Settlement Vocab

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Accessibility

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How easy a place is to get to

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Residential and commercial development at a city's edge

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Suburb

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Village

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a small community or group of houses in a rural area

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Hierarchy

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Ranking of settlements by size or importance.

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How settlements are spread over land

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Pattern

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Inhabitants or dwellings per unit area

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Density

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Urbanization

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the increase in the percentage of people living in cities

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Site: the exact location where a settlement began.

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the exact location where a settlement began.

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Dwelling

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a house, apartment, or other place of residence.

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A large town.

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City