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Settlement 1

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In Geography a 'settlement' means a community of people - it can be permanent or temporary, large or small.

Settle down and try the following quiz to see how much you know about the subject.

1 .
Which of these settlements is the smallest?
Conurbation
Hamlet
Town
Village
A hamlet has a few houses and no services
2 .
To help understand settlements we use a land use what?
Estimate
Model
Project
Scale
Models simplify a real situation
3 .
Burgess made a 1924 land use model for which city?
Chicago
Edinburgh
London
New York
It has been used to explain land use in many cities
4 .
What type of houses are joined together in a line?
Detached
Prefabricated
Semi-detached
Terraced
Built from the 19th century onwards
5 .
Settlements that follow a transport route are called what?
Elongated
Lateral
Linear
Serpentine
Linear settlements sometimes follow a valley floor
6 .
In what settlement are buildings closely grouped?
Concentrated
Condensed
Focused
Nucleated
7 .
A housing area on the edge of a town is called what?
Sub-standard
Subterfuge
Subterranean
Suburb
8 .
The function of a settlement can be what?
Its age
Its shape
The land it is built on
The uses people have for it
Function can also be the reason why it was built
9 .
The edge of an urban area is the rural-urban what?
Fence
Fringe
Parting
Partition
10 .
What means the location of a settlement in relation to surrounding features?
Function
Relief
Site
Situation
Author:  Jan Crompton

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