Geography term 2

Question 1

What is a map?

Answer 1

A drawing of an area from ABOVE showing places and things such as roads, towns, rivers and mountains.
Drawn as if you were looking down on the area

Question 2

What do we mean by a view?

Answer 2

a way of seeing something

Question 3

What is a plan?

Answer 3

A drawing as seen from above

Question 4

What is side view?

Answer 4

A side view is what you see when you look at something from the side

Question 5

What is plan view?

Answer 5

When you see something down on the ground from ABOVE, for example MAPS are in plan view

Question 6

What is a symbol on a map?

Answer 6

a SIGN such as a picture, letter, number or colour, that has a special MEANING on a map like WHERE things are.
Symbols make it easier to draw and read maps

Question 7

What is the key on a map?

Answer 7

the key to a map is a list that tells you what the symbols on the map mean

Question 8

What is a grid?

Answer 8

a pattern of STRAIGHT LINES that go left to right and top to bottom, and CROSS over each other to form BLOCKS
(another way to say it: a grid is a pattern of VERTICAL and HORIZONTAL lines that INTERSECT)

Question 9

What is a grid on a map?

Answer 9

A pattern of straight lines that are drawn over a map to help us find places on a map

Question 10

What is a grid reference?

Answer 10

NUMBERS and LETTERS on the SIDE (left) and TOP of a grid that label the SPACES between the grid lines, which help you find places on a map
This is alpha-numeric system.

Question 11

What is another name for a grid reference?

Answer 11

A diamond reference

Question 12

What is a compass?

Answer 12

an instrument that shows directions

Question 13

What is a direction?

Answer 13

the way someone or something is pointing or moving

Question 14

Draw a compass with the 4 main directions on it.

Answer 14

Question 15

Where does the sun come up?

Answer 15

The sun comes UP in the EAST

Question 16

Where does the sun go down?

Answer 16

The sun goes DOWN in the WEST

Question 17

Fill in the missing directions on the compass (labelled 1 to 4)

Answer 17

1. North West
2. North East
3. South West
4. South East

Question 18

What is a country?

Answer 18

an area that has its OWN government and rules

Question 19

What is a continent?

Answer 19

a LARGE area of LAND (that usually contains several countries) for example Africa

Question 20

What is an ocean?

Answer 20

a large area of sea

Question 21

What is the coast?

Answer 21

Where land and sea meet

Question 22

What is a province?

Answer 22

A part of a country

Question 23

What is a border?

Answer 23

The line between two countries or provinces

Question 24

What is the name of the country that we live in?

Answer 24

South Africa

Question 25

What continent do we live on?

Answer 25

Africa

Question 26

On which sides does South Africa have oceans?

Answer 26

along the East, West and South coasts

Question 27

On an map, what colour are the lines that show borders between other countries or provinces with a country?

Answer 27

Red lines

Question 28

Which ocean is on the West of South Africa?

Answer 28

The Atlantic Ocean

Question 29

Which ocean is on the East of South Africa?

Answer 29

The Indian Ocean

Question 30

How many countries does South African share borders with? Name them

Answer 30

6 countries:
- Namibia
- Botswana
- Zimbabwe
- Mozambique
- Swaziland
- Lesotho

Question 31

How many provinces does South Africa have?

Answer 31

9
See the yellow parts of the map

Question 32

Name the provinces of South Africa

Answer 32

Western Cape
Eastern Cape
Northern Cape
North West
Free State
KwaZulu-Natal
Mpumalanga
Gauteng

Question 33

What is the capital city of the Western Cape?

Answer 33

Cape Town is the capital city of the Western Cape