Settlement 1

Site refers to...

• the actual ground the settlement is built on.

• the area surrounding the settlement.

• A place where it is easiest to cross a large river.

Aspect refers to

• If the land is slanted rather than flat.

• The direction in which a place is facing.

• The way in which people protect themselves from attack.

Drainage refers to

• The location where different routes meet.

• Protection from weather by trees, mountains etc.

• Natural removal of water from an area.

• The height of a place above sea level.

Slope refers to

• The height, the aspect and the slope of an area.

• A location where different routes meet.

• When land is slanted rather than flat.

Shelter is

• Protection from weather by trees, mountains etc.

• The height, the aspect and the slope of an area.

• A place where it is easiest to cross a large river.

• The natural removal of water from an area.

A Nodal point is

• A location where different routes meet.

• A place where it is easiest to cross a large river.

• The height of a place above sea level.

Bridging point on a river

• Is protection from weather by trees, mountains etc.

• Is a location where different routes meet.

• Is a place where it is easiest to cross a large river.

Coastal areas are

• On a river, where it is easiest to cross a large river.

• Sheltered harbours, where trade and fishing attracted people to coastal locations.

• Different ways in which people protect themselves from attack.

Relief describes

• the height, the aspect and the slope of an area.

• The ways in which people protect themselves from attack.

• The height of a place above sea level.

• When land is slanted rather than flat.

Defence refers

• To ways in which people protect themselves from attack.

• To the height of a place above sea level.

• To the height of a place above sea level.

• To when land is slanted rather than flat.