St.Benedict College Middle School
Level
5-6-7-8
Half Yearly Examination - February 2017
Year 7
Geography
Name: ____________________________
Time: 1hr 30 mins
Class: ____________
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS NEATLY
A. Figure 1 shows the plan of a kitchen and a dining room.
Figure 1
a. Write true or false after each sentence.
i.
There are 8 chairs around the table in the dining room. ___________________
ii.
The kitchen window is above the kitchen sink. _______________________
iii.
The cooker is next to the fridge in the kitchen. _______________________
iv.
In the dining room there is only one sideboard. ________________________
v.
The front door is facing south. _______________________
vi.
The Windows are facing West in both rooms. _______________________
(6 marks)
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B. Draw a plan of a classroom (not on scale).
In the plan of the classroom draw:
a. A door to the north of the classroom
b. 2 windows on the west side
c. 3 windows on the east side
d. a teacher’s table to the south
e. 10 tables for the students
(6 marks)
C. What do the plans below show? (3 marks)
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D. Refer to Map 1 below:
Scale:
1cm = 1km
1.
The
Map
shows
two
islands :
the
islands
of
_________________________
___________________________.
2. An island is ______________________________________________.
3. An archipelago is ____________________________________________.
4. The sea that surrounds the Maltese islands is called ________________________.
5. A map is ___________________________________________________.
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(6 marks)
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and
E. Fill in the directions in the compass rose below. The names have to be in Maltese. (8 marks)
Malti
F. By referring to Map 1, fill in the directions in the sentences below: (10 marks)
1. Number 1 is coming from the _______________________________.
2. Number 2 is coming from the _______________________________.
3. Number 3 is coming from the _______________________________.
4. Number 4 is coming from the _______________________________.
5. Number 5 is coming from the _______________________________.
6. Letter a is going towards the________________________________.
7. Letter b is going towards the ________________________________.
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8. Letter c is going towards the ________________________________.
9. Letter d is going towards the ________________________________.
10. Letter e is going towards the ________________________________.
Ġ.
Look at Map 1 and complete the following sentences by using the grid lines.
Ex. Letter c is found in the box with grid reference 2408.
1. Letter a is found in the box with grid reference ___________________.
2. Letter b is found in the box with grid reference ___________________.
3. Number 2 is found in the box with grid reference _________________.
4. Number 5 is found in the box with grid reference _________________.
5. In the box with grid reference 2807 we find number _______________.
(10 marks)
G.
The scale of Map 1 is 1 cm =1 km. Calculate the distance in cm and the real distance
between:
i. letter a and letter e? _______________cm
_________________km
ii. number 1 and letter c? _______________cm __________________km
iii. the centre of the wind rose and letter b? _______________ cm
Ħ.
(2 marks)
(2 marks)
________________km
(2 marks)
What do we call the horizontal grid lines of an ordnance survey map? Choose from:
Eastings, Northings, Grid
_______________________
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(2 marks)
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H.
Look at Figure 1: A plan of a Year 6 classroom, and underline the right word in the following
statements. (10 marks)
1. There are (16, 20, 21) student tables in the classroom.
2. There are (6, 4, 5) computers in the classroom.
3. There are (8, 9, 10) girls in the classroom.
4. There are (8, 9, 10) boys in the classroom.
5. Claude is sitting (at the back, on the side, at the front) of the classroom.
6. We can find the teacher’s desk in front of (Claude and Kyra, Luke and Clare, Rebecca and Matthew).
7. The classroom door leads to (another class, the Head’s office, the corridor).
8. The computers’ table is agaist the (southern, western, northern) wall of the classroom.
9. We can find the cupboard in the (North West, North East, South East) corner of the class.
10. The room to the east of the classroom is (the Year 4 classroom, the Year 5 classroom, the office).
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I. Study the map below.
KEY:
Church
1. Write True or False
Public House
(a) The windmill is found to the south of the church. ___________
Telephone
(5 marks)
(b) The Church is found to the west of the telephone. ___________
Lighthouse
(c) The windmill is found to the South East of the Public House.
Windmill
___________
Marsh
(d) The windmill is found to the South East of the the church.
___________
Golf Course
(e) The lighthouse is found more than 2 kilometres from the church.
Youth Hostel
___________
Post Office
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2. Fill in with the correct word by choosing from the given words below.
The telephone
The marsh
The public House
(5 marks)
The windmill
(a)
______________________________ is found in grid reference 2411.
(b)
______________________________ is found in grid reference 2409.
(c)
______________________________ is found in grid reference 2512.
(d)
______________________________ is found in grid reference 2210.
(e)
______________________________ is found in grid reference 2212.
The lighthouse
3. Give the distances in kilometres by measuring on the map. (3 marks)
(a)
From the public house to the windmill there are _____________ km.
(b)
From the post office to the youth hostel there are ______________km.
(c)
From the lighthouse to the windmill there are _____________ km.
J.
What is a KEY and why is it so important in a map? Explain.
(2 marks)
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
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K. What is the Capital City of the following countries?
Country
(5 marks)
Capital City
Italy
France
Morocco
Sirya
Tunesia
L.
Write the name of the countries numbered 1 to 5 by looking at the following map.
(5 marks)
Number of the
Country
Name of the Country
1
2
3
4
5
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M. Answer the following questions. The use of a calculator is permitted for this exercise.
This is a plan of a farmhouse and surrounding fields. The scale is 1cm : 10m.
a. What is the length of the whole property in metres?
___________________ (2 marks)
b. What is the width of the whole property in metres?_______________________ (2 marks)
c. What is the area of the whole property in metres squared?__________________ (4 marks)
The End
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