Geography Revision

• Rural area


  Grassy, less cars
• Urban area


  Less grass, more structures
• Work in rural settlement

  • Grow crops (Farming)
• Work in urban settlement

  • Teacher, Manager, Doctor
• This is not an example of a man-made landmark
• Natural landmark


  Made by nature
• Man-made landmark


  Made by people
• Things people need to survive

  • Clean water
  • Food
  • Healthcare
  • Electricity
  • Home
• Table Mountain is not an example of a man-made landmark
• Farms and villages are found in rural areas
• Teaching is an example of a service job
• A maize farmer does not live in a city
• Settlement


  A place where people live together
• Points of the compass

  • North
  • North West
  • North East
  • West
  • East
  • South West
  • South East
  • South
• The four main points of the compass are called the cardinal directions
• This is a picture of a mug
• Map


  A plan of an area looking down from above, using symbols and a key
• Grid references


  • A3
  • C5
  • C2
• Grid references provide information about the location of features on a map
• The police station is north west of the map
• The school is north of the farm
• The bank is south of the farm
• Most of the houses are north of Leaf Street
• The park is south of Gold Street
• Route from police station to post office

  Go south, turn left onto Leaf Street, carry on straight, turn north onto Winter Street, go past the library, the post office will be on the left
• Lesotho is landlocked by South Africa
• South Africa has 9 provinces
• We live in the KwaZulu-Natal province
• The Atlantic Ocean is found on the west of South Africa
• South Africa is located on the continent of Africa
• The capital city of the Western Cape is Cape Town
• The capital city of KwaZulu-Natal is Pietermaritzburg
• Continent


  Very large areas of land
• There are 7 continents
• Oceans


  • Indian Ocean
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
• Oceania is also known as Australasia
• The imaginary line that divides the world in half is the Equator
• Antarctica and Oceania are the only continents found only in the Southern Hemisphere
• North America, Europe, and Asia are the only continents found only in the Northern Hemisphere
• The Equator passes through Africa and South America