Settlements Flashcards
Name the four types of settlements (places people live).
Farms, villages, towns and cities
Give some examples of jobs on farms and villages.
Gardening, milking cows
Give some examples of jobs in towns and cities.
Factory worker, nurse at the clinic, petrol attendant, bank teller.
Give some examples of buildings in farms and villages.
Homes, shelters for animals, stores for crops, tools and machinery, places where people work with animals.
Give some examples of buildings in towns and cities.
Factories, shops, offices, clinics and schools.
What are the three kinds of work that people do in towns and cities?
Making things, selling things, and work that helps others (services)
What do you call a densely populated area?
Urban area
What do you call a sparsely populated area?
Rural area
What are crops?
Plants frown for food or other things people need
What is a village?
Places with a few houses and other buildings, as well as land for growing crops and keeping animals
What activities are sometimes found in villages?
Growing plants, keeping animals, catching fish (for food or to sell)
What are farms?
Areas of land used for growing crops and keeping animals
What are towns?
Places with houses, shops and offices, which are bigger than villages, but smaller than cities
Order the following from smallest to biggest: Towns, Cities, Farms, Villages
Farms Villages Towns Cities
What are cities?
Places with many houses, shops and offices, which are much bigger than towns
Are there fields for crops and are there farm animals in Towns?
No - there are no place for these
What is the following activity called: “Work that involves growing crops and taking care of animals”?
Farming
What is the following activity called: “Work that people do that helps others”?
Services
Name all the jobs that farmers need to do …
Plant seeds Weed fields Pick and pack fruit Look after cattle Milk cows
Name the three kinds of works that people can do in towns and cities:
Making things
Selling things
Work that helps other people
Give examples of Service work jobs
Doctors Nurses Dentists Car mechanics Haridressers
What is a factory?
A building where workers make items for a wage (payment)
What are places where people of the same religion come together to pray called?
Places of worship
Name different kinds of homes in which people live
Houses
Shacks
Flats
Name a few types of buildings in towns and cities
Factories Shops Offices Clinics and hospitals Schools Places of worship Banks Train stations Garages Post offices
Do we have a dairy (milk farm where cows are milked) in Pinelands? Give a reason
No - Pinelands is a suburb in a city. Daries are on farms
Will you be able to get a bank loan on a sheep farm in the Karoo? Give a reason
No - A sheep farm does not have services (like banks) - you will be able to get a loan at a bank in a town or city
What are freeways? Where are they found?
Wide roads that many cars can travel along together (in Cities)
What are footpaths?
Narrow paths that people walk along
What are pavements?
Footpaths along the side of the road, at a higher level than the road
What are farms roads used for?
Moving crops, workers and machinery between the farm buildings and the fields and the farm gate
What do you call something that stands out so you notice it?
Feature
What is a feature in a place where people live, or on the way between places called?
Landmark
What is a land mark called that has not been made by people?
A Natural landmark
What is a landmark made by people called?
A human-made landmark (hehe, no kidding!)
Name the two types of landmarks you get
Natural landmark
Human-made landmark
Give examples of natural landmarks
Hills
Rocks
Rivers
Waterfalls
Give examples of human-made landmarks
Tall buildings
Cellphone masts/towers
Bridges
Railway lines
When you draw or describe a short journey - what do you use mostly in the description? For example “turn right just before the City Rock Gymn building”..
Landmarks
Yip they can be natural or human-made) :
Go straight until the big tree, then turn right, and after 50 steps dig in the ground for the pirates’ treasure chest … these instructions/ explanations to get from one place to another are called …
Directions (and please don’t give these directions to anybody else, otherwise the treasure will have to be shared!!)
What are “Needs”?
Something all people have to have to stay alive and healthy
What are “Wants”?
Things people like to have, but do not have to have to stay alive
Are the following things wants or needs: Chocolate A place to keep you warm or dry A 80 metre climbing rope Bread A clinic to get health care when you are sick School (difficult one!) Air to breathe DSTV
Chocolate - Want Warm place - Need 80m rope - Want (although you need it when you go climbing) Bread - Need (food) A clinic - Need School - Need Air - Need DSTV - Want (except when Stormers are playing)
Why do places we live in have roads and footpaths?
For transport and to travel on
Choose one thing that all people need to stay alive and healthy
Water
Air
Food
Give the name of the building that matches the descriptions:
1) A place where a horse is sheltered
2) A Place where people make goods for a wage
3) A place where bags of grain are stored
4) A place where cows are milked
5) A place where people of the same religion pray
1) Stable (for horses)
2) Factory (making goods for a wage)
3) Barn (bags of grain stored)
4) Dairy (cows are milked)
5) Place of worship (pray together)
People that live in tents or huts or caravans that can be moved easily from place to place are called …
Nomads
What is another name for a Village in the country side?
A rural settlement
The plants grown on farms to eat for food are called?
Crops
