Maps, world climate and resources
Paper 1 work · 6 summaries- Map skills and the globeThe globe, hemispheres and polar circles, contour lines, scale and time zones.
- Climate and vegetation across the worldThe world’s climate regions, from the tropical rainforest to the polar ice, and what decides a place’s climate.
- Natural resourcesRenewable and non-renewable resources, and how we use them sustainably.
- Latitude, longitude and scaleHow to find a place with latitude and longitude, and how the three kinds of scale work.
- Vegetation regions of South AfricaSouth Africa’s vegetation regions, the layers of the rainforest, and how people threaten vegetation.
- Atlases, world facts, forests and populationHow to use an atlas, big world facts, the cold coniferous forests, and where people live.
Settlements, trade and the environment
Paper 2 work · 6 summaries- Why people live where they doWhy people live where they do, rural and urban, and what urbanisation is.
- Trade in South Africa and the worldExports and imports, harbours and transport, and how trade affects countries and people.
- People and the environmentHow people harm the environment, global warming, and how we can live sustainably.
- Climate graphs and populationHow to read a climate graph, why the hemispheres have opposite seasons, and how to calculate population density.
- Trade, value and fair tradeBarter, value and prices, how processing adds value, and fair trade.
- World cities and populationThe world’s big cities and megacities, where they are, and why cities grow.
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