Year 7 · Geography · The UK's landscape and people · Lesson 3

Settlements: site, situation and hierarchy

Settlements: site factors (water, defence, dry point, bridging point), site versus situation, and the settlement hierarchy from hamlet to conurbation.

17-minute video lesson

Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.

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What your child will learn

Explain site factors
Distinguish site and situation
Order the settlement hierarchy
Link size to services

The method

Site.
Why.
Situation.
Hierarchy.

Key words: settlement, site, situation, dry point, bridging point, hierarchy.

Worked examples

The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.

Question 1

What is a settlement?

Step 1: Live

Answer: a place where people live

Question 2

What is a settlement's site?

Step 1: Land

Answer: the land it is built on

Question 3

What is a settlement's situation?

Step 1: Surroundings

Answer: its position relative to surroundings