Starter quiz
- Which of these is not a country in the UK?
- England
- Ireland ✓
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Wales
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- Match the countries of the UK to their capital cities.
- England⇔London ✓
- Wales⇔Cardiff ✓
- Scotland⇔Edinburgh ✓
- Northern Ireland⇔Belfast ✓
- Which of these are human features?
- rivers
- motorways ✓
- bridges ✓
- houses ✓
- mountains
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- Which of these are physical features?
- airports
- oceans ✓
- schools
- cliffs ✓
- woodland ✓
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- What is the main type of land use in the UK?
- woodland
- agricultural ✓
- residential
- industrial
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- Match the OS symbol to the correct label.
- post office⇔PO ✓
- school⇔sch ✓
- parking⇔P ✓
Exit quiz
- Hamlets have a population of...
- less than 500 ✓
- more than. 10,000
- more than 10,000,000
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- Hamlets usually have ______ facilities and services.
- 'no' ✓
- _______ have a population greater than 10 million.
- hamlets
- towns
- megacities ✓
- villages
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- London is predicted to become a megacity by the year...
- 2020
- 2025
- 2030 ✓
- 2050
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- Starting with the smallest, order the settlements by size.
- 1⇔hamlet
- 2⇔village
- 3⇔town
- 4⇔city
- 5⇔megacity
- Which settlement has the greatest range of facilities and services?
- hamlet
- village
- town
- city
- megacity ✓
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Key learning points
- Settlements are places where people live and work, and often have a distinct community identity.
- Settlements vary in size from small hamlets, to villages, towns, cities and megacities.
- Larger settlements tend to have a wider range of buildings and land uses, and more facilities and services.
- Photos, including aerial photos, show the main features of villages, towns and cities.
Common misconception
Cities are only places where people work.
Remind students that cities are places that people live and work as cities include residential areas.
Keywords
Settlements - Settlements are places where groups of people live and work.
Services - A service is a system that supplies a public need, for example waste collection.
Facilities - A facility is a building, piece of equipment or place that is used for an activity or purpose.
Population - The population is the total number of people living in a particular area.
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