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Settlements Flashcards

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What is a settlement?

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A settlement is a place where people live. They can be large like a city or small like a village. If a settlement grows, it is normally because it has a reason for being there. This is a function.

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A port is…

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A place from where things are imported and exported by ship.

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An industrial town is…

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A place where things are made (manufactured) in factories.

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A market town is…

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A place where things are bought and sold, especially to do with farming products.

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A resort is…

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A place where people go on holiday to relax and enjoy themselves.

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6
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Finish the sentence

The larger settlement…

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the more functions it will have.

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London had a port, is industrial, has a market, and is a good holiday area.
Would it be a large settlement?

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Yes, since a large settlement would have most of those functions.

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Give six factors that may have been taken into account when choosing a site for a settlement.

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Food,
Flat Land,
Water Supply,
Protection,
Building material,
High above a river.
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When a settlement develops what are the structures that it could take?

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Nucleated,
Linear,
Dispersed (Scattered)

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10
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Draw the diagram of the settlement structures.

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See drawing.

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Describe the nucleated settlement structure.

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Nucleated is when the settlement is bunched around a central point.

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Describe the linear settlement structure.

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Linear is the settlement spread across a line.

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Describe the dispersed settlement structure.

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Dispersed is when the settlements are spread out from each other.

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Name four problems of large settlements.

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Four from:

Crime,
Pollution,
Homelessness,
Crowds/ Traffic
Littering,
High Prices
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Name four advantages of large settlements.

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Four from:

Stable Environment,
Public Transport,
Entertainment,
Job opportunity,
Better services,
Better paying jobs
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Put in order the parts of the town going from the center of the town to the outskirts of it. And an example building for each.

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Central Business District - Shops & Offices
Inner City - Terraced Houses, Flats & Hotels
Inner Suburbs - Semi-detached houses
Outer Suburbs - Largest houses with big gardens.

17
Q

Make a hierarchy of settlement types.

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City,
Town
Village
Hamlet
Farm
18
Q

List high-order goods and descriptions.

A 
City Centre,
Clothes,
Fridge,
Choice Furniture,
Suburbs
19
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List low order goods and descriptions.

A 
Newspaper,
Local specialists,
Milk,
Potatoes,
Bread
20
Q

Categorize the City Centre Advantages.

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Centre of Communication network
Modern facilities
Easy to get to

21
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Categorize the City Centre Disadvantages.

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Dirty,

Crowded

22
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Categorize the Out of Town Advantages.

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Parking spaces,
Cheap land
Away from other businesses

23
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Categorize the Out of Town Disadvantages.

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Need a car to get there,

Away from other businesses

24
Q

Name ways to stop congestion in urban regions.

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Improve public transport,
Park and Ride Schemes
Pedestrianization
Encourage people to share cars into work and building ring roads

25
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What did CBD have to resort to, to solve their lack of space problem? And why?

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Build upwards. Other companies wanted to get as close to the center as possible. This is why there are many skyscrapers.

26
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What is air pollution called?

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Smog

27
Q

Where was the most famous air pollution incident?

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LA (Los Angeles)

28
Q

What can poor air quality lead to?

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Increasing cases of Asthma and Bronchitis

29
Q

Name ways to hinder pollution.

A

Cleaner fuels,
More Litter Bins,
Banning heavy vehicles from CBD’s
Encourage the growth of out-of-town shopping centres

30
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What are the effects of encouraging out-of-town shopping?

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Helps traffic,
Helps land prices,
Helps pollution problems,
But CBD’s will start to decine

31
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Give a definition for the zones of the city.

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CBD - Very few people living here
IC - Dense housing very closely packed in
IS - Larger houses with more space
OS - Cheapest land so more space to spread. Largest houses with big gardens.

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