Villages, towns and cities

Worksheet: Villages, towns and cities

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Answer the questions.

1. Which place is usually the smallest?
   a) A capital cityb) A cityc) A townd) A village
2. Which of these would you most likely find in a small village?
   a) A huge airportb) A small shop and a village hallc) Many tall office towersd) Several large stadiums
3. Which is bigger than a village but smaller than a city?
   a) A farmb) A hamletc) A streetd) A town
4. Which place usually has the most people?
   a) A cityb) A farmc) A townd) A village
5. A town usually has more of which of these than a village?
   a) Fewer peopleb) Fewer roadsc) Fields onlyd) Shops and services
6. Why did many early settlements grow up near rivers?
   a) People needed fresh waterb) Rivers kept out all weatherc) Rivers made hillsd) There were no fish
7. How did rivers help people travel long ago?
   a) Boats could carry people and goodsb) Rivers had bridges everywherec) Rivers were always frozend) Rivers were dry roads
8. What is land use?
   a) How high a hill isb) How people use an area of landc) The name of a countryd) The weather in a place
9. Which is an example of land use?
   a) A change of seasonb) A cloud in the skyc) The shape of a riverd) Using land for farming
10. What is a capital city?
    a) A city with a riverb) The biggest farm in a countryc) The city where a country's government sitsd) The oldest village in a country
11. Paris is the capital city of France.
    a) Trueb) False
12. Rural areas have more buildings and people than urban areas.
    a) Trueb) False
13. Every country has the same capital city.
    a) Trueb) False
14. What word describes the countryside, with farms and few people?
15. What word describes busy built-up places like towns and cities?
16. What is the capital city of Japan?