Grade 7 Geography Term 1 Test 1 + Memo
About this resource
Help your Grade 7 learner prepare for Term 1 Geography with this comprehensive 50-mark practice test, complete with a full memorandum. The test has a duration of 1 hour and includes a balanced combination of lower-, middle- and higher-order questions.
The test covers:
- Map skills and concepts
- Latitude and longitude
- The Prime Meridian
- Map scale
- Physical and political maps
- Contour lines and elevation
- Map projections
- Grid references
- Africa’s physical geography
- The Sahara Desert
- Mount Kilimanjaro
- The Nile River
- Street maps
- Map symbols and landmarks
- Map conventions – compass, key, scale and heading
- Reading and interpreting a street map
- Small-scale and large-scale maps
- Map of South Africa
- South Africa’s provinces
- Neighbouring countries
- Lesotho as a landlocked country
- Converting a line scale to a word scale
- Calculating real-world distances using map scale
- Practical map drawing and design
The test includes definitions, true or false, short-answer questions, street-map interpretation, symbol identification, scale calculations and a practical mapwork task. Learners are required to design their own street map using the correct heading, scale, compass and key, as well as landmarks and street names.
Total: 50 marks | Duration: 1 hour | Full memorandum included | PDF format.
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