Key learning points

1. Many people in rural communities rely on agriculture and small-scale trading.
2. Urban areas offer more job opportunities in a wider range of sectors.
3. Housing and access to electricity, clean water and sanitation vary widely.
4. Transport, education and healthcare are typically under-resourced in rural areas.
5. There are many similarities and differences in people’s lives, both within and between communities.

Keywords

• Diverse - different from each other

• Rural - something to do with the countryside

• Urban - something to do with a city or town

• Infrastructure - all the basic systems in a country, such as transport and power supply

• Subsistence farming - farming that provides enough food for the farmer and their family to live on, rather than for them to sell

Common misconception