Module 3: Settlement Geography - Land Use and Rural Issues

Vocabulary flashcards covering land use in rural settlements, types of farming, settlement complexity, and rural settlement issues in South Africa.

Subsistence Farming

Small-scale farming using traditional methods where the farmer mainly grows a variety of crops in small quantities to meet family needs, with little contribution to the country's economy.

Commercial Farming

Large-scale, capital-intensive farming using modern methods and technology to grow one main crop, with the main purpose of making a profit.

Intensive Farming

A type of commercial farming where every available piece of land is used, yielding a high output per hectare, and requiring high capital and labour input.

Extensive Farming

Farming on large tracts of land where yield per hectare is low compared to the size of the land, usually occurring in semi-arid or less fertile areas.

Karoo

A region in South Africa cited as an example of extensive sheep farming on less fertile or semi-arid land.

Isolated Farmstead

The smallest rural settlement, which grows in size and complexity depending on the functions that it offers.

Rural Poverty Rate in South Africa

About $70\%$ of South Africa's poor live in rural areas, which are characterized by high levels of poverty and limited job opportunities.

Rural Settlement Issues

Key challenges affecting rural South Africans, including limited income, high cost of living, dependence on agriculture due to poor infrastructure, influence of traditional leaders, and isolation caused by past policies.