3rd Year Revision Test: Settlement
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(1) Name the three types of rural settlement patterns and explain one in detail, with the
aid of a labelled diagram (15 marks)
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(2) Define the term primate city and give one named example. (10 marks)
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(3) Write five pieces of information about the Dutch Polder project. (20 marks)
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(4) Give three examples of the functions of settlement. (10 marks)
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(5) ‘The function of a town may change overtime’. Name a town that you have studied
whose function has changed. Describe and explain the change in function that has
taken place. (10 marks)
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(6) Define the term communications. (5 marks)
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(7) Explain the development of any transport network that you have studied. (10 marks)
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(8) Define the following terms: (20 marks)
Multi-functional
Resource- based settlement Nodal Point Dormitory Town
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Predicted Grade: ______________
Actual Grade:_________________