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Grade 11 Settlement Hierarchy

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Use the PowerPoint: Settlement Hierarchy and Sphere of influence to answer the following questions.
You may not copy and paste. You must use your own words and summarise.
Question 1
1.

What is a settlement hierarchy?

Question 2
2.

Name 3 criteria that the order of settlements in a settlement hierarchy is based upon.

Question 3
3.

Why is the hierarchy drawn as a triangle with a wide base and a narrow point?

Question 4
4.

Why should you not rank settlement according to population size?

Question 5
5.

What is the most important criteria used to rank settlements?

Question 6
6.

Refer to slide 10.
(a) name a function found in a hamlet (1)
(b) name two functions found in a village that are not found in a hamlet (2)
(c) name five functions found in a town that are not found in a hamlet or village (5)

Question 7
7.

What is mean't by the Threshold population?

Question 8
8.

What happens to the size of the settlement and distance between similar sized settlements as you move up the hierarchy?

Question 9
9.

What is mean't by "low order goods"? Provide 3 examples of this type of business.

Question 10
10.

What is mean't by "high order goods"? Provide 3 examples of this type of business.

Question 11
11.

What is the (a) the frequency of use (b) the maximum distance customers will travel and (c) the threshold population for: (i) low (ii) middle and (iii) high order goods?

Question 12
12.

Complete the exercise for slide 12 and provide 3 examples of (a) convenience (b) comparison and (c) specialist goods

Question 13
13.

Choose the category the shop or service fits into. (Drag and drop)

  • general store
  • pub
  • telephone box
  • newsagents
  • chainstore
  • supermarket
  • hardware shop
  • library
  • bank
  • art gallery
  • departmental store
  • eye surgeon
  • university
  • cathedral
  • Convenience
  • Comparison
  • Specialist
Question 14
14.

What is mean't by sphere of influence?

Question 15
15.

What is mean't by range?

Question 16
16.

Rank the following shopping centres (drag and drop) starting with the one with the largest range:

  • Rank 1
  • Rank 2
  • Rank 3
  • Rank 4
  • large supermarket
  • coner shop
  • departmental store
  • regional shopping centre
Question 17
17.

Explain why the sphere of influence of the corner shop is much smaller than that of the department store.