Starter quiz
- Which city does the River Taff flow through?
- Carlisle
- Cardiff ✓
- Wrexham
- Bangor
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- How are the cities of Cardiff and London connected?
- by a bridge
- by a river
- by a motorway ✓
- by a ferry
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- In which country are the following located?
- Cardiff⇔Wales ✓
- London⇔England ✓
- River Taff⇔Wales ✓
- River Thames⇔England ✓
- True or false? Cardiff is a capital city.
- True ✓
- False
- Which country of the United Kingdom is missing from this list? England, Wales, Northern Ireland, ______.
- 'Scotland' ✓
- Complete the sentence. The ______ on a map shows what size the area that is represented in the map really is.
- 'scale' ✓
Exit quiz
- How many languages are spoken in Wales?
- 1
- 2 ✓
- 3
- 4
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- What is the capital of Wales?
- Bangor
- Cardiff ✓
- Swansea
- Caerdydd ✓
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- What do we call people who travel into an area that is not where they live for work every day?
- commuters ✓
- visitors
- residents
- tourists
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- Unscramble the letters to reveal the word for a Cardiff landmark.
- 1⇔c
- 2⇔a
- 3⇔s
- 4⇔t
- 5⇔l
- 6⇔e
- Complete the sentence. Cardiff grew and expanded because it was an important place for the ______ industry.
- 'coal' ✓
- In Cardiff, what is the main thing that happens in the Senedd building?
- exhibitions take place
- parliament meets ✓
- concerts take place
- people eat and drink
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- A capital city is where the Government has their headquarters and makes important decisions.
- The Welsh name for Cardiff is Caerdydd; the Welsh language is widely spoken in Wales.
- Cardiff Castle is on a site that is nearly 2000 years old and is an important landmark and tourist attraction.
- Cardiff grew into a large settlement very quickly because it was an important centre for the coal industry.
Common misconception
That commuters all drive cars to work.
Many people do drive their car to work, but commuters are all the people that travel to a place for work using any mode of transport.
Keywords
Government - A government is the group of people who are in charge of running the country
Parliament - Parliament is the group of people who make the laws for the country
Commute - To commute is to travel quite a long distance between your home and where you work
Landmark - A feature in the landscape which has a particular meaning attached to it, for example to help with directions, is called a landmark.
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