NAME: FORM: YEAR 5 SUMMER EXAM REVISION QUESTIONS 2016 The exam will be forty minutes long. Answers will be short sentences or just one-word answers. The exam will be based upon the work that you have covered in Year Five so far this year. To revise we suggest that you read through your exercise book and make a mental note of all the important geographical words. There are also Japan and Brazil mind maps and glossary sheets in this pack to be looked at. Then try to answer the following questions. Perhaps you can find an adult to read the questions out to you and you can tell them the answers? Alternatively you might want to jot down brief answers in the back of your book. In particular, make good use of the blank maps attached when practising global locations. There is a big section of global locations in the exam. What is Geography? What types of topics are studied in Physical Geography? What types of topics would a Human Geographer study? What is Environmental Geography? What are the differences between renewable and non-renewable resources? Can you give examples of each? The UK On the map of the UK attached can you label the following? Countries: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland Seas: English Channel, North Sea, Irish Sea Islands: Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Orkneys, Shetlands Rivers: Trent, Severn, Thames, Clyde, Shannon Hills: Grampians, N.W. Highlands, Pennines, Southern Uplands, Lake District, Cambrians, Snowdonia, Dartmoor European Union Can you label the twenty-seven countries of the EU on the map attached? (Do not revise the capitals.) Longitude and Latitude Why do we have lines of latitude and longitude? What is the difference between lines of longitude and latitude? On the world map attached can you label the Poles, Arctic and Antarctic Circles, Equator, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Prime (Greenwich) Meridian? Could you use longitude and latitude to describe where somewhere is? Time Zones Why do we have time zones? Where is the Prime (Greenwich) Meridian? Do we put clocks forwards or backwards as we go east from the Greenwich Meridian? What happens as you cross the International Dateline going eastwards? Continents and Oceans Can you label all the continents and oceans on the world map attached?
Could you identify some of the most important countries of the world on the world map? (E.g. Japan, USA, Russia, Brazil, South Africa, Kenya, India, China, Australia, Indonesia, Canada) Ordnance Survey Map Skills (We will practise these skills in class with OS maps) Could you label the eight major points of the compass? What does a scale tell you? How is scale shown on a map? What does a scale of 1:50 000 mean? Could you measure distances using a scale on an O.S. map? Can you use a key to recognise symbols on a map? Can you use four and six figure grid references to locate a square or point on a map? Name three ways in which height is shown on a map? Could you describe the shape of a slope or the land (relief) by looking at the contour pattern? Could you describe a route on an O.S. map (mentioning human and physical features that you would see)? New Zealand Which main islands make up the country? Which oceans surround New Zealand? What is the largest lake? What are the major mountain ranges? What natural hazards have New Zealand had to face. How has New Zealand prepared for the effects of natural hazards? Can you name 4 major ethnicity groups of New Zealand? Where does the weather mainly come from? Which of New Zealand s 3 main islands are generally warmer? Why is this? Where is the driest part of the country? Development What is an MEDC? What is an LEDC? Can you name examples of both? What are the different indicators that determine how developed a country is? (Clue: Birth rate is one!) South Africa Can you describe South Africa s location? What oceans surround it? What are South Africa s neighbouring countries? Which different groups of people have lived in South Africa throughout its history? Who were the Boers? What discovery in the north of SA made the British very interested? Can you list some facts about Nelson Mandela? What are some attractions that tourists visit when in South Africa?