WASSCE Geography · Paper 1 style

Settlement

One sample question with the full working. 3 more in the app, with instant feedback and repair sessions for the traps below.

A small rural settlement of a few houses is a

Aconurbation
Bcity
Cmarket town
Dhamlet

Show the answer and working

Answer: D

Few houses = hamlet.

Trap A Settlement pattern errors: Nucleated: clustered (defence, water point). Dispersed: scattered farmsteads. Linear: along roads, rivers or coasts. Site = actual land; situation = relation to surroundings.

Trap B Reverses the process or effect: Trace the cause and effect step by step and check the direction at each step.

Trap C Picks a closely related feature or term: Learn related features as contrasting pairs: how each forms and what it looks like.

Traps in Settlement

Settlement pattern errors
Nucleated: clustered (defence, water point). Dispersed: scattered farmsteads. Linear: along roads, rivers or coasts. Site = actual land; situation = relation to surroundings.
Reverses the process or effect
Trace the cause and effect step by step and check the direction at each step.
Picks a closely related feature or term
Learn related features as contrasting pairs: how each forms and what it looks like.
Gives only part of the answer
Recall the full definition or list of factors and check the option covers it.

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