Geog

Geography chapter 1
Agriculture: Growing of crops or rearing of animals
Communications: Exchange of information and ideas between people
Interaction: Process where two things affect each other’s development
Population: Refers to the people occupying an area
Settlements: Places where people live and carry out activities
Transport: Movement of people or goods from one place to another using vehicles
Geography chapter 2
Ageing population: Population that comprises a growing percentage of elderly people
Birth Rate: Refers to the number of live birth per 1000 people per year
Death Rate: Refers to the number of deaths per 1000 people per year




Financial Planning: Refers to early planning to ensure people have sufficient resources to meet their live goals
High rate of population growth: Rapid increase in population
Low rate of population growth: Slow increase in population
Population Density: Number of people living per unit area of land
Population Distribution: Spread of people over a unit area of land
Population Growth: Refers to the change in population size. It can be positive or negative. In instances where there is no change in population, the population growth is said to be zero
Geography chapter 3
Settlements: Place where people live and carry out activities such as farming, trading and manufacturing
Rural Settlement: Settlement where majority of the people are involve in activities such as farming, fishing and mining. Population size is often small and population density is low
Urban Settlement: A city or town where the majority of the people are involve in activities such as manufacturing and business. Population size is often large and population density high.
Settlement pattern: Arrangement of buildings in a settlement. There are three types of settlement patters→Dispersed, linear and nucleated.


Dispersed settlement are made up of individual buildings scattered over wide area.
Linear settlements are located along main...