Settlements

What is site?

• the actual land occupied by the settlement

• the shape of the village

• the main activities of the settlement

• the location of the settlement in relation to the area around it

Which of the following are factors that would stop people from living in an area?

• At the bottom of a hill

• Near a natural bridge

• The area where crops can be sheltered by mountains/trees

• Marshy land

The name given to the actual land a settlement is built on:

• space

• situation

• site

Which of these is the smallest settlement?

• Village

• Town

• Hamlet

If we were to rank settlements in size order, we would draw a ________________

• Map

• Model

• Hierarchy

4. It is a settlement that is usually a single house or a series of buildings that exist far from others. These types of houses are typically in rural areas maybe connected with a farm or an industry that requires a lot of space.

• Hamlet

• Village

• Isolated dwelling

A type of settlement with more than 10 million people living there, and Tokyo Japan is one of it.

Which type of settlement is it?

• City

• Megacity

• Town

It is a type of settlement referring to large urban areas that sees a merging together of more than one city or with surrounding towns.

• Large city

• Conurbations

• Villages

It means places or location where people set up homes to live.

• Settlement hierarchy

• Settlement pattern

• Human settlement

If a location is urban, it is:

• outside towns and cities

• within towns and cities

• far away from main centres of population