Settlement Flashcards
What is a settlement?
A settlement is a place where people live! It can be as small as a village or as large as the city!
How is Norn Iron settlement unique?
It is because most of the land and houses is countryside
What are the seven reasons of why people would settle in a place?
Water supply, good farmland, forest for materials, natural resources, no risk of flooding, shelter, altitude for a viewpoint.
Name four settlement sites!
You could have:
Wetpoint, Gap, drypoint, defensive, convergence, confluence, bridging, foothill.
What does the wetpoint Site mean?
It means it’s close to water! Booyah baby
What is a confluent site?
It is a place where rivers meet!
What is the foot Hill site?
It is a sheltered flatland beside a hill
What is the smallest type of site?
A farm
What is the largest kind of site?
A conurbation
What Does a conurbation consist of?
Many towns and cities
What do we set all our settlements into?
A settlement hierarchy
What does the hamlet consist of in service-wise?
It consists of only houses and bus stops
What does a conurbation have service-wise?
Everything
What are the difference of settlement functions?
A market and industrial and port and tourist and fishing town
Where do farmers buy and sell goods function-wise?
Market