Geography- settlements

Before the last ice age - 120,000 years ago, people were 

• hunters and gatherers
• cavemen
• uneducated
• awesome

People were able to settle in the one place after they 

• worked out how to farm
• found cities
• made roads
• created families

A settlement is 

• A group of people living and working together
• A group of buildings in which people live.
• A agreement to pass a sum of money, items or property from one person to another.
• All of these

A megalopolis is the same as a 

• Hamlet
• Village
• City
• Megacity

A hamlet is bigger than a 

• City
• Megacity
• Conurbation
• Farm

 A metropolis is smaller than a

• conurbation
• hamlet
• town
• city

A settlement hierarchy is

• an order of importance or size.
• an order of age.
• an order of historical importance.
• order based on empire/expansion
  an order of size of expansion/empire

A settlement with between 100-2500 people would be a 

• city
• hamlet
• village
• large town

A settlement with 10,000 people would be a  

• Town
• Village
• Hamlet
• City

A settlement with more than 1 million people would be a 

• Conurbation
• City
• Hamlet
• Village