Year 7 Geography settlement flash cards

Central Business District

centre of a town associated with shops, offices and high rise buildings.

Commuter

People who travel to work from the settlement they live in

Function

Purpose (s) of a settlement which change & often increase over time

Detached housing

A house surrounded by its own grounds

Inner city

Land use zone just outside the CBD (mixture of old and new housing)

Inner suburbs

Land use zone between inner city and outer suburbs (newer housing)

Land use model

Diagram showing how different areas of a town or city are used

Location factors

Specific reasons why settlers chose a site, such as water supply or defence

Outer suburbs

Land use zone on outskirts of city (housing, shops and industry)

Rural

A place that is in the countryside

Settlement

A place where people live e.g. city, town, village, hamlet

Settlement growth

How a settlement changes over time (in terms of size, buildings and function)

Settlement pattern

Shape of a settlement (linear/nucleated/dispersed)

Site

The specific location of a settlement originally as a result of physical factors

Situation

The location of a settlement in relation to its surrounding area

Terrace housing

Rows of houses which are joined together

Urban

A place which is mainly covered by buildings such as a town or city

Human features

Anything made or added to land by humans such as buildings, roads and bridges

Physical features

Natural things such as hills, rivers and woods

Relief (in terms of geography)

The word used to describe the shape of the land

Contour lines close together

Steep slope

No or very few contour lines

Flat land

Contour lines far apart

Gentle slope