Geography Crossword - Settlement
Across
- 2. When urban settlements expand it is called...
- 3. A measurement of the population per unit land area
- 4. Goods or services that are bought infrequently and are expensive.
- 7. The term used to describe a less-developed or developing settlement.
- 8. A group of houses and buildings, smaller than a town but larger than a hamlet
- 10. A settlement pattern type - buildings and roads are closely packed.
- 12. A settlement pattern type - buildings have large distances between them.
- 15. The term used to describe an area of land that is unusable due to pollution
- 17. The smallest/lowest order settlement is called a...
- 18. In a settlement, this is where most businesses are located.
- 20. The term used to describe the process of a rural settlement developing.
Down
- 1. When a previously abandoned settlement is redeveloped and rebuilt it is called...
- 5. When businesses close and people move out of a settlement it is called...
- 6. The term used to describe an area that is undeveloped or used for agriculture
- 9. A single outstanding size and importance which has absorbed other urban areas - often the capital of countries.
- 11. An area of makeshift housing, also known as 'shanty' towns
- 13. Goods or services that are bought frequently and are cheap/affordable
- 14. The term used to describe a developed settlement.
- 16. The factors that affect a persons quality of life and which can be measured
- 19. A human settlement of notable size, it is 3rd highest on the settlement heirarchy