Population & Settlement Quiz
Quiz by Angela Hawtone Villaverde
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- Q1What is a settlement?Any place where people liveAny population centre with more than 100,000 peopleAny population centre with more than 1,000,000 peopleAny population centre with more than 10,000 people45s
- Q2A settlement hierarchy ranks human population centres by size, population, and expected _____.Amount of agricultureNumber of petsNumber of jobsAvailability of services45s
- Q3What sort of settlement is on the lowest level of the settlement hierarchy?The hamletThe small townThe isolated dwellingThe village45s
- Q4Which of these do we expect to be true of a settlement at the top of the hierarchy?The sort of settlement has very few available servicesThis sort of settlement has a very low populationThis sort of settlement is the rarest kind of population centreThis sort of settlement occurs very frequently45s
- Q5When hunter-gatherers settled down to form farming communities, where did they tend to settle most often?At the South Pole.In the mountains.In deserts.Near the sea or river45s
- Q6What do we call organized groupings of human habitation?GroupingsSettlementsGrouped habitationsRural areas45s
- Q7Which of the following is NOT an environmental factor that affects where human settlements are located?The desire to be near other people.An absence of hurricanes, earthquakes and active volcanoes.Moderate climates.The presence of valuable resources like gold, silver and oil.45s
- Q8Crops grown with the specific intent to be predominately sold, rather than consumed by the grower are considered _____.subsistence cropscash cropsmoney cropspastoral crops45s
- Q9Which of the following statements about the Industrial Revolution is FALSE?It caused urbanisation.It increased transportation services.It increased access to the service industry.It increased populations in rural areas.45s
- Q10Which term denotes characteristics of the countryside?CommercialPastoralRuralUrban45s
- Q11Before 300 years ago, most people lived in what type of area?UrbanNone of the answers are correctSuburbanRural45s
- Q12Which of the following is true about city planning?Used to combat suburban sprawlInvolves city planners and policymakersFocuses on maximizing efficiency, functionality, and beauty of citiesAll of the answers are correct45s
- Q13The price of the 2012 Olympic Games was _____.$14.8 billion USD£700 million GBP$700 million USD$6.2 billion USD45s
- Q14Which of the following is NOT a push factorHigh crime rateHigh unemployment rateGood climatePoor soils45s