Settlement keyword test - answers
A place where people live – settlement
A settlement shape where the houses are in a line – linear
A settlement where the houses are all spread out – dispersed
A settlement where the houses are all clustered together – nucleated
The actual place where a settlement grew up – site
Shown on a map by the points of a compass – direction
How high or low a place is. Measured in metres above sea level – height
How the land in towns or the countryside is used. It includes housing, industry and farming. – landuse
The shape of the land surface – aspect
The pattern of land use in a town – urban model