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Settlements, cities & migration

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Settlements, cities & migration

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1. What is a protected zone of open farmland, woodland or parkland designated around a city to restrict urban sprawl and preserve green space: a greenbelt or an industrial estate?
What is a protected zone o… · Settlements, cities & migr…
2. Which urban transport strategy reduces traffic congestion and air pollution most effectively: investing in frequent electric buses, metro rail and safe cycle lanes, or removing all pavements?
Which urban transport stra… · Settlements, cities & migr…
3. What is the central commercial and financial heart of a city, typically characterised by high land values, tall office buildings and major transport hubs: the Central Business District (CBD) or the rural-urban fringe?
What is the central commer… · Settlements, cities & migr…
4. What do we call the unplanned outward spread of low-density suburbs and roads into surrounding countryside at the edge of a city: urban sprawl or counter-urbanisation?
What do we call the unplan… · Settlements, cities & migr…
5. What is a “sustainable city” (eco-city) designed to achieve: meeting residents’ housing, transport, water and energy needs while minimising waste, pollution and resource depletion, or paving over all parks?
“sustainable city” · Settlements, cities & migr…
6. Money that migrant workers send back home to support their families in their country or island of origin is called: remittances or tariffs?
Money that migrant workers… · Settlements, cities & migr…
7. In human geography, what is the correct settlement hierarchy in order of increasing population size and services: Hamlet → Village → Town → City, or City → Town → Hamlet → Village?
In human geography, what i… · Settlements, cities & migr…
8. What do geographers call a very large urban agglomeration with a total population of more than 10 million people (such as Tokyo, Delhi or São Paulo): a megacity or a hamlet?
10 m · Settlements, cities & migr…
9. Positive attractions that draw migrants toward a new destination (such as better jobs, universities, hospitals and safety) are called: pull factors or push factors?
Positive attractions that … · Settlements, cities & migr…
10. What is the regular daily journey that workers make between their homes in residential suburbs and their workplaces in the city centre: commuting or international migration?
What is the regular daily … · Settlements, cities & migr…
11. When several neighbouring cities and large towns expand and merge into one continuous built-up urban region, what is this merged urban area called: a conurbation or an archipelago?
When several neighbouring … · Settlements, cities & migr…
12. What is the maximum distance that people are prepared to travel to buy a good or use a service: the sphere of influence (range) or the contour interval?
What is the maximum distan… · Settlements, cities & migr…

12 questions · Seed 45 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification

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Settlements, cities & migration

Answers and reasoning. Review before teaching.

1. What is a protected zone of open farmland, woodland or parkland designated around a city to restrict urban sprawl and preserve green space: a greenbelt or an industrial estate?
Greenbelt
Greenbelt planning policies prevent neighbouring towns from merging into one continuous built-up area.
2. Which urban transport strategy reduces traffic congestion and air pollution most effectively: investing in frequent electric buses, metro rail and safe cycle lanes, or removing all pavements?
Investing in frequent electric buses, metro rail and safe cycle lanes
High-capacity public transit and active-travel infrastructure move far more people per metre of road space with lower emissions.
3. What is the central commercial and financial heart of a city, typically characterised by high land values, tall office buildings and major transport hubs: the Central Business District (CBD) or the rural-urban fringe?
Central Business District (CBD)
The CBD is the most accessible commercial core of a city where retail and office space is concentrated.
4. What do we call the unplanned outward spread of low-density suburbs and roads into surrounding countryside at the edge of a city: urban sprawl or counter-urbanisation?
Urban sprawl
Urban sprawl consumes agricultural land and increases car dependency.
5. What is a “sustainable city” (eco-city) designed to achieve: meeting residents’ housing, transport, water and energy needs while minimising waste, pollution and resource depletion, or paving over all parks?
Meeting residents’ housing, transport, water and energy needs while minimising waste, pollution and resource depletion
Sustainable urban design integrates green roofs, solar energy, water recycling, parks and clean transit.
6. Money that migrant workers send back home to support their families in their country or island of origin is called: remittances or tariffs?
Remittances
Remittances are a major source of household income and foreign exchange for many developing regions.
7. In human geography, what is the correct settlement hierarchy in order of increasing population size and services: Hamlet → Village → Town → City, or City → Town → Hamlet → Village?
Hamlet → Village → Town → City
A hamlet has only a few dwellings; a village adds basic services; a town and city offer progressively larger populations and specialist services.
8. What do geographers call a very large urban agglomeration with a total population of more than 10 million people (such as Tokyo, Delhi or São Paulo): a megacity or a hamlet?
Megacity
The United Nations defines a megacity as an urban area with 10 million or more inhabitants.
9. Positive attractions that draw migrants toward a new destination (such as better jobs, universities, hospitals and safety) are called: pull factors or push factors?
Pull factors
Pull factors attract people to move into a particular town, region or country.
10. What is the regular daily journey that workers make between their homes in residential suburbs and their workplaces in the city centre: commuting or international migration?
Commuting
Commuters travel regularly between home and work by train, bus, ferry, bicycle or car.
11. When several neighbouring cities and large towns expand and merge into one continuous built-up urban region, what is this merged urban area called: a conurbation or an archipelago?
Conurbation
A conurbation forms when formerly separate towns grow outward and coalesce.
12. What is the maximum distance that people are prepared to travel to buy a good or use a service: the sphere of influence (range) or the contour interval?
Sphere of influence (range)
People travel only a short distance for everyday low-order goods (milk, bread) but much further for specialist high-order goods.

12 questions · Seed 45 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification

Worksheet StudioPractice pack · Ages 13-15

Settlements, cities & migration

Take your time. Show your thinking.

