Settlement Flashcards

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1
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What is a settlement?

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A settlement is a place where people live! It can be as small as a village or as large as the city!

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How is Norn Iron settlement unique?

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It is because most of the land and houses is countryside

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What are the seven reasons of why people would settle in a place?

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Water supply, good farmland, forest for materials, natural resources, no risk of flooding, shelter, altitude for a viewpoint.

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4
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Name four settlement sites!

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You could have:

Wetpoint, Gap, drypoint, defensive, convergence, confluence, bridging, foothill.

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What does the wetpoint Site mean?

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It means it’s close to water! Booyah baby

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What is a confluent site?

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It is a place where rivers meet!

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What is the foot Hill site?

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It is a sheltered flatland beside a hill

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8
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What is the smallest type of site?

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A farm

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What is the largest kind of site?

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A conurbation

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What Does a conurbation consist of?

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Many towns and cities

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What do we set all our settlements into?

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A settlement hierarchy

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What does the hamlet consist of in service-wise?

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It consists of only houses and bus stops

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What does a conurbation have service-wise?

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Everything

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14
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What are the difference of settlement functions?

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A market and industrial and port and tourist and fishing town

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Where do farmers buy and sell goods function-wise?

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Market

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16
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Is Belfast:
A) defensive
B) industrial
C) fishing town

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B