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Summary Geography Grade 07 Term 01 (Via Afrika textbook)
Summary of 10 pages for the course Geography at 7th Grade (.)
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Topic 1 : Map skills ........................................................................................................................ 2
Unit 1 : Local maps and street maps ............................................................................................ 2
Unit 2 : Sketch maps and explanation of routes ........................................................................... 4
Unit 3 : Distance and scale ........................................................................................................... 6
Unit 4 : Current events ................................................................................................................. 9
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, Topic 1 : Map skills
UNIT 1 : LOCAL MAPS AND STREET MAPS
Glossary
Term Definition
Representations Things that stand in the place of other things.
Cartographer Someone trained to make maps.
Symbols Something that stands for something or represents something else.
Abbreviation Shortened form of a word.
Destination The place you want to go.
Local maps and street maps
• Maps are representations of a territory.
• This information can help you find places on maps of local areas.
• When cartographers make maps, they need to use this information as small as possible.
• There are 3 types of map symbols that cartographers can use.
• They are indicated in a map key.
Point symbols
• Individual buildings have point symbols to represent them.
• It can have different shapes, sizes or colors.
Line symbols
• Roads, rivers and railway lines are represented by line symbols.
• They can have different colors to make it easier to know which features on the ground they
represent.
Area symbols
• A territory is in fact a space on the ground with a boundary around it.
• On maps, areas are represented by shapes.
• These shapes can be regular to represent a regular area on the ground.
• It can also be irregular to represent irregular areas on the ground.
On maps, different areas can be identified by a
• Line that forms a boundary around the area.
• Color used within the border.
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