Settlements are places where groups of people live and work.

The population is the total number of people living in a particular area.

A major city is a large city with a population of over 100,000 people.

A feature in the landscape which has a particular meaning attached to it, for example to help with directions, is called a landmark.

Human geography of North and South America

Geography

Using maps to locate countries in North and South America

Climate of North and South America

Physical geography of North and South America

Economic activities of North and South America

Planning a journey through the Americas

Using digital maps to identify different landscapes of North and South America

This unit provides a foundation for 'South America: Why does the Amazon matter?', which extends and deepens pupils’ understanding of physical and human geography and processes through a case study of the Amazon as a region of Brazil.

This unit builds directly on 'Europe: How diverse are its landscapes and places?', which focuses on the diverse people and landscapes of Europe, as well as earlier work in 'Contrasting locality: What is it like to live in (named location) in Jamaica?', which extends and deepens pupils’ understanding of physical and human geography and processes.

This unit introduces the continents of North and South America through their physical and human features. Pupils explore climate, land use, and economic activity across different regions, and plan a journey that connects a range of contrasting places.

North and South America: how diverse are their places and landscapes?

Order these types of settlement from smallest to biggest.

__________ resources are things that are produced by the environment.

Which of these is not a natural resource?

Match each North American capital city with its country.

Match each South American capital city with its country.

__________ geographical features are natural features.

Which of these is not a human geographical feature?

a place where people live and sometimes work

The way the population is spread out across an area or region

What does population distribution describe?

A landmark can be a natural or human geographical feature

Human geography of North and South America

Lesson outcome