Year 7 Humanities Revision Booklet for the chapter: Maps and Mapping.

Question 1: Mapping Your School

In the box provided below draw a simple map of your school campus.
Label at least three important locations on the map.
Question 2: Importance of Maps

a) Define a map
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b) Explain why maps are important tools.

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c) Provide two examples of where you have used maps in the past.
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Question 3: Understanding Scale

a) Define what the term "scale" means when referring to maps.

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b) Provide an example to illustrate its importance.

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Question 4: Map Scale Calculation

a) On a kitchen plan, the scale is 1 cm to 30 cm.

If the length of a wall is 8 cm on the plan.
What length is the wall in real life?

Show your workings

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b) On a classroom plan, the scale is 1 cm to 50 cm.

If the length of a wall is 10 cm on the plan.
What length is the wall in real life?

Show your workings

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c) Mr. Damien’s school desk is 5 cm long in the plan.

It is 300 cm in real life.
Figure out what the scale is.

Show your workings

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d) Look at the map scale provided below.

If the distance between two points on the map is 4 centimetres, how far apart are
they in reality?

Map Scale
1 cm = 50 km Answer: ______________________________
Question 5: Importance of Scale

a) Describe how having a scale helps someone reading the map.

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Question 6: Bedroom Mental Map

Close your eyes and try to create a mental map of your bedroom.
List at least five objects or features you can visualize in your mental map.
Question 7: Use of Mental Maps

a) Why might someone need to rely on a mental map?

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b) In what situations would it be helpful to have a mental map?

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