Łapczyca

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

Name:

Date:

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/-apczyca

1. What is the location?
2. What is the settlement type?
3. Where is Łapczyca located in Poland?
4. When did Łapczyca change from Tarnów Voivodeship to Lesser Poland Voivodeship?

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the location?Southern Poland, within the administrative boundaries of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship
2. What is the settlement type?Village
3. Where is Łapczyca located in Poland?Łapczyca is a village in the southern part of Poland, inside the Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
4. When did Łapczyca change from Tarnów Voivodeship to Lesser Poland Voivodeship?The change happened in 1999, after a national administrative reform.

Voivodeship: A principal administrative division of Poland, established as part of a decentralization reform.
Administrative Reform: Changes made to the structure and organization of governmental or regional bodies.
Regional Identity: A sense of belonging and shared characteristics associated with a specific geographical area or region.