To investigate something is to carefully study the facts and data to be able to find an answer or form a conclusion.

Locality describes a particular location, the features of each locality will differ.

Digital mapping tools allow us zoom in on places to investigate features using online maps.

A town in northern Italy

Geography

Location and transport

Geographical features in northern Italy

Village life in northern Italy

Venice: A popular tourist destination

Comparing northern Italy with my UK region

This unit provides a foundation for 'The Americas: How diverse are its places and landscapes?' and 'South America: Why does the Amazon matter?', which further extend pupils’ knowledge and understanding of distant places and how to investigate them at continental and regional scales through an overview of the Americas and a case study of the Amazon region.

This builds directly on 'Europe: How diverse are its landscapes and places?', which focuses on the key geographical features of the continent of Europe, extending and deepening pupils' place knowledge and understanding through the study of Northern Italy as a distinctive European region. 

This unit explores northern Italy through its landscapes, transport, cities and villages. Pupils learn about everyday life and tourism in the region, and compare it with their own local area using maps, images and geographical vocabulary.

Europe: what is it like to live in northern Italy?

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Which of these is a town in northern Italy?

Which of these statments are true about Brescia?

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Why might tourists want to visit Brescia?

This word describes the average weather conditions of a place, measured over 30 years. Unscramble the letters to find the ans

What two climate zones are found in northern Italy?

What physical factors can affect the population of a settlement?

It is further north of the equator; it has a higher latitude.

It is located in the mountains; it has a high altitude.

Starter Quiz

What facilities do villages often have?