GRADE: 6

SUBJECT: SOCIAL SCIENCES (GEOGRAPHY)

TERM ONE
FORMAL ASSESSMENT TASK (FAT) 1

Name: _______________________________________________________

Class: ___________________________ Date: ______________________

School: __________________________ Teacher:___________________

Learner’s Learner’s %
FAT Activity/Form
mark

1. Map Skills

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 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.
4. Neat work will be appreciated.

Figure 1: Globe depicting the most important lines of latitude and

longitude.

Source: instagrok.com, longitude and latitude

Study the globe and copy the four statements below. Write the words ‘Greenwich’ or ‘Equator’
next to the correct statement:

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 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.
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
________________________________ (2)

Figure 2: World map showing continents (latitude and longitude)

Source: www.cubscouttracker.com

6 Name a continent that the following lines run through:

a. 80° West
______________________________________
b. 20° South
______________________________________ (2)

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 7 Explain in your own words the meaning of “word scale” (1)
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

Figure 3: Map of provinces in South Africa

Source: Map work made easy: 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)

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Figure 4: World political / physical maps and satellite images

Source: Geology.com (World political / Physical Maps and Satellite Images)

9. President Zuma went on a world tour. He flew from (A) O.R. 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.

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

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 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. 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 grade.6 Learner Book page 22, Ranby P et al
2012

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Figure 5: Extract of a content page taken from Viva Social Sciences Grade 6

CONTENTS

MAP SKILLS
Map symbols 4-5 Political 30 – 31
Direction 6 Climate and vegetation 32 – 33
Lines of latitude and Population 34 – 35
longitude 7
Scale 8-9 The continents and the
Pacific Ocean
South Africa Africa – political 36
Physical 10-11 Africa – physical 37
Political 12-13 Asia 38
Climate 14 Europe 39
Vegetation 14 Australia and New Zealand 40
Agriculture 15 North America 41
Mining and minerals 15 South America 42
Pacific ocean and Islands 43
South Africa’s Antarctica 44
provinces
Northern Cape 16 – 17 Earth in Space
Western Cape 18 – 19
Eastern Cape 20 – 21 The solar system 45
KwaZulu-Natal 22 Seasons and time zones 46
Mpumalanga 23 The Moon 47
Limpopo 24
North-West 25
Free State 26 Index
Gauteng 27
Index of place names 48 - 52
World
Physical 28 - 29

Source: Viva Social Sciences grade 6 Learner Book, page 21, Ebrahim F et al 2012.

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)

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 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. 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. 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.

B. A big piece of land consisting of different countries.

C It is a line 23½ S.

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 D. A big piece of water surrounding the continent.

E. Most southern tip of the world

F. Divides the world into two equal halves (6)

14. Two rivers: Nile/Amazone

Mountain: Mount Everest

Deserts: Sahara/Arabian/Gobi

Forest: Russian Tiaga/Canadian/Amazone

Countries: Russia/Canada/China

Biggest Cities: Tokyo/Mexico City/New York

Oceans: Pacific/Atlantic/Indian (10)

15. A. 34-35

B. 37

C. 14

D. 8-9 (4)

TOTAL 40

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