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TERM ONE FORMAL ASSESSMENT TASK (FAT) 1

Name: _______________________________________________________ Class: ___________________________ Date: ______________________ School: __________________________ Teacher:___________________

FAT

Activity/Form

1.

Map Skills

TOTAL

Learner's mark

Learner's %

GRADE 6 FORMAL ASSESSMENT TASK (FAT): TERM 1

SOCIAL SCIENCES: GEOGRAPHY

MAP SKILLS

FAT: MAP SKILLS (FOCUS: WORLD) DATE:

TIME ALLOCATION: 1 HOUR MARK ALLOCATION: 40

Instructions:

1. Read the instructions. 2. Answer ALL the questions. 3. Write in neat and legible handwriting. 4. Neat work will be appreciated.

Figure 1: Globe depicting the most important lines of latitude and longitude.

Source: , longitude and latitude

Study the globe and copy the four statements below. Write the words `Greenwich' or `Equator' next to the correct statement:

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1. A line that runs from North to South

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2. The line that divides the world into the Northern and Southern hemispheres

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3 A line that divides the world into an Eastern and Western hemispheres

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4 A line that runs from East to West around the world

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5 Describe the difference between lines of latitude and longitude by using the above globe.

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(2)

Figure 2: World map showing continents (latitude and longitude)

Source:

6 Name a continent that the following lines run through: a. 80? West ______________________________________ b. 20? South ______________________________________

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7 Explain in your own words the meaning of "word scale"

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______________________________________________________________________________

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Figure 3: Map of provinces in South Africa

B

A

Source: Map work made easy: A handbook for Educators 2008, Grade 4-6. page 13,

Ruth Versveld 2008.

8. Use the line-scale to determine the distance between A and B in km. (cities in SA).

A-Cape Town and B-Durban.

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Figure 4: World political / physical maps and satellite images

Source: (World political / Physical Maps and Satellite Images)

9. President Zuma went on a world tour. He flew from (A) O.R. Tambo airport in Johannesburg to Paris (France). From Paris he flew to (B) Washington (USA) and (C) Brazil (South America). He ended his tour in (D) Tokyo (Japan). ( Show by drawing on the map)

Name the different hemispheres that President Zuma visited from A to D. Use your pencil and draw a line from A, B, C to D. A: ------------------------------

B: ------------------------------

C: ------------------------------

D: ------------------------------

10 Put these scales in order, from the smallest to largest.

1:1 000

1:50 000 000 1:50 000 1:100 000 1: 50

(5)

(1) 1: 10 000

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11 Which scale in question 10 would be the best to use for a map of Africa?

(1)

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12 Which scale in question 10 would be the best to use for a map of your street? (1)

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13 Give the meaning of the following terms: a. Atlas ___________________________________________________________ b. Continent ___________________________________________________________ c. Tropic of Capicorn ___________________________________________________________ d. Ocean ___________________________________________________________ e. South Pole ___________________________________________________________ f. Hemisphere

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14 Draw the following table below on your answer sheet:

a. Give an example of a name of physical and human features.

Each feature should be one of the top THREE longest, highest and

biggest in the WORLD.

(10)

FEATURE

NAME

Two rivers

(2)

Mountain

(1)

Desert

(1)

Forest

(1)

A large country

(1)

Two big cities

(2)

Two oceans

(2)

Source: Social Sciences: Solutions for all grade.6 Learner Book page 22, Ranby P et al

2012

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Figure 5: Extract of a content page taken from Viva Social Sciences Grade 6

CONTENTS

MAP SKILLS Map symbols Direction Lines of latitude and longitude Scale

South Africa Physical Political Climate Vegetation Agriculture Mining and minerals

South Africa's provinces Northern Cape Western Cape Eastern Cape KwaZulu-Natal Mpumalanga Limpopo North-West Free State Gauteng

World Physical

4-5 6

7 8-9

10-11 12-13 14 14 15 15

16 ? 17 18 ? 19 20 ? 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 - 29

Political Climate and vegetation Population

The continents and the Pacific Ocean Africa ? political Africa ? physical Asia Europe Australia and New Zealand North America South America Pacific ocean and Islands Antarctica

Earth in Space

The solar system Seasons and time zones The Moon

30 ? 31 32 ? 33 34 ? 35

36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44

45 46 47

Index Index of place names

48 - 52

Source: Viva Social Sciences grade 6 Learner Book, page 21, Ebrahim F et al 2012.

15 Read and use the content page:

Which pages will you turn to if you want to find out about:

a. World population: __________________________ b. Rivers of Africa: __________________________________ c. South Africa's climate: ________________________________ d. Scale: _________________________________________

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