Topic 1 - Places where people live (Settlements)

Question 1

Name the four types of settlements.

Answer 1

Farms, villages, towns and cities

Question 2

Give some examples of jobs on farms and villages.

Answer 2

Gardening, milking cows

Question 3

Give some examples of jobs in towns and cities.

Answer 3

Factory worker, nurse at the clinic, petrol attendant, bank teller.

Question 4

Give some examples of buildings in farms and villages.

Answer 4

Homes, shelters for animals, stores for crops, tools and machinery, places where people work with animals.

Question 5

Give some examples of buildings in towns and cities.

Answer 5

Factories, shops, offices, clinics and schools.

Question 6

What are the three kinds of work that people do in towns and cities?

Answer 6

Making things, selling things, and work that helps others (services)

Question 7

What do you call a densely populated area?

Answer 7

Urban area

Question 8

What do you call a sparsely populated area?

Answer 8

Rural area

Question 9

What are crops?

Answer 9

Plants grown for food or other things people need

Question 10

What are villages?

Answer 10

Places with a few houses and other buildings, as well as land for growing crops and keeping animals

Question 11

What activities are sometimes found in villages?

Answer 11

Growing plants, keeping animals, catching fish (for food or to sell)

Question 12

What are farms?

Answer 12

Areas of land used for growing crops and keeping animals

Question 13

What are towns?

Answer 13

Places with houses, shops and offices, which are bigger than villages, but smaller than cities

Question 14

Order the following from smallest to biggest: Towns - Cities, Farms - Villages

Answer 14

Farms
Villages
Towns
Cities

Question 15

What are cities?

Answer 15

Places with many houses, shops and offices, which are much bigger than towns

Question 16

Are there fields for crops and are there farm animals in Towns?

Answer 16

No - there are no place for these

Question 17

What is the following activity called: “Work that involves growing crops and taking care of animals”?

Answer 17

Farming

Question 18

What is the following activity called: “Work that people do that helps others”?

Answer 18

Services

Question 19

Name all the jobs that farmers need to do …

Answer 19

Plant seeds
Weed fields
Pick and pack fruit
Look after cattle
Milk cows

Question 20

Name the three kinds of works that people can do in towns and cities:

Answer 20

Making things
Selling things
Work that helps other people

Question 21

Give examples of Service work jobs

Answer 21

Doctors
Nurses
Dentists
Car mechanics
Haridressers

Question 22

What is a factory?

Answer 22

A building where workers make items for a wage (payment)

Question 23

What are places where people of the same religion come together to pray called?

Answer 23

Places of worship

Question 24

Name different kinds of homes in which people live

Answer 24

Houses
Shacks
Flats

Question 25

Name a few types of buildings in towns and cities

Answer 25

``` Factories Shops Offices Clinics and hospitals Schools Places of worship Banks Train stations Garages Post offices ```

Question 26

Do we have a dairy (milk farm where cows are milked) in Pinelands? Give a reason

Answer 26

No - Pinelands is a suburb in a city. Daries are on farms

Question 27

Will you be able to get a bank loan on a sheep farm in the Karoo? Give a reason

Answer 27

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

Question 28

What are freeways? Where are they found?

Answer 28

Wide roads that many cars can travel along together (in Cities)

Question 29

What are footpaths?

Answer 29

Narrow paths that people walk along

Question 30

What are pavements?

Answer 30

Footpaths along the side of the road, at a higher level than the road

Question 31

What are farms roads used for?

Answer 31

Moving crops, workers and machinery between the farm buildings and the fields and the farm gate

Question 32

What do you call something that stands out so you notice it?

Answer 32

Feature

Question 33

What is a feature in a place where people live, or on the way between places called?

Answer 33

Landmark

Question 34

What is a land mark called that has not been made by people?

Answer 34

A Natural landmark

Question 35

What is a landmark made by people called?

Answer 35

A human-made landmark (hehe, no kidding!)

Question 36

Name the two types of landmarks you get

Answer 36

Natural landmark | Human-made landmark

Question 37

Give examples of natural landmarks

Answer 37

Hills Rocks Rivers Waterfalls

Question 38

Give examples of human-made landmarks

Answer 38

Tall buildings Cellphone masts/towers Bridges Railway lines

Question 39

A trip between two places is called a journey, yes?

Answer 39

Yes of course - this one is for free!

Question 40

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"..

Answer 40

Landmarks | Yip they can be natural or human-made) :

Question 41

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 ...

Answer 41

Directions (and please don't give these directions to anybody else, otherwise the treasure will have to be shared!!)

Question 42

What are "Needs"?

Answer 42

Something all people have to have to stay alive and healthy

Question 43

What are "Wants"?

Answer 43

Things people like to have, but do not have to have to stay alive

Question 44

``` 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 ```

Answer 44

``` 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) ```

Question 45

Name the four kinds of places where people live

Answer 45

Farms Villages Towns Cities

Question 46

Why do places we live in have roads and footpaths?

Answer 46

For transport and to travel on

Question 47

Choose one thing that all people need to stay alive and healthy

Answer 47

Water Air Food

Question 48

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

Answer 48

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)

Question 49

People that live in tents or huts or caravans that can be moved easily from place to place are called ...

Answer 49

Nomads

Question 50

What is another name for a Village in the country side?

Answer 50

A rural settlement