What is the term for a group of houses and associated buildings, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town, situated in a rural area?

Settlement Dynamics Quiz

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Geography
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12th Grade
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Hard

Katie Chiswell
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Urban area
Village
City
Metropolis
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for a very small rural settlement that is too small to be considered a village?
City
Urban area
Hamlet
Metropolis
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the term 'Depopulation' refer to in the context of rural areas?
Increase in population
Decrease in population
Stable population
Overpopulation
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the process called where an increasing proportion of the population in a geographical area lives in urban settlements?
Suburbanisation
Urbanisation
Counter-urbanisation
Re-urbanisation
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for the outward growth of towns and cities to engulf surrounding villages and rural areas?
Urbanisation
Suburbanisation
Counter-urbanisation
Re-urbanisation
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the process of population decentralisation as people move from large urban areas to smaller urban settlements and rural areas?
Urbanisation
Suburbanisation
Counter-urbanisation
Re-urbanisation
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for the boundary zone where rural and urban land uses meet?
Urban fringe
Rural-urban fringe
Suburban fringe
Urban-rural fringe
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