GEOGRAPHY 7

CHAPTER 7: SETTLEMENTS

Q1) Question & Answers

a) Define a settlement.
b) What are the factors which affect a settlement?
c) Why are the plains more densely populated
d) What are the types of settlements?
e) Why is the population small in rural settlements?
f) How can a river help in establishing a settlement?
g) How was the River Nile useful in developing settlement?
h) Why is population big in urban settlements?
i) What are the functional zones of a city and why are they important?
j) What is the difference between the houses in the different zones?
k) What is the CBD?
l) With the help of a diagram explain the different patterns of settlements?
m) How can the functionality of the zone be changed?

Q2) Fill in the Blanks

a) Place where people live and carry out their activities

b) _______ are often densely populated.
c) _______ soil is good for farming.
d) The river ________ of many of the world’s rivers are the most populated regions
of the world.
e) Examples of densely populated river deltas
f) Examples of cities built along rivers
g) Areas having _______ climate are preferred to live in.
h) Activities in a rural settlements
i) The __________ civilization formed along The Nile river over 5000 years ago.
j) Activities and services found in urban settlements
k) Specific areas in which a specific urban activity is concentrated is known as
l) A mixture of wholesale, manufacturing activities and house is the _________ zone.
m) The houses in the suburbs are
n) A mixture of residential, recreational and farming activities are in the ______
zone.
o) Dwellings spread out over a large area without any specific pattern is ________
pattern of settlement.
p) Settlements located along the transport lines such as roads or railways is
_________ pattern.
q) Dwellings which are clustered together, usually at a meeting point of transport
routes is ____________ pattern of settlement.
r) Settlement pattern are one of the core concepts in ___________
CHAPTER 8: POLLUTION

Q1) Questions and Answers

a) Define Pollution. Give example of natural and human pollution.

b) What are the different types of pollution?
c) Name some of the harmful substances.
d) What are the different types of solid wastes? Which waste makes up most
of the solid waste part?
e) Which waste is most difficult to get rid of and why?
f) How do farming activities increase the land pollution?
g) What are the causes of water pollution? Briefly describe each one of them.
h) What constitutes sewage?
i) What does human and chemical waste constitute?
j) Define eutrophication.
k) What happens to chemicals which are not broken down in the soil?
l) How does mining cause pollution?
m) What are the natural causes of air pollution?
n) What are the causes of air pollution other than natural causes?
o) Why are CFC banned in most countries?
p) What re the consequences of pollution?
q) How are humans affected by water pollution? Give an example.
r) What sort of illness are caused air pollution?
s) With the help of a diagram explain the greenhouse effect?
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