What is urbanisation?

The increase in the proportion of people living in cities.

Which are factors that make a place MORE liveable?

Open spaces, low crime rate, access to education

A political, economic and social system to organise society

What was the Renaissance?

a rebirth of classical knowledge and learning

The catholic church was very significant in medieval times because

they learnt from childhood how to behave and what to believe

A positive impact of urbanisation is....

better housing, better education

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Year 8 Humanities - Test what you know

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1
A peasant can be described as someone who
undertook the bulk of physical work related to farming
paid taxes and rent to the wealthy
made up the majority of the population
All of the above
2
In medieval times people had to prove their innocence by
be bound and tossed into a river
swearing an oath before God
all of the above
holding onto a hot iron or walking across coals
3
What is urbanisation?
The increase in the proportion of people working in industries.
The increase in the proportion of people living in farms.
The increase in the proportion of people living in cities.
The decrease in the proportion of people living in cities.
4
Who were leading innovators of the Renaissance?
C
A
All of the above
D
5
What are some impacts of human change of landscapes & landforms?
Habitat loss
Increased levels of pollution
Endangered species
All of the above
6
Which one is NOT an example of PULL factors?
climate
sports
jobs
healthcare
7
Identify a problem associated with megacities.
traffic congestion
all of these
urban heat island effect
pressure on water supplies
8
1. The medieval era in Europe lasted how long?
500 years
1000 years
10 years
100 years
9
Feudalism offered
Freedom
Money
Trade
Protection
10
What are landforms?
Features which make up terrain
Boring
Mountains
Animal habitats
11
What was the birthplace of the Renaissance?
Constantinople
Florence
Greece
Italy
12
Megacities have a population over
one hundred thousand people
10 billion people
Ten million people
10 hundred thousand people
13
Which are factors that make a place MORE liveable?
No access to education, bad weather, pollution
Open spaces, low crime rate, access to education
High crime rate, pollution, no public transport
Overcrowded, no public transport, pollution
14
What did the Magna Carta say?
No seizing property
The king had to obey the laws.
No taxes unless all the leaders agree
All of the above
15
Can landscapes be man made?
Yes
I dont know
No
16
Feudalism was...
Education, economic and social system
Religious, economic and social system
A political, economic and social system to organise society
All of the above
17
Which one is an example of a push factor?
gold
war
family
climate
18
The medieval era was also known as
Pre-historic times
Ancient civilisations
The Middle Ages
The Early Ages
19
Examples of landforms are..?
Plateaus, Glaciers, Great barrier reef.
Hills, Mountains, plains.
Caves, Mountains, Tokyo.
Glaciers, Burdekin bridge, Reefs.
20
Entrepreneurship
A really long word.
Creating your own businesses.
A business.
21
What was the Renaissance?
A time when Feudalism was the primary social structure
A return to traditional worldviews
a rebirth of classical knowledge and learning
remembering the past
22
An environmental consequence of urbanisation is...
Air pollution
Better air quality
Taller trees
Better beaches
23
The cause of the Bubonic Plague (Black Death) was
rats
mosquitos
cats
fleas on rats
24
The catholic church was very significant in medieval times because
they lived in a castle
they ate lots of food
they learnt from childhood how to behave and what to believe
the king liked them
25
A positive impact of urbanisation is....
better housing
poor quality drinking water
better education
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