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Ordnance survey Flashcards

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1
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What is scale

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Scale is the ratio between distance on the map and corrosponding distance on the ground

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What is a map

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A map is a drawing or plan of earths surface

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What are the three ways scale is represented on the map

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Representitive fraction, linear scale, statement of scale

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4
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What is ireland divided into

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25 sub zones

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What is a plateau?

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An upland area that is mainly flat

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What is a hill?

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Land that can rise up to 300 metres

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What is a lowland?

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A wide area of land below 300 metres

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What is a gap?

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An opening between two mountains or hills

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What is a mountain?

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Land that rises above 300 metres

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What is a Valley?

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A long depressions between hills or mountains

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What is upland?

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A wide area of land above 300 metres

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What is a ridge?

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A long narrow line of hills or mountains

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What are the signs of a well drained area?

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  • settlement

* lots of roads

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What are the signs of a badly drained area?

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  • no settlement close to rivers
  • roads are built away from rivers
  • river meandering through the low lands
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Why is don’t many people live in mountains?

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  • it is difficult and costly to build roads in the mountains so there are not many roads so it is not acsessible
  • it is very difficult to build houses up mountains because of the altitude
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What are the factors that influence rural settlement?

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  • altitude
  • slope
  • drainage
  • shelter
  • aspect
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How does shelter influence rural settlement?

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There is settlement in sheltered valleys because they are warmer

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What is aspect?

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This is the direction the slope is facing

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How does aspect influence settlement?

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There is more settlement on south facing slops than there are on north facing slopes because south facing slopes are warmer because they get more sun

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What is dispersed settlement?

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In dispersed settlement houses are scattered around the counrtyside. These are usually farmhouses with farms ans outbuildings around them.

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What is ribbon/linear settlement?

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Houses are built along a road or coastline

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What is nucleated/clustered settlement?

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Houses are grouped together, usually around a crossroad or where roads meet

23
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Factors that influence the locations of towns

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  • flat or gently sloping land
  • rivers
  • roads/transport
  • coasts
  • defence
24
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How do you spot a gently sloping or flat area on a map?

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The contours are spread apart

25
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Why are towns built at a bridging point?

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The town benefits from trade and and rivers are used as water supply, food (catching fish) and transport

26
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What is there evidence on the map for religion?

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Monastaries
Friaries
Churchers

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What is there evidence on the map for markets?

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  • roads meeting
  • local agricultural markets
  • shopping
28
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What is there evidence on the map for bays?

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  • docks
  • quays
  • sheltered bay
  • lighthouses
  • beacons
29
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What is there evidence on the map for education?

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  • schools

* colleges

30
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What is there evidence on the map for medical?

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Hospital

31
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What is there evidence on the map for services?

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Garda

Post office

32
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What is there evidence on the map for manufacturing/industrial?

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Industrial estate

33
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What is there evidence on the map for tourism/recreational?

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  • beaches
  • antiquities
  • caravan parks
  • golf courses
  • mountains
  • lakes
  • football pitches
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What is there evidence on the map for transport?

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  • roads
  • railway
  • airport
  • canals
35
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What does ath mean?

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Crossing point of a river

36
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What does ford mean?

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Crossing point of a river

37
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What does baile mean?

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A small settlement

38
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What does líos, rath, cashel, dún mean?

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Ancient ringforts

39
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What does cill mean?

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A church

40
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What type of site would you need for building any type of building?

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  • Large, flat, site
  • room for expansion
  • carpark
  • gas, electrictiy
  • cheap site
41
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What kind of transport system would you need for a factory?

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  • good road, railway station or port to bring in/export raw materials
  • need roads to bring in workers
42
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What kind of transport system would you need for a leisure centre?

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•road network to bring in customers

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What kind of transport system would you need for a school?

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•roads for buses and cars to bring and collect teachers/students from school

44
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What kind of transport system would you need for a supermarket?

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•roads to bring in customers and materials

45
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Why would you need a town/city near a factory?

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To provide workers

46
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Why would you need a town/city near a leisure centre?

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To provide customers

47
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Why would you need a town/city near a school?

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It provides students and teachers

48
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Why would you need a town/city near a supermarket?

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•Provides workers and customers

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