GEOGRAPHY T1C1

TERM 1
GRADE 7 30 %
SKILL: MAP SKILLS
Name & Surname: _______________________
Grade 7E_____

Question 1: Map Work [7]

Map Skills: Key/Symbols/Grid Reference

Use the map of the village above to answer the following questions:

1.1. Indicate the type of building in grid references:

(1)

1.1.1. A4 ______________________________________________________

1.1.2. D4 ______________________________________________________

1.2. Give the grid references for: (1)

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 1.2.1. Police station _____________________________________________

1.2.2. Picnic spot _______________________________________________

1.3. Identify, draw, and label the following symbols in the map keys: (1)

EXAMPLE: SCHOOL

1.3.1 CLINIC

1.3.2 BANK

1.4. In which direction do you walk from the police station to the bank?
(1)

1.5. Write a set of directions to describe where the library is located from the police
station. (3)

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Question 2: Map Skills: Sketch map/Key/Scale [5.5]
Study the sketch map and answer the questions below:

2.1 Using the 8 compass points, give the direction from the Station to:

a. Rondebosch Common (0.5)

_______________________

b. Southern Sun Hotel (0.5)

____________________________

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2.2 Draw the symbols used to show: (1.5)

a. traffic lights

b. the railway

c. the hotel

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2.3 List three differences between the sketch map above and the street map of
Durban below: (3)

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Question 3: Measuring distances and the use of scales [3]

Use the four maps to answer the following questions:

3.1. Write the word scale given for the world map. (1)

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3.2. Refer to the map of South Africa on page 9.

3.2.1 How many kilometres on the ground is 4cm on this map? (1)

3.3. Refer to the street map of Durban on page 9.

3.3.1. What is the distance in metres between two places that are 6cm apart on this
map? (1)

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Question 4: Straight line distances [6]

Use the map below to answer the following questions:

4.1 Measure the straight-line distance in kilometres between:

4.1.1 Pretoria and Mbombela (0.5)

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 4.1.2 Upington and Welkom (0.5)

4.2 Draw a line scale to show the following: a scale of 1cm represents 75km. The
line
scale should cover a distance of 600km.
(3)

4.3 Use a calculator and write the answers in km for the following question:

4.3.1. If the word scale on a map states that: 1cm represents 500 km, calculate the
actual
distance between two places that are: (2)

a. 3.8cm apart ________________

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 b. 12.5cm apart________________

Question 5: Scale [3.5]

Use Addendum A on page 11 to answer the following questions:

5.1 How many times smaller than real life size is: (1.5)

Map A ______________________________

Map B ______________________________

Map C ______________________________

5.2 Which map shows KwaZulu-Natal in the most detail? (1)

5.3 When the scale is bigger, what happens to the amount of detail on a map? (1)

Question 6: Co-ordinates/Directions [5]

Use the map on page 16 (Addendum B) to answer the following questions:

6.1 Name two countries that the following line passes through: (1)

6.1.1. 30°S

6.2. Which countries have these coordinates? (2)

6.2.1. 60°N 105°W

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6.2.2. 40°N 0°

6.3. Give the co-ordinates for South Africa: (1)

6.3.1. ________________________________________________

6.4. In which direction are the following countries from South Africa?
(1)

6.4.1 Australia ___________________________

6.4.2 China ______________________________

ADDENDUM A

MAP B MAP A
SCALE
SCALE
1:50 000 000
1:2 000 000 000

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 MAP C
SCALE
1:100 000

ADDENDUM B

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Bibliography
Cyberwall.co.za
www.e-classroom.co.za
RANBY, P. Platinum Social Science grade 7

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