Why People Live Where They Do (WPLWTD)

Question 1

WPLWTD 1

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Answer 1

1. A suitable climate: grasslands, temperate areas which are neither too hot nor too cold and not too dry or too wet.

Question 2

WPLWTD 2

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Answer 2

2. Fresh water: from rivers and lakes from animal and human consumption, cooking, washing and irrigation.

Question 3

WPLWTD 3

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Answer 3

3. Flat, fertile land; where there is silt and people can grow crops and keep livestock.

Question 4

WPLWTD 4

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Answer 4

4. Type of vegetation and natural features that are suited to human needs. For example, people settle on the coast where there is a natural harbour, and not along the slopes of steep mountains. People prefer to settle where vegetation can provide food,shade,wood for fuel and for building shelters.

Question 5

WPLWTD 5

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Answer 5

5. Resources: wildlife, fish, minerals, (like gold,diamonds,coal,chrome and platinum) and at present petroleum oil, jobs and people.

Question 6

How could different areas differentiate?

Answer 6

Resources, jobs, climate, access to water, amount of amenities.