Year 7 Geography Homework: Term 1.

Name:
Tutor:
Geography Class:
Geography Teacher:

Term 1 Homework Guidance:

Your homework is to revise the key knowledge for this unit.

• You will have a banded assessment.

• Your grade will reflect how well you have revised during the term.

• This booklet contains fortnightly revision activities that you must complete to
prepare.

• This booklet must be brought in for your teacher to see on the homework due
date.

• All answers are on the knowledge organiser.

• The activities will be marked in class on the homework due date.

HWK Completed: Score:

1 /18
2 /27 Overall Score: /65
3 /20 Overall Percentage:
 Continents and Oceans of the World Countries of Europe The United Kingdom
There are 7 continents in the world There are 51 independent states in Europe Includes England, Scotland,
Wales and Northern Ireland

Physical Geography is Human Geography is Environmental

the study of natural the study of human Geography is the
features and processes made features and study of how
on Earth. processes on Earth. humans affect the
natural world.
• Rivers • Places
• Volcanoes • Business • Pollution
• Oceans • Trade • Global warming
• Coasts • Culture • Nature reserves Latitude and longitude are measured in degrees.
• Mountains • Countries • Deforestation Latitude runs East to West. There are 180 lines of
• Ecosystems • Employment • Renewable latitude. The equator is the line of latitude that
• Weather • Development energy splits the earth into two hemispheres.
Lines of longitude run North to South. There are
Culture – Similarities and differences Most people in the UK
360 lines of longitude. The prime Meridian runs
live in cities. Most
between different groups of people through London.
cities are in Northern,
Inter-dependence – How we are Map symbols help us Grid references allow Central and South
linked to other parts of the world to understand what you to find 1Km2 areas East England
appears on the map. (4 figure references) or
Social – To do with people; how and The give us a useful pinpoint spots (6 figure Relief means how
where they live guide to what we can references) on a map. hilly or flat an area is.
expect to see when When working out grid Britain has
Economic – To do with jobs, trade, we’re out and about references you use the mountainous relief in
business and money exploring. Maps have a bottom numbers first the North and West,
key so we know what then the side numbers but flatter relief in
Sustainability – Using the worlds the symbols mean. second. the South and East
resources without damaging or
wasting them for future generations Population density is how many people live in a certain
area. This is measured in people per square km. Densely
Scale is used to represent distance on a populated areas have many people (for its size) and
map. 1:50,000 means one cm on the sparsely populated areas have few people per square km.
map = 500m or 2cm = 1kilometer.
Dense population Sparse population
In cities In rural areas
REMEMBER: Bottom number first Lots of jobs Fewer jobs
then side numbers second Many schools and services Fewer schools and services
Good roads and accessibility Inaccessible (remote)
Homework Task 1 Set W/C: 22nd April 2019 My Class Due Date:

1. Fill the gaps: What is Geography? 4. Fill the gaps: OS Map Symbols:
Physical Geography is the study of This is the symbol for _______________________.
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________.
Human Geography is the study of This is the symbol for _______________________.
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________.
This is the symbol for ______________________.
Environmental Geography is the study of
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________. True or False - decide if the statement is True or False – about
2. Keywords: What is Geography.
The keyword that is to do with jobs, trade, business and money 5. Physical Geography includes the topics of Rivers and Coasts.
is _________________________________________________. TRUE
The keyword that can be used to show how we are linked to FALSE
other parts of the world is
___________________________________________________. 6. Human Geography includes the topics of Weather and
The keyword that means using the worlds resources without Volcanoes.
damaging or wasting them for future generations is TRUE
___________________________________________________. FALSE
The keyword that is to do with people; how and where they
live is ______________________________________________. 7. Environmental Geography includes the topics of Nature
The keyword that is about similarities and differences between Reserves and Pollution.
different groups of people is TRUE
___________________________________________________. FALSE
3. Fill the gaps: Scale:
Scale is used to represent ______________________________ 8. Environmental Geography includes the topics of Oceans
on a map. 1:50,000 means one cm on the map = _________m. and Employment.
Or 2____ =1 kilometer. TRUE
FALSE
The answers for all these questions are found on the knowledge organiser.
Homework Task 2 Set W/C: 6th May 2019 My Class Due Date:

