Review Geography Year 8

Hunter-gatherers are nomadic’, what does nomadic mean?

• It means they move around in search of food.

• It means they stay in one place in search of food. 

• It means they select a plot of land

• It means they burn the felled trees

1.      i.  Millennial society

ii. Hunter-gatherer society

iii. Agrarian society

iv.Industrial society

The correct options to show how human society has developed are _________.

• All options are correct      

• i, ii and iii 

• i, iii and iv

• ii, iii and iv

What societies depend mainly on the growing of crops and raising of livestock?  

• Agrarian    

• Industrial

• Hunter-gatherers  

• Cosmopolitan

i. Field sketching

ii. Taking photographs

iii. Conducting surveys

iv. Sampling

 

The options above are one of the two ways of gathering data. They are called __________________.  

• Primary data

• Secondary data

• Crucial Data      

• Back up data

What is the purpose of creating a topographic map?

• To represent elevation and terrain features

• To display political boundaries

• To illustrate population density

• To show weather patterns  

When conducting a geographical investigation, what is the purpose of collecting primary data?

• To analyze existing information.

• To gather information directly from original sources.

• To rely solely on secondary sources

• To interpret data collected by others

Which of the following statements about fieldwork is correct?

• It involves analysing information in reports generated from past research.

• It involves drawing conclusions about a topic using information published in books.

• It involves drawing conclusions from case studies about the environment.

• It involves gathering information about a topic directly from the environment.

Which is the correct sequence of reading and interpreting a photograph?

            i.    Divide the photographs into 3 sections- foreground, middle ground and background.

           ii.    Draw geographical conclusions.

         iii.    Identify and describe the physical and human features and state the section where they are located.

• i, ii, and iii 

• i, iii and ii    

• iii, i, and ii

• iii, ii, and i

Why are maps important in Geographical Investigation?

            i.    They are graphical representations of the Earth's surface.

           ii.    They allow us to locate specific places and features easily.

         iii.    They can be used as tools in planning and decision-making.

        iv.    They can be used to record changes in the features of the Earth's surface over time

• i, ii and iii only       

• i, ii and iv only  

• i and iv only  

• All of the above

Housing shortage commonly occurs in big cities. Select the correct reasons of housing shortage.

 

            i.    Rapid population growth

           ii.    Migration

          iii.    High birth rates

         iv.    Competing land use

                                                    

                                                  

• i, ii, and iii   

• i, iii, and iv

• ii, iii and iv  

• All of the above