Settlement

Question 1

Explain why people started to form settlements

Answer 1

Nomadic site settlement dwelling agriculture hunting and gathering

Question 2

Explain what makes a good site

Answer 2

A site that makes it a good site is on top of a mountain for defence, flat to build on easily, next to a river to enable trade and transport and next to forest for wood to keep warm

Question 3

Identify and describe different settlement patterns

Answer 3

Linear = this is when the buildings form a straight line along a road, river or the transport route.

Nuclear = This is when buildings of a settlement form a cluster

Dispersed = This is when the buildings of the settlement are spread out and follow no obvious pattern

Question 4

Explain some of the reasons for urban growing in the U.K.

Answer 4

Industrial revolution

Question 5

The advantages and disadvantages of living in a city

Answer 5

Advantages: Job opportunities, Entertainment , Visit lots of things, shopping, transport

Disadvantages: Over crowding, heavy traffic, lack of safety,