase/improve greenspace
c)
increase recycling rates
d)
build more shopping malls
21.
This is the rapid, often poorly planned spread of development from an urban area outward into rural areas
a)
urban sprawl
b)
metropolitan area
c)
rural fringe
d)
whooping cough
22.
Which is a negative effect of urban sprawl?
a)
new, affordable homes
b)
more farmland
c)
destruction of habitats
d)
more people pass their geography quiz
23.
Which is a positive effect of urban sprawl?
a)
there are more affordable houses
b)
increased pollution
c)
destruction of habitats
d)
more taco bells (this one's not the right answer, but it is true)
24.
Which of these are NOT ways to improve industrialization?
a)
land-use planning
b)
mass transit
c)
open spaces
d)
add more concrete
25.
The area inside the city is called ______.
a)
urban
b)
suburban
c)
rural
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