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Urban and Rural Life
All the big cities in the world have large airports.

Urban and Rural Life

This KS1 Geography quiz looks at urban and rural life, comparing busy towns with quieter countryside and how people live, travel, work, and play in each place.

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Fascinating Fact:

In rural areas people may need a car or bus to reach the nearest town.

In KS1 Geography, children compare life in towns and the countryside. They explore where people live, work, and shop, and how transport links rural areas with nearby urban centres.

  • Urban: An area with lots of buildings, roads, and people, such as a town or city.
  • Rural: Countryside areas with more fields and farms and fewer houses and shops.
  • Settlement: A place where people live, such as a village, town, or city.
What is the difference between urban and rural areas for KS1?

Urban areas have many buildings, roads, and people, like towns and cities. Rural areas are the countryside, with more open space, fields, and farms, and fewer busy streets.

Why do people live in rural and urban places?

People live in rural places for space, nature, and farming, and in urban places for jobs, schools, shops, and services. Families choose the place that suits their needs best.

How do people travel between the countryside and towns?

People travel between the countryside and towns using cars, buses, trains, or bicycles. Good transport links help people reach schools, shops, hospitals, and workplaces more easily.

1 .
Mexico City, São Paulo in Brazil, Tokyo in Japan and Shanghai in China are all very big cities. They all have underground railways called the Metro. Why do they need underground railways?
To carry cars across the city
To carry people around the city
To keep the streets clean
To bring clean water to the city
London has a Metro. It is called the Underground
2 .
Life can be very hard in many big cities. Many people live in poor housing. These houses are in areas called ________.
Estates
Villages
Hamlets
Shanties
Have you seen pictures of shanties?
3 .
Just over half the people in the world live in towns and cities. Which one of these is a describing word for towns and cities?
Rural
Urban
Agricultural
Empty
In many countries a lot of people are moving to the cities
4 .
Sam has a lot of toys. Where were most of these toys made?
Australia
Brazil
South Africa
China
China has a lot of factories. The factories in China make a lot of things, from toys to computers
5 .
All the big cities in the world have large airports. What fly into and out of airports?
Trains
Cars
Boats
Aeroplanes
Where is your nearest airport?
6 .
Just under half the people in the world still live in the countryside. Which one of these is a describing word for the countryside and villages?
Rural
Urban
Suburban
Empty
Hundreds of years ago, most people lived in rural areas
7 .
In big cities around the world there are a lot of _________. These are where things are made.
Farms
Factories
Offices
Shops
A toy factory makes toys. A computer factory makes computers
8 .
In India, a lot of people still live in rural areas. Which job do most people have in the countryside in India?
Train driver
Teacher
Farmer
Nurse
What job do farmers do?
9 .
In many countries, some people are leaving the countryside. Where are they going?
High mountains
Villages
Big cities
Hamlets
Millions of people are arriving in big cities in China, India, Brazil and Mexico
10 .
Why are so many people moving from the countryside to big cities?
To go shopping
To look for work
To stay at home
To go to the cinema
Most people hope to find a job and earn money
Author:  David Bland (Former Physics Teacher, KS1 Science & Geography Quiz Writer)

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