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Types of Communities

Geography · People & Environments · ages 5-8
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. What is a suburb?

    • A port where ships load and unload goods
    • A community on or near a city's edge
    • A farm far from towns and cities

  2. Which name means a small community that usually has fewer people than a city?

    • A large city
    • A large suburb
    • A small village

  3. Farmers often work on farmland in the countryside.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. A city has many offices. Which worker uses those workplaces?

    • A crop farmer
    • An office worker
    • A fishing boat worker

  5. A town sits by the sea. Which activity uses that nearby water?

    • Catch fish and move goods by boat
    • Grow crops in nearby fields
    • Build houses on nearby land

  6. A farm mostly uses its land to build tall office towers.

    Circle one:   True   False

  7. A parent moves from a farm to a city and wants a job selling things people need. Which job fits?

    • Work in a city shop
    • Grow crops on nearby farmland
    • Catch fish on a fishing boat

  8. Mia says a fisher can never work in a city. The city has a fishing port. What would you tell her?

    • Fishers must only work on countryside farms
    • Cities cannot have any places for fishing boats
    • Fishers can work at the city's port
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  1. A community on or near a city's edge · A suburb is a community on or near a city's edge.
  2. A small village · A village is a small community. It usually has fewer people than a city.
  3. True · Much farmland is in the countryside. The word 'often' allows farmers to work in other places too.
  4. An office worker · Office workers work in offices. This does not mean that everyone in the city has an office job.
  5. Catch fish and move goods by boat · Fishing uses the sea's fish. Boats can carry goods over the water.
  6. False · A farm mainly uses its land to grow crops or raise animals.
  7. Work in a city shop · Shop workers sell things people need. The parent's wish to sell things points to shop work.
  8. Fishers can work at the city's port · A city by the sea can have fishers. A community's name does not rule out every other kind of work.
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