WorksheetsHuman Geography Chapter 14
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is urbanization?
The process of towns and cities being formed and areas becoming more urban
The process whereby an agricultural society experiences an economic shift toward manufacturing
What is industrialization?
The process of towns and cities being formed and areas becoming more urban
The process whereby an agricultural society experiences an economic shift toward manufacturing
Favela is another word for...
megacity
slum
demographic transition
________ ________ is a shift from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates.
Demographic transition
Population shift
Generational transition
Age shift
When did the world become predominantly urban?
1870
1950
2007
1908
Select all that modern cities have been resulted from:
Fundamental socioeconomic changes
Industrialization and factory work, which increased economic centralization
Migration of population from rural to urban
Urban is an area that has more than ____ individuals and a population density of at least 400 people per square kilometer.
2 000
1 000
600
800
1 500
What is population density?
Where the population of a city is the most dense
The average number of people in a city in a given country
The average number of individuals living in one square kilometer
What defines a city?
An urban area with a population of more than 100 000 people
An area with a population density of 500 people living in one square kilometer
True or False:
Most urbanization growth is now happening in the less developed world
True
False
What is the best reason on why quick city growth is a problem for city governments?
Government and social infrastructures will be strained to keep up
Causes a culture change in the city and people would experience more conflict
Not enough land to build homes for everyone
There are currently ___ as many cities with a population of 1 million or more as there were in 1950
20 times
10 times
2 times
15 times
5 times
What are shanty-towns?
Socioeconomically disadvantaged areas in rural parts of a country
Socioeconomically deprived areas on the outskirts of an urban center
Areas of a city that were built quickly and poorly to accommodate fast growing populations
Select all that shanty-towns are prone to:
Supply crisis
Social disorganization
Political conflicts
Natural disasters
In regards to crime in cities, what is crime correlated with?
Urbanization
Pace of change
Newcomers to the city
Sociologist Max Weber was ______ about cities. Other sociologists are concerned about the associated social ills of cities.
optimistic
pessimistic
What is the desire to relegate social problems to other parts pf an urban area called?
NIMBYism
Neighborhood effect
What is the social, economic, and psychological effects of living in a particular neighborhood called?
NIMBYism
Neighborhood effect
