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Junior Cycle Geography: Rural and urban settlement

How often Rural and urban settlement comes up on the Geography papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Rural and urban settlement, Common Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Rural and urban settlement.

(a)On an OS map, houses are strung out along both sides of a road for 2 km. Which pattern is this?
  1. Nucleated
  2. Linear
  3. Dispersed
(b)Farmhouses scattered across the countryside, each on its own farm, are?
  1. Nucleated
  2. Linear
  3. Dispersed
(c)Houses clustered around a crossroads or church form which pattern?
  1. Nucleated
  2. Isolated
  3. Linear
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(a) Linear

(b) Dispersed

(c) Nucleated

Your turn: Common Level questions on Rural and urban settlement.

Common Level

Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q7A
2025Q8A
2024Q7A, Q8A
2023Q2C
2022Q3B, Q7A

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Rural and urban settlement questions

Rural and urban settlement, 3 marks

A town has a cathedral, three secondary schools and a hospital. Which functions do these show?

  1. Industrial, defensive and port
  2. Mining, fishing and forestry
  3. Religious, educational, medical
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Religious, educational, medical

A function is a service or activity a settlement provides. Churches, schools, hospitals, shops, factories and harbours on a map or photo show a town's functions.

Rural and urban settlement, 3 marks

Which site is the WORST for building a new village?

  1. Flat land near a river crossing
  2. Low, marshy land that floods often
  3. Dry, gently sloping land by a road
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Low, marshy land that floods often

Settlers look for dry, level land above flood level, with water, shelter and routes. Marsh, bog, steep slopes and high exposed ground are avoided, as OS maps often show.

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