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Geography: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Life in Bangladesh (Questions)

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This is one of three quizzes looking at life in other countries - Cameroon, Bangladesh and Brazil. In geography at school you will have looked at what places are like in different parts of the world. You will have found out a little bit about the houses people live in, the jobs they do and what life is like. Bangladesh is an Asian country just north east of India. In this quiz we look a little bit at life in rural Bangladesh.

What is life like in Asian countries? What is life like in Bangladesh?

Which continent is the country of Bangladesh in?

[ ]	Asia
[ ]	Africa
[ ]	Europe
[ ]	North America

Bangladesh has very few hills. There are hundreds of rivers running through Bangladesh to the sea. What sometimes happens in Bangladesh?

[ ]	Drought
[ ]	Snow
[ ]	Flooding
[ ]	Shortage of water

The soil in Bangladesh is very fertile. What does ‘very fertile’ mean?

[ ]	It is very poor soil
[ ]	It is very good for growing crops
[ ]	Only weeds will grow
[ ]	It needs a lot of fertilizer

Bilal lives in a large village in rural Bangladesh. What does ‘rural’ mean?

[ ]	In a town
[ ]	In a city
[ ]	Built-up
[ ]	In the countryside

Bilal is 7 years old. He goes to a primary school. When he is 11 he will go to a big school. What is the big school called?

[ ]	Nursery school
[ ]	Secondary school
[ ]	Primary school
[ ]	University

If Bilal is ill, his mother takes him to a _____ in the village.

[ ]	Clinic
[ ]	Shop
[ ]	Bank
[ ]	Library

Bilal’s father grows crops in his fields. Bilal’s father is a ______.

[ ]	Teacher
[ ]	Doctor
[ ]	Nurse
[ ]	Farmer

Bilal’s older brother is 18. He has gone to a big city in Bangladesh. Why has he moved to a big city?

[ ]	To work on a farm
[ ]	To grow crops
[ ]	To find a job
[ ]	To go to school

Bilal’s brother has gone to a big city in Bangladesh. He works in a building making telephones. What sort of building is it?

[ ]	A farm
[ ]	A factory
[ ]	A shop
[ ]	A library

10.

Bilal’s village has electricity. Bilal’s mother has bought a fridge. What does a fridge do?

[ ]	Cooks food
[ ]	Keeps food cool
[ ]	Washes clothes
[ ]	Cleans the house

Geography: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Life in Bangladesh (Answers)

Which continent is the country of Bangladesh in?

[x]	Asia
[ ]	Africa
[ ]	Europe
[ ]	North America

Can you find Bangladesh on a map of Asia?

Bangladesh has very few hills. There are hundreds of rivers running through Bangladesh to the sea. What sometimes happens in Bangladesh?

[ ]	Drought
[ ]	Snow
[x]	Flooding
[ ]	Shortage of water

The River Ganges flows into the sea through Bangladesh

The soil in Bangladesh is very fertile. What does ‘very fertile’ mean?

[ ]	It is very poor soil
[x]	It is very good for growing crops
[ ]	Only weeds will grow
[ ]	It needs a lot of fertilizer

Lots of crops and vegetables are grown in Bangladesh. Rice and tea are grown in Bangladesh

Bilal lives in a large village in rural Bangladesh. What does ‘rural’ mean?

[ ]	In a town
[ ]	In a city
[ ]	Built-up
[x]	In the countryside

A lot of people live in Bangladesh. About a third of people in Bangladesh live in towns and big cities

Bilal is 7 years old. He goes to a primary school. When he is 11 he will go to a big school. What is the big school called?

[ ]	Nursery school
[x]	Secondary school
[ ]	Primary school
[ ]	University

Nearly every child in Bangladesh goes to primary school and then on to secondary school

If Bilal is ill, his mother takes him to a _____ in the village.

[x]	Clinic
[ ]	Shop
[ ]	Bank
[ ]	Library

There are lots of clinics in Bangladesh, but not all of them have doctors

Bilal’s father grows crops in his fields. Bilal’s father is a ______.

[ ]	Teacher
[ ]	Doctor
[ ]	Nurse
[x]	Farmer

There are lots of farmers in rural Bangladesh

Bilal’s older brother is 18. He has gone to a big city in Bangladesh. Why has he moved to a big city?

[ ]	To work on a farm
[ ]	To grow crops
[x]	To find a job
[ ]	To go to school

Dhaka is the biggest city in Bangladesh. It is the capital of Bangladesh

Bilal’s brother has gone to a big city in Bangladesh. He works in a building making telephones. What sort of building is it?

[ ]	A farm
[x]	A factory
[ ]	A shop
[ ]	A library

There are lots of factories in the big cities in Bangladesh

10.

Bilal’s village has electricity. Bilal’s mother has bought a fridge. What does a fridge do?

[ ]	Cooks food
[x]	Keeps food cool
[ ]	Washes clothes
[ ]	Cleans the house

Sometimes the electricity does not work in Bilal’s village