Settlements Terminology

5. a stand-alone house with no attached neighbours. Most common type of house in Slovakia.
8. Government buildings, public services (hospitals, school, public library)
9. a large city, usually when 2 cities have merged together.
10. clustered together in one spot
11. function focused on production and factories
12. where the settlement is located in relation to the surrounding features
15. where ships are loaded and unloaded. Trade function
17. a few houses near each other. No services nearby
19. the place that a settlement is built upon. It was chosen by the original settler
22. Leisure activities = sports centres, golf courses, gyms, cinemas
23. ______ site = land that has never been built on/used before.
24. ________Dwelling = just one house on its own. Usually a farm.
26. sparsely populated, countryside, villages
27. Sphere of ________ is the area served by a settlement.
28. Main land use is accommodation = houses and flats.

1. Space Land which is left open = parks, nature reserves, sports fields
2. Tourism ______ = a place whose main function is tourism
3. the main purpose/activity of a settlement
4. Farmland – can be for crops or for animal grazing.
6. Anything that makes profit = shops, offices, cafes. Includes business centres and shopping centres.
7. The distance people are prepared to travel to use a service or buy a product.
13. settlement clustered together in one spot
14. _____ population = The minimum number of people needed to support a service or business.
16. multiple houses all in a row, attached on both sides to another house.
18. ____ town = function where farmers buy and sell goods
20. ________ site = land that has been built on/used before.
21. settlement spread out across an area
25. densely populated, built-up, towns and cities