GEOGRAPHY- MAPWORK QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Mapwork terms: Recreational facilities - Answers --anything you do in your leisure time
e.g yacht club, golf course, picnic site, camping site, racing track, snake park, shooting
range etc.
Economic activities - Answers --activities that the area makes money from
e.g mining, fishing, nursery, forestry, brick factory etc.
How to convert scales - Answers -Ratio scale is always 1:50 000
1. Measure in cm
2. Multiply with scale (50 000)
3. Divide with 100 000
4. Answer in km
Direction - Answers --looking at the word 'from'
-your starting point is always the letter or name or feature that follows the word 'from'
Types of slopes indicated by contour lines:
Even slope - Answers --contour lines are far apart
Steep slope - Answers --contour lines are closer together
Convex slope - Answers --contours are far apart at the top
-closer at the bottom
Concave slope - Answers --contours are close at the top
-far apart from the bottom
Drainage - Answers --everything to do with water
-everything in blue on the map
e.g rivers, dams, canals, aqueducts, furrows,
Agriculture - Answers --everything in green on the map
Relief - Answers --everything in brown on the map
-to do with height
e.g mountainous, high, contours close, give the height of the highest point or contours
far apart, low lying area
Inter-visibility - Answers -Can you see one point on the map from another point on the
map?
(study the contours)
-Yes, there is inter visibility because there is no higher ground in between.
-No, there is no inter visibility because there is higher ground in between.
Mapwork terms: Recreational facilities - Answers --anything you do in your leisure time
e.g yacht club, golf course, picnic site, camping site, racing track, snake park, shooting
range etc.
Economic activities - Answers --activities that the area makes money from
e.g mining, fishing, nursery, forestry, brick factory etc.
How to convert scales - Answers -Ratio scale is always 1:50 000
1. Measure in cm
2. Multiply with scale (50 000)
3. Divide with 100 000
4. Answer in km
Direction - Answers --looking at the word 'from'
-your starting point is always the letter or name or feature that follows the word 'from'
Types of slopes indicated by contour lines:
Even slope - Answers --contour lines are far apart
Steep slope - Answers --contour lines are closer together
Convex slope - Answers --contours are far apart at the top
-closer at the bottom
Concave slope - Answers --contours are close at the top
-far apart from the bottom
Drainage - Answers --everything to do with water
-everything in blue on the map
e.g rivers, dams, canals, aqueducts, furrows,
Agriculture - Answers --everything in green on the map
Relief - Answers --everything in brown on the map
-to do with height
e.g mountainous, high, contours close, give the height of the highest point or contours
far apart, low lying area
Inter-visibility - Answers -Can you see one point on the map from another point on the
map?
(study the contours)
-Yes, there is inter visibility because there is no higher ground in between.
-No, there is no inter visibility because there is higher ground in between.
