Lesson Y7-U04-L04

Y7-U04-L04 Land Use in Towns and Cities Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 4

20 questions

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Lesson Y7-U04-L04, Land Use in Towns and Cities: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 4: Year 7: Population and Settlement, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What does CBD stand for?

    • Commercial Borough District
    • Central Bus Depot
    • City Building Density
    • Central Business District

  2. What is the Central Business District (CBD) full of?

    • Mines and quarries
    • Shops and offices
    • Forests and open parkland
    • Large farms and fields

  3. Which zone of the land-use model is in the very centre?

    • Zone 4, the outer housing
    • Zone 5, the suburbs
    • Zone 1, the CBD
    • Zone 3, the inner city

  4. Which zone is at the edge of the city in the land-use model?

    • Zone 3, the inner city
    • Zone 5, the suburbs
    • Zone 2, the old factories
    • Zone 1, the CBD

  5. What does the term 'land use' mean?

    • The number of people per square kilometre
    • The rate at which a river erodes its banks
    • What the land in an area is used for
    • The height of the land above sea level

  6. Which housing is typical of the suburbs?

    • Old factories beside the river
    • Newer houses with large gardens
    • Tall glass offices
    • Busy shopping streets

  7. Which of these is found in the CBD?

    • Busy shopping streets and tall offices
    • Newer houses on the outer ring
    • Cheap land and open green space
    • Houses with large gardens

  8. Where is land most expensive in a city?

    • In the centre, where businesses want to be
    • At the edge, where houses have gardens
    • On the green fields beyond the city
    • Along the old factory ring

  9. Why are buildings in the centre usually tall?

    • Land is scarce and expensive, so they build upwards to save space
    • Tall buildings are cheaper to build in the centre, because the ground is firmer there
    • The law says all buildings in the centre must be tall, whatever their use
    • The centre has the best views of the countryside, so people build tall to see it

  10. A photo shows tall glass offices and a busy shopping street. Which zone is it most likely to be?

    • The green edge of the city
    • Zone 5, the suburbs
    • The outer rural fringe
    • Zone 1, the CBD

  11. A photo shows rows of newer houses with large gardens. Which zone is it most likely to be?

    • Zone 5, the suburbs
    • The busy shopping centre
    • The inner tall offices
    • Zone 1, the CBD

  12. Which change happens as you move from the centre of a city to its edge?

    • Shops become more common than houses
    • Buildings become lower, newer and more spread out
    • Land becomes more expensive
    • Buildings become taller and more crowded

  13. What does a model mean in geography?

    • A map that shows only the rivers and lakes of a region, with no roads or towns marked
    • A perfect photo of one real city, copied exactly and shown without any changes
    • A type of shop found only in the busy centre of the largest towns and cities
    • A simple diagram of the usual pattern, even if no city is exactly like it

  14. Why might a real city NOT match the land-use model exactly?

    • Real cities have no centre and no edge, so the model cannot be used to describe them at all
    • Models are only used for rural villages, so they never describe the layout of cities
    • Real cities are shaped by rivers, roads and history, so they can differ
    • Every real city is built exactly like the model, with the same zones in the same places

  15. A new hospital needs lots of land and good transport. Which zone is the best place for it?

    • Zone 1, the CBD, where land is cheapest
    • The centre of the old factory ring, which has no transport
    • The suburbs, where there is space and good road access
    • The edge of the city, away from all roads

  16. Explain why the centre of a city is so different from the edge.

    • Land in the centre is cheap, so buildings spread out there while the edge stays tightly built up
    • The centre has no roads, so it cannot have shops or offices, which must be built at the edge
    • Land in the centre is scarce and expensive, so it is built up, while the edge has cheaper land
    • The edge has tall offices because it is closer to the sea and has better views of the water

  17. A pupil says the edge of the city has the tallest buildings. Which correction is right?

    • All buildings in a city are the same height
    • There are no buildings in a city at all
    • The tallest buildings are in the centre, where land is scarce and dear
    • The tallest buildings are at the edge, where land is cheapest

  18. Which feature best matches the edge of the city, as shown on the ring model?

    • More open green space and houses with gardens
    • Old factories packed tightly together
    • The Central Business District
    • Tall glass offices and expensive shops

  19. Which zone shows the transition between the CBD and the suburbs, with older housing and factories?

    • Zone 3 and 2, the inner city and the old factory ring
    • The city boundary beyond the suburbs, where the countryside begins to open out
    • Zone 1, the CBD, which is the busy centre full of shops and tall offices
    • Zone 5, the green edge, where newer houses have large gardens and open space

  20. Why is land at the edge of a city cheaper than land in the centre?

    • The sea floods the edge of the city every winter
    • Fewer businesses want land far from the easy-to-reach centre
    • The government gives away all land at the edge free
    • The edge has no roads, so no one can build there

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