Geography Grade 6 - CNX

[Pages:73]Geography Grade 6

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Geography Grade 6

By: Siyavula Uploaders

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CONNEXIONS

Rice University, Houston, Texas

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1 Term 1 1.1 Determining direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.2 The use of lines of longitude and latitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1.3 Trade and transport routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 1.4 Map projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2 Term 2 2.1 Population distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2.2 Rapid expansion problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

3 Term 3 3.1 Weather predictions and synoptic weather charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 3.2 Climate and vegetation regions of the world . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 3.3 The main biomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

4 Term 4 4.1 Rich and poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 4.2 Reasons for wealth/poverty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 4.3 Characteristics of developing countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 4.4 HIV/Aids as a developmental problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Attributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

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Chapter 1

Term 1

1.1 Determining direction1

1.1.1 SOCIAL SCIENCES: Geography 1.1.2 Grade 6 1.1.3 MAP WORK AND PRACTICAL WORK 1.1.4 Module 1 1.1.5 DETERMINING DIRECTION

1. Using lines of longitude and latitude to indicate location In the same way as we draw lines on a map or plan, imaginary lines are drawn on the earth. Exactly

halfway between the north and south poles, we nd the EQUATOR. The equator is called the 0 line of latitude, and runs from east to west. Parallel to the 0 line of latitude, we also nd a 90 N and a 90 S line of latitude at the two poles.

The equator divides the globe into two halves. The upper half is called the NORTHERN HEMISPHERE and the lower one the SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE.

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There are also imaginary lines running from north to south. They are called the lines of longitude. The line of longitude lying on 0 is called the GREENWICH line of longitude. It, in turn, divides the earth into a WESTERN HEMISPHERE and an EASTERN HEMISPHERE. East of the Greenwich line of longitude run 180 lines of longitude, and to the west of it there are also 180 lines of longitude.

All these lines of longitude and latitude form intersections on the earth, with which the exact location of a place can be indicated. More about this later. For now it is enough if you are able to indicate in which hemisphere(s) a place, land or continent is.

1.1.6 Activity 1: 1.1.7 To answer questions 1.1.8 [LO 1.3, 1.5]

Study a map of the world in your atlas and answer the following questions:

? Name the continents through which the equator runs. ? The equator runs through three oceans. Name them. ? Is Cape Town situated in the Eastern or Western Hemisphere? ? Which continents lie completely north of the equator? ? Which continent lies completely in the Western Hemisphere?

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