Similarities and differences: Arusha in Tanzania | Geography

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A city is ...
- a place where lots of people live and work. ✓
- bigger than a town or a village. ✓
- smaller than a village.
- another name for a farm.
Things that are the same when compared with other things are ...
- simple.
- similarities. ✓
- differences.
- sentences.
Something that is natural and not made by people is ...
- a physical feature. ✓
- a human feature.
- a farm.
- a building.
Climate is ...
- the weather over one week.
- how sunny or rainy it is each day.
- the average of weather conditions in a place taken over a long time.
What are the countries of the UK?
- England, Ireland, Wales
- Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales
- England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales ✓
- Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales
What continent is Tanzania in?
- Europe
- North America
- Africa ✓
- Antarctica

Mountains, trees and the sea are examples of ...
- human features.
- physical features. ✓
- human and physical features.
Arusha is a city in the north of ...
- Tanzania. ✓
- England.
- Africa.
Sheffield is a city in the north of ...
- Ireland.
- Scotland.
- England. ✓
- Wales.
Differences are things that ...
- are not the same when compared with others. ✓
- are the same when compared with others.
- are sometimes the same when compared with others.
You can investigate and compare places by looking at ...
- photographs of different places. ✓
- photographs of the same place.
- place names.
Maps can help us compare places by ...
- showing us where places are located. ✓
- giving us information about the size of a place. ✓
- showing photographs of a place.

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There are similarities and differences between places and the lives of people in different parts of the world.
Photographs can be used to investigate and compare Arusha and my local area.
There are similarities and differences between the physical and human features in Arusha and my own local area.

Learners may not fully appreciate the diversity of places within countries.

Spend time exploring a range of settlements in different parts of the UK.

Similarities - Similarities are the things that are the same when compared with others.
Differences - Differences are the things that are not the same when compared with others.
Climate - Climate is an average of weather conditions (e.g. rain, sun, wind) in a place taken over a long period of time (usually 30 years or more).
Physical feature - A physical feature is natural and has not been formed or made by humans.
City - A city is a settlement that is usually larger than a town and has local government.