# Villages, towns and cities

> Grade 3: village, town, city, why settlements grew near rivers, land use, capital cities, rural and urban.

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- Subject: History & geography
- Level: Grade 3
- Quiz: 16
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## Questions

1. Which place is usually the smallest? (A capital city / A city / A town / A village)
   Answer: A village
2. Which of these would you most likely find in a small village? (A huge airport / A small shop and a village hall / Many tall office towers / Several large stadiums)
   Answer: A small shop and a village hall
3. Which is bigger than a village but smaller than a city? (A farm / A hamlet / A street / A town)
   Answer: A town
4. Which place usually has the most people? (A city / A farm / A town / A village)
   Answer: A city
5. A town usually has more of which of these than a village? (Fewer people / Fewer roads / Fields only / Shops and services)
   Answer: Shops and services
6. Why did many early settlements grow up near rivers? (People needed fresh water / Rivers kept out all weather / Rivers made hills / There were no fish)
   Answer: People needed fresh water
7. How did rivers help people travel long ago? (Boats could carry people and goods / Rivers had bridges everywhere / Rivers were always frozen / Rivers were dry roads)
   Answer: Boats could carry people and goods
8. What is land use? (How high a hill is / How people use an area of land / The name of a country / The weather in a place)
   Answer: How people use an area of land
9. Which is an example of land use? (A change of season / A cloud in the sky / The shape of a river / Using land for farming)
   Answer: Using land for farming
10. What is a capital city? (A city with a river / The biggest farm in a country / The city where a country's government sits / The oldest village in a country)
   Answer: The city where a country's government sits
11. Paris is the capital city of France.
   Answer: True
12. Rural areas have more buildings and people than urban areas.
   Answer: False
13. Every country has the same capital city.
   Answer: False
14. What word describes the countryside, with farms and few people?
   Answer: Rural
15. What word describes busy built-up places like towns and cities?
   Answer: Urban
16. What is the capital city of Japan?
   Answer: Tokyo