Geography - Term 2 Flashcards
What are the things that help you to recognise places?
Landmarks
True or False: Landmarks can be Natural or human-made.
True
What is the name of a photograph taken from above?
An aerial view photograph
What is a map?
A map is a plan of an area looking from above.
What is a need?
A need is something you cannot do without.
List 3 needs that people have.
Water. Food. Healthcare. Energy. Shelter.
What do resources and services do?
Resources and services give people what they need.
Name the 3 different types of resources.
Natural resources, technological resources and people and their skills
Give an example of a resource delivered by people
Doctors. Dentists. Engineers. Teachers,
Give an example of a Natural resource.
Rain, sunlight, oil
Give an example of a Technological resource
Computers. Cars.
True or False: Services are provided by the Government.
False. Services are provided by the Government AND businesses.
Name 4 different kinds of services.
Sanitation. Healthcare. Transport. Education. Retail. Recreation.
Give an example of a natural landmark and a human-made landmark.
Natural - rivers, mountains, trees. Human-made - dams, buildings, statues, monuments.
Is Table Mountain a natural or human-made landmark?
A natural landmark.
Is The Castle of Good Hope a natural or human-made landmark?
A human-made landmark.
Would you include street names and addresses when giving directions to someone.
Yes.
What is another name of an aerial plan?
A bird’s eye view
Why is a bird’s eye view called what it is?
Because it shows us the way birds see things when they fly in the air.
Why is an aerial plan useful?
Because it allows us to see where things are. It shows us the position of things. On the ground, our view is blocked.
What sort of things block our view when we are standing on the ground?
Trees. Walls. Buildings. Mountains.
What is a symbol?
A symbol is a picture on a map that represents items in the real world.
Give 3 examples of real-world items that may be represented as a symbol on a map.
Trees, sports fields, buildings, toilets, parking areas, boundary walls.
What is a Key on a map?
A key is used on a map to group all the symbols together so that it is easy to find the symbols and know what they mean.
What do we call the thing that is used on a map to group all the symbols together so that it is easy to find the symbols and know what they mean.
A key.
A __________ is a picture on a map that represents items in the real world.
Symbol
