1. Settlements 4 New Settlement Patterns

2. At the end of this lesson I will be able to: 1.Explain what a polder is. 2.Name a country tht as 60% of its population living on polders below sea level. 3.Explain the words dykes, ditches and canals in relation to polders. 4.Describe the settlement pattern of the rural agricultural polders. 5.Explain the settlement pattern of the planned urban polder. Homework page 228 question 1.

3. 1. A polder is…….

4. Page 226 shows a map of where Holland is in Europe.

5. 2. ______________ is a country with 60% of its population living on polders.

6. Dyke A high wall to keep the sea out.

7. Ditch Trenches dug to drain the land.

8. Canals Man-made rivers to help drain canals

11. 4. Rural Agricultural polders Linear patterns, rectangular shaped farms and straight roads.

12. Urban Polder This is a cartwheel pattern The largest town is at the hub The villages form a circle around the hub with a circular road connecting the villages to each other and radial roads connecting the villages to the large town at the hub.