What do you know about Settlements?
Note: this exercise is scored on a system that deducts points for incorrect answers from your final score.
What is the C in CBD stand for?
- Central
- Commercial
- Circle
- Concentric
Which of the following describes terraced housing?
- A line of houses joined to each other along a road
- A very tall office block
- Two houses joined together
- Single houses with large gardens
What does suburbs mean?
- Next to a river
- Alongside a main road
- The outskirts of a settlement
- The centre of a settlement
Which of the following describes the exact location of a settlement?
- Site
- Situation
- Location
- Hierarchy
In what zone would you find shops and offices?
- Industry
- CBD
- High class housing
- Low class housing
What is an urban area?
- The countryside
- An area of "green belt"
- A town or city
- A small farming area
What is the function of an area of land called?
- Pattern
- Land use
- Relief
- Land value
What is the zone furthest away from the CBD?
- High class housing
- Low class housing
- Industry
- Shops and offices
What is the transition zone?
- Area of demolition and rebuilding
- Area of high class housing
- Area of low class housing
- Area of industry
What is urbanisation?
- Increase in the percentage of people living in cities
- Decrease in the percentage of people living in cities
- Increase in the percentage of people living in rural areas
Which of the following is not used to work out a settlement hierarchy?
- The size of the settlement
- The number of people living in a settlement
- The number and range of services in a settlement
- The distance from other settlements
What is at the bottom of a settlement hierarchy?
- Village
- Town
- Hamlet
- City