Human Settlement

Unit 2

Chapter 3

Very Short Type Question: Mark:  1

1. What is human settlement ?

2. Who is the founder of settlement geography?

3. Who is Richard Hartshorne?

4. What is most essential for human life?

5. Name the river where did the Mesopotamian civilization grow.

6. Name the civilization which grew on the banks of Euphrates and Tigris.

7. Name the river where did the Indus civilization grow.

8. Name the civilization which grew on the banks of Nile river.

9. Name the river where did the Chinese civilization grew.

10. Name the two classes where the human settlement is divided according to form or shape.

11. What is nucleated settlement?

12. Who built changghar?

13. About what percent of the total population of the world lives in rural settlements?

14. What was the population of Mumbai as per 2001 census data?

15. What does CBD stand?

16. Name two sea port city of India.

17. Name two pilgrimage towns of India.

18. Name two industrial towns of India. 

19. Name the world’s first city.

19. London is situated on the bank of river?

 Teames   (b)  Nile   (c)  Hoogly   (d) Shone 

20. At the highest end of settlement hierar-chy there exists-

 Megalopolis  (b)  Conurbation  (c) City  (d)  Hamlet 

21. Draw fan type settlement.

22. What do you mean by Hierarchy of settlement?

B.  Short Type Question:  Marks : 2/3

1. What is Settlement Geography?

2. What is Human Settlement?

3. Mention same of the factors which resulted in the permanency of human settlements.

4. What is Rural Settlement? 

5. What is Urban Settlement?

6. Cite the difference between Rural and Urban Settlement.

7. What is Dispersed Settlement?

8. What is Nucleated Settlement?

9. Draw diagram give a brief note on Rectangular Settlement. 

10. Draw diagram and give a brief note on linear Settlement.

11. Draw diagram and give a brief note on Circular Settlement.

12. Draw diagram and give a brief note on Star-like Settlement.

13. Draw diagram and give a brief note on Triangular Settlement. 

14. How did the village grow?

15. Name some religions institutions grow to observe sociocultural or religions ritual and practices.

16. How did the towns origionate?

17. What is rural urban continum?

18. What do you mean by ‘hierarchy of Settlements’?

19. What are Homogenous and central parts?

 20. What are Homogenous and Special parts?

21. What do you mean by ‘Central Business District’?

22. What is sub urban region or urban brings?

23. Cite the reasons why did many a time a few satellite towns grow little from the main urban areas. 

24. Cite the some examples of satellite towns . 

25. Write short notes: 

 (a) Human settlements and Settlement Geography.

 (b) Linear settlement 

 (c)  Circular settlement

 (d) Star-like settlement

 (e) Culture and Educational town 

 (f) Rural-Urban continuum

 (g) Hierarchy of settlements 

 (h) Urban fringe 

 (i)  Third World.

 (j)  Satellite town

 (k)  Neucleated settlement.

26. Within which two rivers Mesopotamia is located?

27. What are the disadvantages for living in the Siberian lands? 

28. What are the causes of light density in the Siberian lands?

29. How did human settlement originate?

30. Name three densely populated regions of the world.

31. What do you mean by urban settlement?

32. Show differences 

  (a)Primative society and Traditional so-ciety.

33. Write the name of four Indian cities Which are situated by the side of river in India.

C.   Essay Type Questions: Marks:4/5

1.  What do you mean by ‘Human Settlement’?

Discuss briefly about its origin and growth.

2. What is meant by Settlement Geography’?

Write briefly about its main subject matter.

3. Present the classification of human settlements with examples.

4. What do you mean by rural and urban settlement? Write the characteristic differences between these settlements.

5. Mention the basic differences between dispersed settlement and nucleated settlement.

6. Write in brief about the different types of settlements under the category of nucleated settlements with examples and diagrams.

7. Write briefly about the origin and growth of urban settlement.

8. Classify the urban settlements with examples according to functions. 

9. What do you mean by ‘hierarchy of settlement’? Write about this with examples and diagrams.

10. Write briefly about the land use pattern of rural and urban settlements.

11. What do you mean by ‘Central Business District’? Mention its basic characteristics. 

12. Write briefly about the relationship between rural and rural and urban settlements.

 13. Draw the diagram to show the dispersed settlement and nucleated settlement and nucleated settlement.