GRADE: 6 SUBJECT: SOCIAL SCIENCES (GEOGRAPHY) TERM …

1 FAT Activity/Form Learner s mark Learner s % 1. Map Skills TOTAL GRADE: 6 SUBJECT: SOCIAL SCIENCES (GEOGRAPHY) TERM ONE FORMAL ASSESSMENT TASK (FAT) 1 Name: _____ Class: _____ Date: _____ School: _____ Teacher:_____ Gr 6 FAT 1: SS (GEOGRAPHY) TERM 1 Page 1 GRADE 6 FORMAL ASSESSMENT TASK (FAT): TERM 1 SOCIAL SCIENCES : GEOGRAPHY MAP SKILLS FAT: MAP SKILLS (FOCUS: WORLD) TIME ALLOCATION: 1 HOUR DATE: MARK ALLOCATION: 40 Instructions: 1. Read the instructions. 2. Answer ALL the questions. 3. Write in neat and legible handwriting.

2 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: Gr 6 FAT 1: SS (GEOGRAPHY) TERM 1 Page 2 1. A line that runs from North to South _____ 2. The line that divides the world into the Northern and Southern hemispheres _____ 3 A line that divides the world into an Eastern and Western hemispheres _____ 4 A line that runs from East to West around the world _____ (4) 5 Describe the difference between lines of latitude and longitude by using the above globe.

3 _____ (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 _____ (2) Gr 6 FAT 1: SS (GEOGRAPHY) TERM 1 Page 3 7 Explain in your own words the meaning of word scale (1) _____ Figure 3: Map of provinces in South Africa B A Source: Map work made easy.

4 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. (3) Gr 6 FAT 1: SS (GEOGRAPHY) TERM 1 Page 4 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) 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.

5 Use your pencil and draw a line from A, B, C to D. (5) A: ------------------------------ B: ------------------------------ C: ------------------------------ D: ------------------------------ 10 Put these scales in order, from the smallest to largest. (1) 1:1 000 1:50 000 000 1:50 000 1:100 000 1: 50 1: 10 000 Gr 6 FAT 1: SS (GEOGRAPHY) TERM 1 Page 5 11 Which scale in question 10 would be the best to use for a map of Africa? (1) _____ 12 Which scale in question 10 would be the best to use for a map of your street? (1) _____ 13 Give the meaning of the following terms: a.

6 Atlas _____ b. Continent _____ c. Tropic of Capicorn _____ d. Ocean _____ e. South Pole _____ f. Hemisphere _____ (6) 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 Learner Book page 22, Ranby P et al 2012 Gr 6 FAT 1: SS (GEOGRAPHY) TERM 1 Page 6 Figure 5.

7 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 Index Index of place names 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 - 52 Source: Viva SOCIAL SCIENCES grade 6 Learner Book, page 21, Ebrahim F et al 2012.

8 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: _____ (4) Gr 6 FAT 1: SS (GEOGRAPHY) TERM 1 Page 7 GRADE 6 MARKING GUIDELINES (MEMORANDUM): TERM 1 SOCIAL SCIENCES : GEOGRAPHY FAT: MAP SKILLS (FOCUS: WORLD) MARK ALLOCATION: 40 1. Greenwich Meridian (1) 2. Equator (1) 3. Greenwich Meridian (1) 4.

9 Equator (1) 5. Lines of longitude runs from s- pole to the N- pole and come together at the poles. Lines of latitude runs from east to west , they ate parallel and never crosses each other, the distance between these lines stay the same distance from each other. (2) 6. A. North America B. South America/South Africa/Australasia (2) 7. Words can be used to describe a scale on a map (1) 8.

10 A: Cape Town B. Durban 1cm = 80 km 15 Cm x 80 = 1 200km (3) 9. A. Southern Hemisphere B. Northern Hemisphere C. Western Hemisphere D. Eastern Hemisphere (5) 10. 1:50 000 000 1:100 000 1:50 000 1:10 000 1:50 (1) 11. 1:50 000 (1) 12. 1:50 (1) 13. A collection of maps in a book that show us geographical information.