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GCSE Settlement Quiz

Quiz by Matthew Corke

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  • Q1
    A settlement that has grown up along a route such as a road.
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    Linear settlement
    30s
  • Q2
    Settlements in an area in order of size, normally presented in a pyramid or a list
    Settlement hierarchy
    30s
  • Q3
    Central Business District (CBD) is the commercial (and sometimes cultural) heart of a city. It is dominated shops and offices many of which are found in tall skyscrapers.
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    CBD
    30s
  • Q4
    A residential area (a place where people live) in the countryside
    Rural settlement
    30s
  • Q5
    The area around a settlement that people will travel from to use the services.
    Sphere of influence
    30s
  • Q6
    Increase in the proportion of the countries population living in towns and cities due to rural to urban migration and natural increase
    Urbanisation
    30s
  • Q7
    Services to need a low population to support them e.g family mart
    Low order services
    30s
  • Q8
    Service that is required less frequently and requires a large market area to remain profitable.
    High order services
    30s
  • Q9
    The minimum number of people needed to ensure that demand is great enough for a service or a shop to be offered.
    Threshold population
    30s
  • Q10
    the max distance that people are prepared to travel to obtain the service
    Range
    30s
  • Q11
    a settlement pattern in which most of the houses are scattered in the countryside rather than being concentrated in towns and villages
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    Dispersed settlement
    30s
  • Q12
    A settlement in which houses and other buildings are tightly clustered around a central feature such as a church, village green or crossroads.
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    Nucleated settlement
    30s
  • Q13
    Land previously built on. Land is now derelict and disused, found in urban areas
    Brownfield site
    30s
  • Q14
    Land that has not yet been built on, normally located at the rural-urban fringe
    Greenfield site
    30s
  • Q15
    The movement of people from the city to surrounding villages
    Counter-urbanisation
    30s

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