1.1. Study Fig. 2.1, which shows a map of settlements in the Osijek-Baranja region of Croatia (an MEDC in Europe).

Fig. 2.1

What is meant by the term settlement?

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1.2. Identify the settlement patterns in the two rural areas labelled X and Y in Fig. 2.1. X .................................................................................................... Y ....................................................................................................

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1.3. Suggest three factors that may have resulted in the growth of linear settlement patterns in parts of the area shown in Fig. 2.1.

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