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What makes a location good for settlement?

Settlement location

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What makes a location good for settlement?

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Meets basic human needs:

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Meets basic human needs:

Food

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Meets basic human needs:

Food

Shelter

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Meets basic human needs:

Food

Shelter

Security

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Meets basic human needs:

Food River

Clean drinking water Floods and provides rich and flat farmland Livestock can drink there Wild animals come to drink there

Shelter

Security

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Meets basic human needs:

Food River Fertile plains

Lots of food can be planted and harvested

Shelter

Security

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Meets basic human needs:

Food River Fertile plains Woodlands

Animals live there. Yum!

Shelter

Security

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Meets basic human needs:

Food River Fertile plains Woodlands

Shelter Woodlands

Use the trees to build homes

Security

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Meets basic human needs:

Food River Fertile plains Woodlands

Shelter Woodlands

Security: Need a place to go if under attack! Hills Woods

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Would this be a good place to start a

settlement? Only fill in the last question for the towns with a

star in the box.

Imagine that it is the late 1700s or early 1800s. No one lives in Arkansas except for the Native Americans (Quapaw, Caddo and the Osage).

Think about each region of Arkansas. What do they each provide?

Provide 2 reasons it would or would not be a good place to live.