In KS2 geography one topic looked at is settlements - cities, towns, villages and hamlets. This is quite an expansive subject so this is the first of two quizzes devoted to it. This first quiz looks in particular at the early development of settlements and the needs of the early settlers.
Settlements are the places people live such as villages and towns. A settlement can range in size from a small number of dwellings grouped together to the largest of cities with surrounding urbanised areas. But what about their development? How did they come to be? Why did the early settlers choose to live there? Why are towns and villages where they are and how did they get their names?
See how much you know about the early development of the places we live. Can you answer all ten questions correctly?
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You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - What are settlements?
Settlements are so called because they are places where people have settled
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A supermarket is easier than growing your own food but there were no supermarkets around in the times of early settlers
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Sea water contains too much salt to drink
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Trees would get in the way of crops and hills are difficult to plough
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Bricks were a later invention
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From the top of a hill you can see anyone approaching from all sides
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Early homes were made of wood and the best source of wood is a forest
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In England, places with Roman names are probably older than places with Anglo-Saxon names
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Oxford, Stafford and Watford are three examples
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Trade was essential. If one village had access to iron, for example, they might trade with another village which had access to sheep
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