Rural areas Flashcards
What are considered rural areas
Farms and villages
What kind of jobs are done in rural areas
Jobs that are linked to the land
Examples of jobs done in rural areas
-Farming
-Mining
-Foresty
-Finishing
Farming settlements
-These are settlements where the main occupation is producing food from the land
-People may live in individual farms or in villages
-There are fields and grazing lands around farms and villages
Mining settlements
-Some settlements develop because minerals can be found in the ground
-Many of the people in these settlements work in mines
Foresty settlements
-Forests are planted to supply wood
-Woods is used to build and to make paper
-Settlements are developed into saw mills and paper mills
Fishing settlements
-Fishing villages can be found along coasts and lakes
-The main occupation of people in these villages is catching or processing fish