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Summary Grade 7 Geography GUIDE
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, 2MAP SKILLS
Local maps and street maps
Find home, school and places of interest on a map of the local area.
People use maps to find their way around and to find interesting places. Most cities in
South Africa have street maps. These maps are usually prepared as a book because
showing a city on one sheet of paper would be too big to use.
Using an index to find places
Vocabulary
Index: an alphabetical list of words, objects or places with page numbers, usually found at
the back of a book, to help you find that item in a book.
The index of street names below is from the Durban Street Guide.
The index shows the street name,
• the suburb where that street is,
• the page number where the street can be found and
• the grid reference, to help you find the street more easily.
Activity 1
Use the map index below to answer these questions.
1. On which page will you find Wipers Road?
2. On which page will you find William Nicol Street?
3. What is the grid reference for Wildebeest Street?
4. In which suburb is Wiek Street?
5. In what suburb is Windsor Place?
6. You can see the name Wolfson Rd in the top right corner of the index.
Why is this name there?
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Map Studio Street Guide Gauteng pg. 294
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Using a street map to find places and describe a
route
Street maps help you to find places and to describe the route from one place to another.
Each street has a name to help you explain which route to take. The point where the
streets cross each other is called an intersection.
A street map has two features to help you find things:
˜ grid lines drawn on the maps to form grid squares
˜ an index at the back.
Vocabulary
Grid lines: vertical and horizontal lines drawn on a map in a grid shape.
Grid squares: the squares (sometimes rectangles) on a map formed by grid lines
Grid reference: using numbers and letters on the grid lines to refer to a specific place on a
map.
Activity 2
Study the street map of Germiston below and answer the following questions:
1. Give the grid squares for:
a. Lambton Mall
b. Colin Mann School
c. Germiston Medicross Centre
2. Name the main road in grid square EB 117.
3. Name the suburb in grid square EA 118.
4. Name the grid square where there is a convent.
5. Draw the symbol for:
a. Police station
b. Place of Interest
c. Hotel
Remember to use the correct colours.
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