Ordnance survey

Question 1

What is scale

Answer 1

Scale is the ratio between distance on the map and corrosponding distance on the ground

Question 2

What is a map

Answer 2

A map is a drawing or plan of earths surface

Question 3

What are the three ways scale is represented on the map

Answer 3

Representitive fraction, linear scale, statement of scale

Question 4

What is ireland divided into

Answer 4

25 sub zones

Question 5

What is a plateau?

Answer 5

An upland area that is mainly flat

Question 6

What is a hill?

Answer 6

Land that can rise up to 300 metres

Question 7

What is a lowland?

Answer 7

A wide area of land below 300 metres

Question 8

What is a gap?

Answer 8

An opening between two mountains or hills

Question 9

What is a mountain?

Answer 9

Land that rises above 300 metres

Question 10

What is a Valley?

Answer 10

A long depressions between hills or mountains

Question 11

What is upland?

Answer 11

A wide area of land above 300 metres

Question 12

What is a ridge?

Answer 12

A long narrow line of hills or mountains

Question 13

What are the signs of a well drained area?

Answer 13

• settlement

* lots of roads

Question 14

What are the signs of a badly drained area?

Answer 14

• no settlement close to rivers
• roads are built away from rivers
• river meandering through the low lands

Question 15

Why is don’t many people live in mountains?

Answer 15

• it is difficult and costly to build roads in the mountains so there are not many roads so it is not acsessible
• it is very difficult to build houses up mountains because of the altitude

Question 16

What are the factors that influence rural settlement?

Answer 16

• altitude
• slope
• drainage
• shelter
• aspect

Question 17

How does shelter influence rural settlement?

Answer 17

There is settlement in sheltered valleys because they are warmer

Question 18

What is aspect?

Answer 18

This is the direction the slope is facing

Question 19

How does aspect influence settlement?

Answer 19

There is more settlement on south facing slops than there are on north facing slopes because south facing slopes are warmer because they get more sun

Question 20

What is dispersed settlement?

Answer 20

In dispersed settlement houses are scattered around the counrtyside. These are usually farmhouses with farms ans outbuildings around them.

Question 21

What is ribbon/linear settlement?

Answer 21

Houses are built along a road or coastline

Question 22

What is nucleated/clustered settlement?

Answer 22

Houses are grouped together, usually around a crossroad or where roads meet

Question 23

Factors that influence the locations of towns

Answer 23

• flat or gently sloping land
• rivers
• roads/transport
• coasts
• defence

Question 24

How do you spot a gently sloping or flat area on a map?

Answer 24

The contours are spread apart

Question 25

Why are towns built at a bridging point?

Answer 25

The town benefits from trade and and rivers are used as water supply, food (catching fish) and transport

Question 26

What is there evidence on the map for religion?

Answer 26

Monastaries Friaries Churchers

Question 27

What is there evidence on the map for markets?

Answer 27

* roads meeting * local agricultural markets * shopping

Question 28

What is there evidence on the map for bays?

Answer 28

* docks * quays * sheltered bay * lighthouses * beacons

Question 29

What is there evidence on the map for education?

Answer 29

* schools | * colleges

Question 30

What is there evidence on the map for medical?

Answer 30

Hospital

Question 31

What is there evidence on the map for services?

Answer 31

Garda | Post office

Question 32

What is there evidence on the map for manufacturing/industrial?

Answer 32

Industrial estate

Question 33

What is there evidence on the map for tourism/recreational?

Answer 33

* beaches * antiquities * caravan parks * golf courses * mountains * lakes * football pitches

Question 34

What is there evidence on the map for transport?

Answer 34

* roads * railway * airport * canals

Question 35

What does ath mean?

Answer 35

Crossing point of a river

Question 36

What does ford mean?

Answer 36

Crossing point of a river

Question 37

What does baile mean?

Answer 37

A small settlement

Question 38

What does líos, rath, cashel, dún mean?

Answer 38

Ancient ringforts

Question 39

What does cill mean?

Answer 39

A church

Question 40

What type of site would you need for building any type of building?

Answer 40

* Large, flat, site * room for expansion * carpark * gas, electrictiy * cheap site

Question 41

What kind of transport system would you need for a factory?

Answer 41

* good road, railway station or port to bring in/export raw materials * need roads to bring in workers

Question 42

What kind of transport system would you need for a leisure centre?

Answer 42

•road network to bring in customers

Question 43

What kind of transport system would you need for a school?

Answer 43

•roads for buses and cars to bring and collect teachers/students from school

Question 44

What kind of transport system would you need for a supermarket?

Answer 44

•roads to bring in customers and materials

Question 45

Why would you need a town/city near a factory?

Answer 45

To provide workers

Question 46

Why would you need a town/city near a leisure centre?

Answer 46

To provide customers

Question 47

Why would you need a town/city near a school?

Answer 47

It provides students and teachers

Question 48

Why would you need a town/city near a supermarket?

Answer 48

•Provides workers and customers