Settlement Patterns
When homes are built very close together in one small group, this is called a:
A) Scattered settlement
B) Cluster settlement
C) Linear settlement
D) Empty land
B) Cluster settlement
The word that means “how crowded a place is” is:
A) City size
B) Birth rate
C) Population density
D) Climate zone
C) Population density
The smaller communities that grow around the outside of a big city are called:
A) Farmland
B) Villages
C) Wilderness areas
D) Suburbs
D) Suburbs
The indicator that shows how long people live, on average, is called:
A) Life expectancy
B) Birth rate
C) Migration rate
D) Population density
A) Life expectancy
“Quality of life” means:
A) How many cars people own
B) How crowded a city is
C) How good, safe, and comfortable people’s lives are
D) How tall buildings are
C) How good, safe, and comfortable people’s lives are
When homes are very far apart with lots of space between them, this is called a:
A) Cluster settlement
B) Linear settlement
C) City core
D) Scattered settlement
D) Scattered settlement
If a place has high population density, it usually means:
A) Many people live close together
B) Very few people live there
C) Nobody lives there
D) It has no houses
A) Many people live close together
When people move from the countryside to towns and cities, it is called:
A) Pollution
B) Urbanization
C) Desertification
D) Erosion
B) Urbanization
The indicator that tells us how many people can read and write is the:
A) Birth rate
B) Infant mortality rate
C) Literacy rate
D) Crime rate
C) Literacy rate
Which situation would MOST improve people’s quality of life?
A) Dirty water and unsafe streets
B) No schools and no doctors
C) Clean water, safe streets, and good hospitals
D) No homes and no jobs
C) Clean water, safe streets, and good hospitals
When houses are built in a long line along a road, river, or railway, this is called a:
A) Linear settlement
B) Cluster settlement
C) City block
D) Mixed settlement
A) Linear settlement
Compared to a small town, a big city usually has:
A) More farms
B) Fewer people
C) The same number of people on each street
D) Higher population density
D) Higher population density
A very large city with many millions of people is called a:
A) Hamlet
B) Small town
C) Megacity
D) Village
C) Megacity
The indicator that shows how much money, on average, each person in a country makes is:
A) Life expectancy
B) GDP per capita
C) Fertility rate
D) Population density
B) GDP per capita
Which country below is known for having a high quality of life?
A) Chad
B) Yemen
C) Finland
D) Sudan
C) Finland
A small village has houses in a tight circle around a town square. Which pattern is this?
A) Scattered settlement
B) Linear settlement
C) Grid pattern
D) Cluster settlement
D) Cluster settlement
Which place MOST likely has low population density?
A) A city with many apartments and tall buildings
B) A small town with busy streets and shops
C) A capital city with lots of traffic
D) A remote farming area with only a few houses
D) A remote farming area with only a few houses
When a city keeps spreading out into the land around it, using up more space, this is called:
A) Global warming
B) Deforestation
C) Population density
D) Urban sprawl
D) Urban sprawl
The indicator that shows how many babies die before age one (per 1,000 births) is the:
A) Birth rate
B) Literacy rate
C) Fertility rate
D) Infant mortality rate
D) Infant mortality rate
Which continent has the most developing countries?
A) Europe
B) North America
C) Australia
D) Africa
D) Africa
A village has farmhouses spread out across the countryside, and one long row of houses beside the main road. Which statement is MOST accurate?
A) The village only has a cluster settlement
B) The village only has a scattered settlement
C) The village has a grid pattern
D) The village has both scattered and linear settlement patterns
D) The village has both scattered and linear settlement patterns
Town A has 1,000 people on a small piece of land.
Town B has 1,000 people spread over a much bigger area.
Which is MOST correct?
A) Town A and Town B have the same density
B) Town B has the higher population density
C) Town A has the higher population density
D) Neither town has any population density
C) Town A has the higher population density
Why might a city start in a place near a river or coast?
A) Because no one can travel there
B) Because it is impossible to get water
C) Because people do not like flat land
D) Because it is easier for trade, travel, and getting water
D) Because it is easier for trade, travel, and getting water
HDI is used to measure how developed a country is. HDI stands for:
A) High Development Income
B) Home Density Index
C) Human Danger Information
D) Human Development Index
D) Human Development Index
Country X has:
High literacy rate
High life expectancy
High GDP per capita
Country Y has:
Low literacy rate
Low life expectancy
Low GDP per capita
Which is MOST correct?
A) Country X probably has a higher quality of life than Country Y
B) Country Y is definitely richer than Country X
C) Country X and Y are the same in development
D) Country X is developing and Country Y is developed
A) Country X probably has a higher quality of life than Country Y