Information from maps and photographs

Question 1

What do you use to describe the physical landscape

Answer 1

• Relief - Look for areas of high and low ground to get an idea of the shape of the land
• Landforms - Look for spurs, valleys, steep and gentle slopes, convex and concave slopes, ridges, and saddles
• Drainage - Looking at which way rivers flow will give some indication of the slope of the land

Question 2

What can rural settlements be described as

Answer 2

Dispersed (usually a farm) or nucleated (number of people live close together)

Question 3

Describe the shape of urban settlements

Answer 3

Roughly circular unless affected by relief

Question 4

What is the location of a rural settlement determined by

Answer 4

The basic needs of its inhabitants

Question 5

What is rural land used for

Answer 5

Mainly farming

Question 6

What will be present if there is animal farming

Answer 6

Fences, dams, reservoirs and wind pumps

Question 7

What will be present if there is crop farming

Answer 7

Cultivated land

Question 8

What will be present for irrigation farming

Answer 8

Canals or furrows leading from dams, rivers, or reservoirs to the cultivated land

Question 9

What do orchards/ vineyards show

Answer 9

Fruit farming

Question 10

What does woodland often show

Answer 10

Timber plantations