Settlements

Question 1

Define the word site.

Answer 1

A place where settlements begin which is determined by the availability of the most important resource to that particular settlement.

Question 2

What river is the city of London located?

Answer 2

The river Thames

Question 3

What river is the city of kinshasa located?

Answer 3

The Congo River

Question 4

What river is the city of Montreal located?

Answer 4

St. Lawrence

Question 5

What river is the city of New York located?

Answer 5

Hudson River

Question 6

What river is the city of Kolkata located?

Answer 6

The Ganges

Question 7

What river is the city of Paris located?

Answer 7

The river Seine

Question 8

What river is the city of Cairo located?

Answer 8

The Nile river

Question 9

What river is the city of Buenos Aires located?

Answer 9

Plate

Question 10

What river is the city of Rio de Janiero located?

Answer 10

The Grande

Question 11

What river is the city of Sydney located?

Answer 11

Parramatta

Question 12

What river is the city of Johannesburg located?

Answer 12

None(but receives water from the Vaal.

Question 13

How is it possible for a city like Johannesburg to exist without actually being located on a river?

Answer 13

This is because people settled here because of an abundance of a certain raw material(Gold). The money from trading the raw materials(Gold) allows for water to be pumped from the Vaal(40 km away) to Johannesburg.

Question 14

Define cultivation

Answer 14

The growing of crops such as wheat, maize, etc.

Question 15

Define livestock farming.

Answer 15

Rearing animals such as goats, sheep , etc.

Question 16

What does intensive farming focus on?

Answer 16

Focuses on high investment on small tracts of land and labour to produce a high output.

Question 17

What does extensive farming focus on?

Answer 17

Focuses on low capital and labour investments to produce a lower yield of resources than intensive farming.

Question 18

What resources would a farmer use to increase yield( intensive farming)

Answer 18

Irrigation, Pesticides, Fertilizers

Question 19

Where in South Africa can intensive farming be found?

Answer 19

In the Higveld

Question 20

Where in South Africa will you find extensive farming?

Answer 20

In the Karoo.

Question 21

Define the term Isohyet

Answer 21

A line joining places of equal rainfall.

Question 22

What causes high rainfall in the east and low rainfall in the west of South Africa?

Answer 22

Warm ocean current on the east coast: more evaporation
and rain.
Cold ocean current on the west coast: less evaporation, less rain

Question 23

Define a trade/ transport town, and what are the three different types.

Answer 23

This is a town that develops where transport routes meet

1. Break of Bulk town(change of transport)
2. Junction town(intersection of two main transport routes)

3.Gap town(point of access at physical barrier)

Question 24

What are central places?

Answer 24

These are towns that provide urban goods and services to surrounding rural areas.

Question 25

What are specialised towns/cities?

Answer 25

Towns that develop because of one main function in that area

Question 26

Define a mining town

Answer 26

A town whose main function is extracting a mineral eg Klerksdorp (gold), Rustenburg (platinum)

Question 27

Define an educational town

Answer 27

A town whose main function is a university eg Stellenbosch, Grahamstown (Rhodes), Potchefstroom (NWU)

Question 28

Define a resort town

Answer 28

A town whose main function is recreation / holiday-making eg Margate

Question 29

Define an industrial town

Answer 29

A town whose main function is supporting an industry eg Sasolburg

Question 30

Define a Commuter town

Answer 30

A town whose main function is residential, with residents travellign to another town for work eg Hartbeespoort, Soweto

Question 31

How can you identify a CBD?

Answer 31

High-multi-storey buildings.
Expensive land values.
Shopping malls
Pedestrian precincts(areas where only pedestrians are allowed)

Question 32

Why is a CBD located in the centre a city.

Answer 32

• a central location for road/railways to converge
• the most accessible location for workers
• accessible to most people for shops and businesses

Question 33

Compare the inner city to the Suburbs

Answer 33

The inner city is typically found next to the CBD and has mainly high density houses or apartment blocks in a grid like pattern. Land prices are expensive.

Suburban houses are usually larger than inner city terraces and most have a garden. They are detached or semi-detached. Land prices are generally cheaper than in the CBD and inner city, although the desirability of housing can make some areas expensive.

Question 34

Define the rural-urban fringe.

Answer 34

Land on the edge of an urban area where the urban area ends and the rural area begins.

Question 35

Where can Heavy industry be found and why?

Answer 35

On the outskirts of CBDs and on flat land because it is easier to build and also because of Pollution.

Question 36

What are the needs of Heavy industry.

Answer 36

•Needs access to major roads or railways
• Large amount of water supply
• Cheap land as it develops horizontally and covers large areas of land
• Single-story buildings
• Requires large amount of power supply

Question 37

Where can light industry be found and why is it possible for it to be found here?

Answer 37

Located in the CBD, inner city, residential areas.
• Does not cause a lot of pollution.

Question 38

Describe how the light industry is run.

Answer 38

• Single-story or multi-story buildings.
• Requires smaller amount of power supply.
• Less traffic congestion.

Question 39

What are the functions of the rural urban fringe

Answer 39

•Light industry
•Residential
•businesses

Question 40

Define gentrification

Answer 40

The process of upgrading the value of a suburb when many residents renovate their houses.