Identifying Physical and Cultural Landscapes

Question 1

A physical landscape is made up of features that are:

Accepted Answer

Natural — A physical landscape consists of natural features formed without people.

Question 2

Which of these is a cultural landscape feature?

Accepted Answer

A railway line — A railway is human-made, making it part of the cultural landscape.

Question 3

Which of these is a physical landscape feature?

Accepted Answer

A mountain — A mountain forms naturally, so it belongs to the physical landscape.

Question 4

A blue line on a topographic map usually represents a:

Accepted Answer

River — Rivers, a physical feature, are shown in blue on the map.

Question 5

Paddy fields, roads and towns are all examples of:

Accepted Answer

Cultural landscape — All of these are made or changed by people, so they are cultural features.

Question 6

The best question to decide if a feature is cultural is:

Accepted Answer

Did people build or change it? — Anything built or altered by people is a cultural landscape feature.

Question 7

A dense network of roads and a town on a map suggests:

Accepted Answer

A trading or commercial centre — Many roads meeting at a town point to trade and commercial activity.

Question 8

Which pairing is correct?

Accepted Answer

Swamp = physical — A swamp is a natural feature, so it is part of the physical landscape.

Question 9

An area covered mainly by paddy fields suggests the main economic activity is:

Accepted Answer

Farming — Paddy fields indicate agriculture as the dominant economic activity.

Question 10

Which map colour usually shows a road (a cultural feature)?

Accepted Answer

Red — Roads are commonly drawn in red, marking them as cultural features.