Definitions

Question 1

Urban

Answer 1

A feature of, or situated in a town or city.

Question 2

Rural

Answer 2

Countryside, farms

Question 3

Settlement

Answer 3

A place where people live

Question 4

Site

Answer 4

The land that the settlement is BUILT ON

Question 5

Situation

Answer 5

Description of the land AROUND the settlement.

Question 6

Functions

Answer 6

What the settlement does. Eg. providing education, manufacturing, transport, business, housing/residential areas and entertainment

Question 7

Form

Answer 7

The shape of an urban area and the pattern found in it

Question 8

Hinterland

Answer 8

The area of consumer attraction. ie. area the store generally serves

Question 9

Market Threshold

Answer 9

The number of population or income needed to sustain the selling of a particular good or service

Question 10

Range of a good

Answer 10

How far people travel to obtain a good

Question 11

Low order goods

Answer 11

Everyday goods people get regularly. Eg. bread, milk, etc.

Question 12

High order goods

Answer 12

Expensive items that people get rarely. Eg. cars, washing machines etc.

Question 13

Meander

Answer 13

The bends of a river

Question 14

Channel/strait

Answer 14

A body of water between two islands

Question 15

Melaka

Answer 15

River between Malaysia and Indonesia

Question 16

Thames

Answer 16

River in London

Question 17

Siene

Answer 17

River in Paris

Question 18

Megalopolis

Answer 18

Several big cities growing in to each other (mega: big, polis: city in Greek)

Question 19

Reclaimed Land

Answer 19

Land which was once underwater but has been levelled out to increase the amount of land area

Question 20

CBD

Answer 20

Central Business District

Question 21

Secondary Business District

Answer 21

Smaller commercial/financial concentrations which were previously separate towns. Eg. Takapuna, Mt Wellington etc.