1. What is a protected zone of open farmland, woodland or parkland designated around a city to restrict urban sprawl and preserve green space: a greenbelt or an industrial estate?
What is a protected zone o… · Settlements, cities & migr…
2. Which urban transport strategy reduces traffic congestion and air pollution most effectively: investing in frequent electric buses, metro rail and safe cycle lanes, or removing all pavements?
Which urban transport stra… · Settlements, cities & migr…
3. What is the central commercial and financial heart of a city, typically characterised by high land values, tall office buildings and major transport hubs: the Central Business District (CBD) or the rural-urban fringe?
What is the central commer… · Settlements, cities & migr…
4. What do we call the unplanned outward spread of low-density suburbs and roads into surrounding countryside at the edge of a city: urban sprawl or counter-urbanisation?
What do we call the unplan… · Settlements, cities & migr…
5. What is a “sustainable city” (eco-city) designed to achieve: meeting residents’ housing, transport, water and energy needs while minimising waste, pollution and resource depletion, or paving over all parks?
“sustainable city” · Settlements, cities & migr…
6. Money that migrant workers send back home to support their families in their country or island of origin is called: remittances or tariffs?
Money that migrant workers… · Settlements, cities & migr…
7. In human geography, what is the correct settlement hierarchy in order of increasing population size and services: Hamlet → Village → Town → City, or City → Town → Hamlet → Village?
In human geography, what i… · Settlements, cities & migr…
8. What do geographers call a very large urban agglomeration with a total population of more than 10 million people (such as Tokyo, Delhi or São Paulo): a megacity or a hamlet?
10 m · Settlements, cities & migr…
9. Positive attractions that draw migrants toward a new destination (such as better jobs, universities, hospitals and safety) are called: pull factors or push factors?
Positive attractions that … · Settlements, cities & migr…
10. What is the regular daily journey that workers make between their homes in residential suburbs and their workplaces in the city centre: commuting or international migration?
What is the regular daily … · Settlements, cities & migr…
11. When several neighbouring cities and large towns expand and merge into one continuous built-up urban region, what is this merged urban area called: a conurbation or an archipelago?
When several neighbouring … · Settlements, cities & migr…
12. What is the maximum distance that people are prepared to travel to buy a good or use a service: the sphere of influence (range) or the contour interval?
What is the maximum distan… · Settlements, cities & migr…

12 questions · Seed 45 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification

Worksheet StudioAnswer key · Ages 13-15

Settlements, cities & migration

Answers and reasoning. Review before teaching.

1. What is a protected zone of open farmland, woodland or parkland designated around a city to restrict urban sprawl and preserve green space: a greenbelt or an industrial estate?
Greenbelt
Greenbelt planning policies prevent neighbouring towns from merging into one continuous built-up area.
2. Which urban transport strategy reduces traffic congestion and air pollution most effectively: investing in frequent electric buses, metro rail and safe cycle lanes, or removing all pavements?
Investing in frequent electric buses, metro rail and safe cycle lanes
High-capacity public transit and active-travel infrastructure move far more people per metre of road space with lower emissions.
3. What is the central commercial and financial heart of a city, typically characterised by high land values, tall office buildings and major transport hubs: the Central Business District (CBD) or the rural-urban fringe?
Central Business District (CBD)
The CBD is the most accessible commercial core of a city where retail and office space is concentrated.
4. What do we call the unplanned outward spread of low-density suburbs and roads into surrounding countryside at the edge of a city: urban sprawl or counter-urbanisation?
Urban sprawl
Urban sprawl consumes agricultural land and increases car dependency.
5. What is a “sustainable city” (eco-city) designed to achieve: meeting residents’ housing, transport, water and energy needs while minimising waste, pollution and resource depletion, or paving over all parks?
Meeting residents’ housing, transport, water and energy needs while minimising waste, pollution and resource depletion
Sustainable urban design integrates green roofs, solar energy, water recycling, parks and clean transit.
6. Money that migrant workers send back home to support their families in their country or island of origin is called: remittances or tariffs?
Remittances
Remittances are a major source of household income and foreign exchange for many developing regions.
7. In human geography, what is the correct settlement hierarchy in order of increasing population size and services: Hamlet → Village → Town → City, or City → Town → Hamlet → Village?
Hamlet → Village → Town → City
A hamlet has only a few dwellings; a village adds basic services; a town and city offer progressively larger populations and specialist services.
8. What do geographers call a very large urban agglomeration with a total population of more than 10 million people (such as Tokyo, Delhi or São Paulo): a megacity or a hamlet?
Megacity
The United Nations defines a megacity as an urban area with 10 million or more inhabitants.
9. Positive attractions that draw migrants toward a new destination (such as better jobs, universities, hospitals and safety) are called: pull factors or push factors?
Pull factors
Pull factors attract people to move into a particular town, region or country.
10. What is the regular daily journey that workers make between their homes in residential suburbs and their workplaces in the city centre: commuting or international migration?
Commuting
Commuters travel regularly between home and work by train, bus, ferry, bicycle or car.
11. When several neighbouring cities and large towns expand and merge into one continuous built-up urban region, what is this merged urban area called: a conurbation or an archipelago?
Conurbation
A conurbation forms when formerly separate towns grow outward and coalesce.
12. What is the maximum distance that people are prepared to travel to buy a good or use a service: the sphere of influence (range) or the contour interval?
Sphere of influence (range)
People travel only a short distance for everyday low-order goods (milk, bread) but much further for specialist high-order goods.

12 questions · Seed 45 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification