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Grade 5 Geography Formal Assessment Task Term 1

The document is a geography test for grade 5 students covering topics about maps, Africa, and South Africa. It contains 4 questions testing students' knowledge of map skills, the location of continents and countries, South African provinces and cities, as well as concepts of countries and borders. The test has instructions for students and is marked out of 30 points dividing content into different cognitive order skills.

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Grade 5 Geography Formal Assessment Task Term 1

The document is a geography test for grade 5 students covering topics about maps, Africa, and South Africa. It contains 4 questions testing students' knowledge of map skills, the location of continents and countries, South African provinces and cities, as well as concepts of countries and borders. The test has instructions for students and is marked out of 30 points dividing content into different cognitive order skills.

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Social Science Ms Malepeng 2023

Eastleigh Primary School


Geography: Grade 5 – Term 1
Controlled Test

Educator: Ms J. Malepeng Total: 30


Moderator: Ms Brooks Grade: ______
Name: _______________________________ Date: _______

Topics:
 Map Skills
- World map and compass directions
- Africa our continent

Instructions:
 Read all the questions carefully.
 Write neatly and legibly.
 Answer all questions.
 Note the mark allocation.

Low Order – 30% (9) Middle Order – 50% (15) High Order – 20% (6)
Remember Understanding / Applying Analysing/ Evaluating;
Creating
1 2 3

Question by Question Analysis


Q1 Q2 Q4 TOTAL

9 15 6 30

Question 1 (9 marks)
Social Science Ms Malepeng 2023

1.1 Give a definition for the following word. (1)

Equator
_____________________________________________________________

1.1.2. Differentiate between Political Maps and Physical Maps (1)

_____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________

1.2 Label a photo of the globe. (4)

1.3 Look at the map below and answer the following questions. There are
seven continents in the world. (3)
- Colour in Africa pink
- Colour in Antarctica blue
- Colour in Australia yellow
Social Science Ms Malepeng 2023

Question 2 (12 marks)

2.1 Look at the map of South Africa below and answer the questions that
follow. (7)

2.1.1 Identify two landlocked provinces on the map above. (2)

a) ___________________________ b) ____________________________

2.1.2 Identify two coastal provinces on the map above. (2)

a) __________________________ b) _____________________________
Social Science Ms Malepeng 2023

2.1.3 Complete the below table. (3)

Provinces Capital Cities

Mafikeng

Northern Cape

Mbombela

2.2 Use the below source to answer questions that follow. (2)

2.2.1 Name the continents that the equator runs through.

a) ____________________________ b) __________________________________

2.3 Use the sources below to answer the following questions (3)

Picture A Picture B
Social Science Ms Malepeng 2023

2.3.1 What is the name of the physical feature in Picture A? ___________________

2.3.2 Why do locals sometimes refer to the physical feature in picture A as “the
smoke that thunders”? _________________________________________________

2.3.3 Picture B, In which country can we find this physical feature? ______________

2.4 Use the map below to answer the following questions (3)

2.4.1 Identify the sea that borders Egypt and Sudan _______________________ (1)

2.4.2 Which country lies north of Chad __________________________________(1)

2.4.3 Which direction will you travel from Zambia to Congo __________________(1)
Social Science Ms Malepeng 2023

Question 4 (6 marks)

3.1 The below is a picture of the largest city in Africa, in which country can we find
this city? _____________________ (1)

3.2 Explain the


concept of countries and borders (2)

___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

3.3 South Africa is the only country with 3 capital cities. Name and explain the
function of each capital city (3)

___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

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