Question 1

Which of these is a human-made building you might see on your street?

Accepted Answer

Shop

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River

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Mountain

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Field

Question 2

Which pair shows one human feature and one physical feature?

Accepted Answer

Shop and hill

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School and shop

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Road and house

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House and playground

Question 3

Why might a small group of houses grow into a bigger settlement over time?

Accepted Answer

Because more people move there to live and work

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Because the trees walk away

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Because the roads disappear

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Because it never rains there

Question 4

Which word do we usually use for a place where people live?

Accepted Answer

House

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Settlement

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Cloud

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Pencil

Question 5

Which sentence uses geography words correctly?

Accepted Answer

A town is an urban settlement and a farm is in a rural area.

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Rural means lots of tall buildings and busy roads.

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An urban place is always a farm in the countryside.

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A map is the same as a toy.

Question 6

Which sentence uses the words land use, services and community correctly?

Accepted Answer

Land use is how the ground is used, services are things like shops and doctors, and the community is the people who live there.

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Land use means the weather, services are only cars, community is a type of river.

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Land use, services and community all mean the same as 'tree'.

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Land use is always grass, services are always mountains, community is always clouds.

Question 7

What can a simple map help you to do in your local area?

Accepted Answer

Find where places are, like the school or park

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Make the weather change

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Show you what happened 100 years ago

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Tell you what everyone is thinking

Question 8

What does a key on a map show?

Accepted Answer

The meaning of the symbols used on the map

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The colours of everyone’s clothes

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The names of children in the class

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The time of day

Question 9

How can you use a simple map and key during fieldwork near your school?

Accepted Answer

To match symbols to real places and check how far it is between them using the scale

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To guess where places are without looking

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To find out what people are thinking

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To change where the roads are in real life

Question 10

Which sentence shows that towns don’t 'just exist'?

Accepted Answer

People build houses, roads and shops over time so more people can live and work there.

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Towns grow by magic overnight.

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Towns are only made by animals.

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Towns suddenly appear with no reason.

Question 11

Why are shops and roads often built where lots of people live?

Accepted Answer

Because people need places to buy things and roads to travel on

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Because animals need places to hide

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Because no one ever uses them

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Because roads make it rain more

Question 12

Which answer best links rivers, transport and settlement growth?

Accepted Answer

Settlements sometimes grow near rivers and good roads because it is easier to travel and move goods.

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Transport has nothing to do with where people live.

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Settlements never grow near rivers or roads.

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Rivers and roads make people move away.

Question 13

Which place is most likely to be rural?

Accepted Answer

A quiet village with fields and a few houses

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A big shopping centre in a town

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A motorway with lots of cars

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A busy city with tall buildings

Question 14

Which sentence compares a village and a town correctly?

Accepted Answer

A village usually has fewer houses and shops than a town.

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A village and a town are exactly the same.

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A village always has more people than a town.

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A town never has any roads.

Question 15

Which question could help you compare your local area with a different place?

Accepted Answer

How many shops, parks and houses are in each place?

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How tall am I?

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What is my favourite snack?

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What colour are my shoes?

Question 16

Why is a hospital in a town important?

Accepted Answer

It provides an important service to help people who are ill or hurt.

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It is only for animals to live in.

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It is just a random building with no use.

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It is only used to store toys.

Question 17

Why do towns have different services like shops, schools and libraries?

Accepted Answer

So people can get what they need, learn and share information.

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Just to fill up space.

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Because people never use them.

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So there is nowhere to walk.

Question 18

Which sentence best explains how a settlement can change over time?

Accepted Answer

New houses, roads and services can be built as more people move in, so the settlement grows.

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Settlements never change once they are built.

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Settlements disappear every night and come back in the morning.

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Settlements only get smaller and smaller.

Question 19

Which is a good geography question to ask when looking around your local area?

Accepted Answer

What kind of building is this and what is it used for?

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What did I eat for breakfast?

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What is my favourite game?

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How tall is my teacher?

Question 20

How could you do a simple traffic survey outside your school?

Accepted Answer

Count how many cars, bikes and buses go past in a set time and record it in a tally chart.

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Guess how many cars there are without looking.

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Ask one friend what they think and then stop.

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Count only the red cars and ignore everything else.

Question 21

Which plan is the best example of good fieldwork about local shops?

Accepted Answer

Ask how many shops are on the street, record the answers in a table, then look for patterns in the results.

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Ask one person what they think and then stop.

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Look at one shop and guess how many others there are.

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Write down only your favourite shop and nothing else.

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