Geography Term 1

Question 1

70% of the Earth is covered in________?

Answer 1

water

Question 2

What is the definition of a globe?

Answer 2

A spherical model of the earth with a drawing of the world on it.

Question 3

What does a world map show you?

Answer 3

It shows you the world as well as all the parts that are land and water.

Question 4

What are the large tracts of land called on a world map?

Answer 4

Continents

Question 5

How many continents are there?

Answer 5

7

Question 6

Name the continents.

Answer 6

1. Africa
2. Asia
3. Europe
4. North America
5. South America
6. Australia
7. Antartica

Question 7

Define islands

Answer 7

Smaller areas of land that are completely surrounded by water.

Question 8

What are the large water areas between continents called?

Answer 8

Oceans

Question 9

Name the 3 largest oceans.

Answer 9

1. The Pacific Ocean
2. The Atlantic Ocean
3. The Indian Ocean

Question 10

What is a cartographer?

Answer 10

A person who draws maps. Also known as a map maker.

Question 11

What is a compass?

Answer 11

A compass is an instrument that shows direction.

Question 12

What does “direction” mean?

Answer 12

An indication of where someone or something is pointing or moving.

Question 13

Direction is divided into main compass directions. Name them.

Answer 13

N : North
S : South
E : East
W: West
NE : North-East
NW : North-West
SE : South-East
SW : South-West

Question 14

What is the definition of an atlas?

Answer 14

A geographical book that contains a variety of information about the world.

Question 15

What kind of information does an atlas provide us?

Answer 15

An atlas will contain physical and political maps of the world and of the various continents and countries. It also contains a table of contents which provides a list of all the information contained in the atlas.

Question 16

Where would you find a content page and what does it contain?

Answer 16

A content page is at the front of a book.
It contains a list of what is in the book and on which pages.

Question 17

What is the difference between a physical map and a political map?

Answer 17

A physical map shows natural features, like rivers and mountains.
A political map shows places that people have made, like countries.

Question 18

How many provinces are there in South Africa?

Answer 18

9

Question 19

Name the provinces of South Africa.

Answer 19

1. Western Cape
2. Northern Cape
3. North West
4. Eastern Cape
5. Free State
6. Gauteng
7. Limpopo
8. Mpumalanga
9. Kwazulu-Natal

Question 20

What are statistics?
And what are global statistics?

Answer 20

Statistics are facts that are measured in numbers.
Global statistics are facts about the world given in numbers.

Question 21

Rainfall statistics are measured in __________ .

Answer 21

millimeters (mm)

Question 22

Temperature statistics are measure in _________ .

Answer 22

degrees Celsius (°C)

Question 23

What does the word “global” mean?

Answer 23

Around the world.

Question 24

What are latitude lines?

Answer 24

Imaginary lines that runs horizontally across the earth stretching from East to West.

Question 25

What are Longitude lines?

Answer 25

Imaginary lines that runs vertically across the earth stretching from North to South.

Question 26

What do you call the imaginary line of longitude that divides the earth into western and eastern hemispheres?

Answer 26

Greenwich Meridian

Question 27

What does hemisphere mean?

Answer 27

Half of a sphere (ball)

Question 28

Name the 4 main hemispheres.

Answer 28

1. Northern Hemisphere 2. Southern Hemisphere 3. Eastern Hemisphere 4. Western Hemisphere

Question 29

What is the most important line of latitude?

Answer 29

Equator

Question 30

The equator divides the earth into ______________ and ____________ hemispheres.

Answer 30

northern southern

Question 31

What is the most important line of longitude?

Answer 31

Greenwich Meridian

Question 32

The Greenwich Meridian divides the earth into ____________ and ___________ hemispheres.

Answer 32

western eastern

Question 33

The Greenwich Meridian is at ___(1)___ degrees _______(2)_______ and the equator is at ___(3)___ degrees _______(4)_______.

Answer 33

1. 0 2. longitude 3. 0 4. latitude

Question 34

When longitude and latitude lines are drawn together, is forms a ______________ .

Answer 34

grid pattern

Question 35

The line of longitude that runs farthest East, is at ___(1)___°E. The line of longitude that runs farthest West, is at ___(2)___°w. (3) What is this line called?

Answer 35

1. 180 2. 180 3. International date line

Question 36

When you write coordinates, (longitude / latitude) lines are written first, and (longitude / latitude) are written second.

Answer 36

first = latitude second = longitude

Question 37

What would the following coordinates look like in coordinates: (1) longitude of 20 degrees west and a latitude of 60 degrees north. (2) latitude of 40 degrees south and a longitude of 100 degrees east. (3) longitude of 160 degrees west and a latitude of 60 degrees south. (4) latitude of 40 degrees north and a longitude of 120 degrees west.

Answer 37

1. 60°N; 20°W 2. 40°S; 100°E 3. 60°S; 160°W 4. 40°N; 120°W

Question 38

Lines of latitude are measured as _______ and ________ of the _______ .

Answer 38

north south equator

Question 39

Lines of longitude are measure as _______ and ________ of the _________ .

Answer 39

east west Greenwich Meridian

Question 40

There are ___(1)____ lines of latitude and ___(2)____ lines of longitude.

Answer 40

1. 181 2. 360

Question 41

What is the purpose of a scale on a map?

Answer 41

A scale shows the amount of times reality has been reduced to fit on a map. or It shows how much smaller the map is compared to the actual size of the object or place.

Question 42

What are the difference between small scale maps and large scale maps?

Answer 42

Small scale maps show entire countries, regions or continents. Large scale maps show neighbourhoods, local areas and small towns. Small scale maps show larger geographical areas with little detail. (eg world map) Large scale maps show smaller areas but will much more detail. (town map) Small scale maps = 1 : 100 000 (1cm = 100 000cm) Large scale maps = 1 : 1000 (1cm = 1000cm) Small scale maps have longer distances between features. Large scale maps have shorter distances between features.

Question 43

Name 2 types of scale.

Answer 43

Line scale and word scale

Question 44

What is a line scale?

Answer 44

Line scales use numbers on a line to show the relationship between map distance and actual distance.

Question 45

What is a word scale?

Answer 45

Word scales use words to show the relationship between map distance and actual distance.

Question 46

(1) What type of scale is the following: 0 100km 0 10 20 30 40 50 |_____| |_____|_____|_____|_____|_____| (2) What would this scale look like in the other type of scale?

Answer 46

1. Line scale 2. 1cm on the map represents 100km in reality.

Question 47

If a map shows a scale of 1:350 (cm:m), how many meters would 25cm represent?

Answer 47

8 750cm = 87.5m

Question 48

If a map shows a scale of 1:1 000 000 (cm:km), how many kilometers would 5cm represent?

Answer 48

5 000 000cm = 50km

Question 49

Arrange the following scales from smallest to biggest: (a) 1:1 (b) 1:300 (c) 1:10 (d) 1:100 000

Answer 49

d b c a