Theory question 101
Settlement(a)(i) Explain the term settlement. (ii) Name two major types of settlement. (b) Highlight any four factors that influence the location of settlements. (c) Outline, with examples, any four functions of settlements.
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(a)(i) A settlement is a place where people live and carry out their activities, made up of houses and other buildings and the routes linking them; it may be a single homestead, village, town or city.
(ii) Rural settlement and urban settlement (or nucleated and dispersed).
(b) Water supply; fertile land; defence (hilltops); route centres/nodal points; mineral deposits; flat, well-drained building land; absence of pests and diseases; government policy; sheltered harbours.
(c) Commercial (Kano, Onitsha); administrative (Abuja, Accra); port (Lagos, Tema); mining (Jos, Enugu); educational (Nsukka, Zaria); religious (Mecca, Rome); military (Jaji); tourist (Obudu, Cape Coast); industrial.
Give a named example for every function.