WestbourneHouseSchool
Revision–SummerTerm
8CEGEOGRAPHYREVISIONCHECKLIST
TheExamwillconsistof:
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Onepaper:duration60minutes(containinganOrdnanceSurveyMap)
o Section1:LocationKnowledge(10-15marks)
o Section2:OrdnanceSurveyMapWork(10-15marks)
o Section3:ThematicStudies(10-15marksforeachofthefivethemes)
Equipmentyouwillneedfortheexam:
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Fountainpenandsparecartridges
Pencil(Eraser/Sharpener)
Ruler
Highlighters
TOPIC/SECTION
WHATTOREVISE(withNotes/Tips)
Section1
Location
Knowledge
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Thequestionsaretobeansweredwithreferencetoagiven
map.
Thequestionswillbeconfinedtoarestrictednumberof
featuresandplaces.
Outlinesofmountainranges,coursesofriversanddotsto
representthelocationsofcitieswillbegiven.
Onequestionwillbebasedonphysicalgeographyandtheother
onahumangeographytopicoranenvironmentaltopic.
Questionswillbesetonlyonlocationsshownbelow:
THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EUROPE
Continents Europe
Mountain
Alps, Pyrenees
Major
ranges
physical
Oceans
Atlantic, Arctic
features
Seas
Mediterranean
Rivers
Rhine
Other
Arctic Circle, North Pole, Prime Meridian
features
England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland,
Countries
Rep. of Ireland
Sea areas English Channel, Irish Sea, North Sea
Rivers
Severn, Thames, Trent, Clyde, Shannon, Mersey, Tyne
Upland
British
Grampians, Lake District, Pennines, Snowdonia
areas
Isles
Anglesey, Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Orkneys,
Islands
Shetlands, Isle of Wight
Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Dublin, Edinburgh,
Major cities Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester,
Newcastle, Plymouth, Southampton
DONE?
Countries
and their Europe
capitals
Belgium (Brussels), Denmark (Copenhagen), France
(Paris), Germany (Berlin), Greece (Athens), Iceland
(Reykjavik), Italy (Rome), Netherlands (Amsterdam),
Norway (Oslo), Poland (Warsaw), Portugal (Lisbon),
Russia (Moscow), Spain (Madrid), Switzerland (Bern)
THE REST OF THE WORLD
Continents
Major
physical
features
Section2
OrdnanceSurvey
MapWork
Section3
ThematicStudies
Mountain
ranges
Deserts
Africa, Asia, North America,
South America , Oceania, Antarctica
Andes, Himalayas, Rockies
Sahara
Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, Pacific, Southern
Oceans/seas
Oceans, Red Sea
Amazon, Mississippi, Nile, Yangtze (Chang
Rivers
Jiang), Ganges
Arctic Circle, Antarctic Circle, Equator,
International Dateline, North Pole, South
Other features
Pole, Prime Meridian, Tropic of Cancer,
Tropic of Capricorn
Egypt (Cairo), Ethiopia (Addis Ababa), Ghana
Africa
(Accra), Kenya (Nairobi), Nigeria (Abuja), South
Africa (Pretoria)
Canada (Ottawa), Mexico (Mexico City), USA
North America
(Washington DC)
Argentina (Buenos Aires), Brazil (Brazilia),
South America Chile (Santiago), Colombia (Bogota), Peru
(Lima)
Countries and
Afghanistan (Kabul), Bangladesh (Dacca),
their capitals
China (Beijing), India (New Delhi), Indonesia
(Jakarta), Iran (Tehran), Iraq (Baghdad), Israel
(Jerusalem), Japan (Tokyo), Pakistan
Asia
(Islamabad), Russia (see Europe), Saudi Arabia
(Riyadh), South Korea (Seoul), Thailand
(Bangkok), Turkey (Ankara) (also in Europe)
Australia (Canberra), New Zealand
(Wellington) , Papua New Guinea (Port
Oceania
Moresby)
Other major
Dubai, Kolkata, Los Angeles, New York, Rio de
cities and city
Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, Sydney,
states
Vancouver
• ThissectionwillcompriseOrdnanceSurveymapwork
questions.
• OrdnanceSurveymapstothescaleof1:50,000and1:25,000
willbeusedandakeytoconventionalsymbolswillbeprovided.
MAPREVISIONWILLHAPPENINGEOGRAPHYLESSONS
Additionalrevisioncanbedoneusing:
http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/map-skills
• Thissectionwillcomprisefivequestionsonthefivethematic
themes:
o Earthquakes&Volcanoes
o Weather&Climate
o Rivers&Coasts
o Population&Settlement
o Transport&Industry
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Candidateswillberequiredtoanswerallquestions.
Photographs,maps,diagrams,graphsanddatatablesmaybe
usedasstimulusmaterial.
Questionswillincludeamixofdataresponse,multiplechoice,
shortandmoreextendedanswers.
Syllabus
ALLREVISIONISINTHEPUPILSREVISIONFOLDERS.
ADDITIONALMATERIALISAVAILABLEINTHEIRISEB
13+REVISIONGUIDE
https://www.iseb.co.uk/Parents/Examination-syllabusesspecimen-papers
NOTES/TIPS:
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Foranyfurtherinformationorguidanceaboutrevisionortheactualexam,pleasecontactthe
HeadofGeography–MrTimJames([email protected])