1. Continents and Oceans of the World: True or False - decide if the statement is True or False –
There are _______ continents in the World. These include Four and Six Figure Grid References.
Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Oceania, North America and 6. Four Figure Grid References allow you to find 1km2
______________ _____________________________. There areas.
are 5 oceans in the World. These include the TRUE
___________________, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific and Southern FALSE
Oceans.
7. Six Figure Grid References don’t allow you to pinpoint
2. Latitude and Longitude: spots on a map.
Latitude and Longitude are measured in TRUE
_____________________________. Latitude runs East to West. FALSE
There are 180 lines of latitude. The
_______________________________________ is the line of 8. When working out Grid References you use the bottom
latitude that splits the Earth into two numbers first then the side numbers second.
___________________________________________________. TRUE
Lines of _______________________________________ run FALSE
North to South. There are 360 lines of longitude. The
______________________ _____________________________ 9. To pinpoint spots on a map you need to divide squares
runs through London. into six equal sections.
TRUE
3. What do map symbols help us to understand? FALSE
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________. 10. By dividing into ten equal squares you can pinpoint
4. What do map symbols give us a useful guide to? locations within a square. These are called Six Figure Grid
___________________________________________________ References.
___________________________________________________. TRUE
5. Why do maps have a key? FALSE
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________. The answers for all these questions are found on the knowledge
organiser.
Homework Task 2 Set W/C: 6th May 2019 My Class Due Date:

1. Countries of Europe: True or False - decide if the statement is True or False –

There are _______ independent states in Europe. Compass Directions.
6. The UK is North of France.
TRUE
FALSE

7. Russia is East of Finland.

TRUE
FALSE

8. Italy is South of Germany.

TRUE
FALSE

9. Poland is North of Sweden.

TRUE
FALSE

10. Romania is West of Spain.

2. The United Kingdom:
TRUE
The United Kingdom includes FALSE
_________________________________,
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. 11. The UK is South-West of Norway.
England is South of __________________________________ TRUE
and East of _________________________. FALSE
The Republic of Ireland is not part of the
United Kingdom but does join this group 12. Hungary is South-East of Bulgaria.
of countries to make up The British Isles. TRUE
However, Great Britain refers to England, FALSE
Scotland and Wales.
The answers for all these questions are found on the knowledge
organiser.
Homework Task 3: Set W/C: 20th May 2019 My Class Due Date:
True or False - decide if the statement is True or False:
1. UK Cities:
Population Density.
Most people in the UK live in ________________________.
4. An area with high population density will have lots of job
Most cities are in Northern,
opportunities.
__________________________ and South East
TRUE
_____________________________________ .
FALSE
2. Relief:
5. There are fewer schools and services in sparsely populated areas.
Relief means how hilly or _________________ an area is.
TRUE
Britain has
FALSE
_________________________________________
Relief in the North and _________________, but
6. Urban cities are usually sparsely populated.
_______________________ relief in the
TRUE
_________________ and East.
FALSE
3. Population Density:
7. The rural countryside is usually densely populated.
Population density is how many
TRUE
_______________________ live in a certain area. This is
FALSE
measured in people per square km.
______________________________ populated areas have
8. Rural areas are more likely to be inaccessible and remote.
_________________ people (for its size) and
TRUE
________________________________ populated areas
FALSE
have _____________ people per square km.
9. London is a densely populated city.
TRUE
FALSE

10. The North-West of Scotland is mountainous and therefore

sparsely populated.
TRUE
FALSE
The answers for all these questions are on the knowledge organiser.