Settlement Patterns
This settlement pattern forms along a road, river, or transportation route.
$100: What is linear settlement?
This term describes the number of people living in a certain area.
$100: What is population density?
This term refers to a sudden event that causes damage and harm to people and land.
$100: What is a natural disaster?
This climate zone is very cold year-round and has little vegetation.
$100: What is polar climate?
This is the removal of forests for human use.
$100: What is deforestation?
This settlement pattern has homes grouped closely together.
$200: What is clustered settlement?
This term means people moving from rural to urban areas.
This term means people moving from rural to urban areas.
This disaster is caused by movement of tectonic plates.
$200: What is an earthquake?
This climate zone is warm with four distinct seasons.
$200: What is temperate climate?
This term describes changing land we have disturbed back into its natural state.
$200: What is land reclamation?
This settlement pattern has buildings spread far apart, often in rural areas.
$300: What is scattered settlement?
Name a place with very high population density.
$300: Examples: Tokyo, India, China
Which type of area is most vulnerable to flooding?
Low-lying areas / near rivers / coastal regions
Name all four major climate zones.
$300: Polar, Subpolar, Temperate, Tropical
This is a deserted or largely depopulated human settlement that was once active, typically featuring abandoned buildings and infrastructure
$300: What is a ghost town?
The Town of Whitby is an example of this settlement pattern.
What is a clustered settlement?
Explain why population is unevenly distributed around the world.
$400: Climate, resources, jobs, physical geography
Name two types of natural disasters and briefly describe them.
$400: e.g., earthquake, flood, hurricane + descriptions
What climate zone does most of Ontario fall into?
$400: What is temperate climate?
Give one pro and one con of living in an urban area.
$400: Varies (jobs vs. pollution, etc.)
Explain one advantage and one disadvantage of clustered settlements.
$500: Example: advantage = access to services; disadvantage = crowding
Give two reasons why people choose to live in cities.
$500: Jobs, education, services, healthcare
Explain how natural disasters can affect where people live.
$500: Risk, safety, rebuilding challenges
Explain how climate affects population distribution.
$500: Harsh climates = fewer people
Explain the difference between a resource town and a ghost town.
$500: Resource town relies on one resource; ghost town is abandoned