Geography Ch- Human Settlements (Extra Questions)

Human Settlements (Extra questions)

1. Define settlements.
Organized dwelling of any type or size where people live as well as carry out various economic activities.

2. What is transhumance?
 Pastoralism or nomadism organized around seasonal migration of livestock.

3. When is a city called as a megalopolis?
 A city with a population of over one million

4. What are some of the primary economic activities in a rural settlement?
Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry

5. What are the predominant economic activities in an urban settlement?
 Secondary Activities (such as manufacturing) and tertiary activities (such as trade).

6. Why people live in clusters or groups?
Factors such as need for safety, sufficiency, satisfaction and stimulus compelled mankind to start living in clusters or groups.

7. What is a rural settlement characterized by?
 Low density of population, few houses, few basic amenities such as roads, public utilities such as water, electricity, health and education, recreation facilities etc. and majority of people are engaged in primary activities.

8. What do the structures of houses in rural areas depend on?
Structures found in rural areas depend upon the local climate of the region.

9. What are linear settlements?
 Settlements which come up as a single row of houses along a road, railway line, coastline or canal.

10. What are radial settlements?
 Star shaped settlements which come up along roads and lanes and which diverge in all directions from a central point.

11. Why do the settlement patterns in rural areas differ from settlement to settlement?
 Because they are influenced by the surrounding landscape.

12. Where do the food and raw materials of an urban settlement come from?
 They come from the hinterland.

13. How is the average income of people living in urban areas as compared to the average income of people in rural areas?
Average income of people living in urban areas is higher than the average income of people living in rural areas.

14. What are administrative towns?
Place from where government of a nation, state, province or any other administrative division functions.

15. Which towns serve as a base for the armed forces?
Garrison towns

16. What enables resort towns develop into recreational spots?
 Since they are situated in favourable geographical locations.

17. What do urban settlements depend on rural settlements for?
 Food and raw materials for their manufacturing units.

18. How do urban areas help the poorest rural dwellers?
By serving as a retreat to which they migrate to for a better future.

19. Why urban areas would be important to a farmer?
A farmer can sell his crops in the urban area as well as buy the required equipment and fertilizers for agricultural activities.

20. What are industrial towns?
Towns that grow around major processing or manufacturing units where raw material is processed into finished product.

21. What are circular rural settlements?
Settlements which develop around a water reservoir which is used for both agricultural and domestic purpose.