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WorksheetsGeog: settlements key word revision
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 11mins
A place where people live e.g hamlet, village, town, city
(a)
The location of a settlement in relation to its surroundings
(a)
The place where a settlement was built
(a)
the main activity of a place - affects its economic and social development
(a)
Larger than a village – tens of thousands of people. All services of a village and hamlet, plus railway station, secondary schools, leisure centre, health centre, small shopping centre, supermarket and banks
(a)
the ranking of settlement by size
Settlement hierarchy
City
Hamlet
Function
an inhabited place of greater size, population, or importance than a town or village. All services of a town and village, plus university, cathedral, hospital, sports stadium, airport, large shopping centres. Including a wide range of specialist services that may not be found in other settlements. (a)
Larger than a village – tens of thousands of people. All services of a village and hamlet, plus railway station, secondary schools, leisure centre, health centre, small shopping centre, supermarket and banks
(a)
Match the following
Can vary in size from a few hundred people to a several thousand people. Services = primary schools, church, doctor’s surgery, small shops, bus service, pub
village
A small, isolate group of homes with usually no services.
hamlet
a large area formed from the growth and merging of two or more towns or cities
conurbation
a very large city, typically one with a population of over 10 million people
megacity
Match the following
the area served by a particular settlement
sphere of influence
a good or service, usually expensive, that people buy only occasionally
high order services
the services people use on a regular basis (hamlets & villages usually have low goods & order services only
low order service
– Goods that people buy every day. They don't usually cost much money and people would not normally travel far to buy them.
convenience goods (low order goods)
offers a good quality of life to current residents but doesn't reduce the opportunities for future residents to enjoy, with minimal damage to the environment.
sustainable city
Match the following
no carbon emissions are being produced from a product or service
zero carbon
a sustainable source of power which can be used indefinitely
renewable energy
the amount of space required to produce the resources we use
ecological footprint
using resources in a manner which allows them to be available for future generations
sustainable
