Grade 9 Rural Settlements

Last updated over 5 years ago

10 questions

Last updated over 5 years ago

10 questions

"Today more than half of all people in the world live in an urban area. By mid-century this will increase to 70%, but as recently as a hundred years ago only two out of ten people lived in a city and before that it was even less. How have we reached such a high degree of urbanization and what does it mean for our future?"

Watch the following video and explain how settlements have evolved over the past 14 000 years into modern day settlements. You may not copy and paste any answers from any source what so ever. (15)

Use the PowerPoint on Rural Settlements to answer the following questions.
You may not copy and paste. You must use your own words and summarise.

Work through slides 6-10 in the PowerPoint and then watch the following video on settlement sites.