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Grade 6 Geography Term 4 Summary + Test

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About this resource

Help your child prepare confidently for their Grade 6 Geography Term 4 assessment with this comprehensive 25-page summary and practice workbook covering Population – Why People Live Where They Do.

The workbook combines colourful, learner-friendly summary notes, maps, tables, key words, practice questions, a full practice test, memorandum and quick exam revision pages.

Topics covered include:

  • Population & Settlements – population, population distribution and why people settle in certain areas
  • Why People Live Where They Do in South Africa – physical and human factors affecting settlement
  • Natural Factors – climate, fertile land, water sources and natural features
  • Human Factors – laws, resources, mining, farming, fishing, trade and manufacturing
  • Rural & Urban Areas – differences between rural and urban settlements
  • Urbanisation – why people move to cities, including push and pull factors
  • Population Distribution in South Africa – comparing populations across the nine provinces
  • Population Density – understanding and calculating people per km²
  • World Population Distribution – densely and sparsely populated regions around the world
  • Major World Cities
  • Case Study: Cairo, Egypt – why Cairo developed where it did and the factors contributing to its growth

Learners can then put their knowledge into practice with a 40-mark Terms 3 & 4 practice test, reflecting the assessment breakdown of 15 marks for Term 3 and 25 marks for Term 4. The test includes source-based questions, a climate graph, population data, calculations, a case-study scenario and paragraph writing.

A complete memorandum is included for easy marking and correction, followed by Quick Exam Revision pages summarising the most important concepts, facts and key words learners need to know.

Format: PDF Includes: Summary Notes + Maps & Visuals + Key Words + Practice Activities + 40-Mark Practice Test + Memorandum + Quick Exam Revision

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