Year 7 –Revision Booklet

What is Geography?

  1. Match the key words with the definition and learn.

Physical Geography / Geography that is to do with people e.g. Industry, Tourism and employment
Human Geography / Geography that is to do with how people affect the environment e.g. global warming, littering and pollution
Environmental Geography / Geography that is to do with natural features and events e.g. rivers, earthquakes and rainforests

Write in examples of the different types of Geography

Physical / Human / Environmental
  1. You will have to describe a photograph in detail in the examination. Practice writing in detail using the photo below.

Remember to use keywords!

Pembrey

  1. Complete the table showing arguments for and against building a hotel in Pembrey. Place the statements below in the correct column.
  • Pembrey would make more money as they would have more visitors
  • Some local businesses would make more money as there would be more visitors
  • To build the hotel animal habitats will be destroyed.
  • The building of a hotel would ruin the natural beauty of the area
  • Businesses like the caravan and camping site may lose money if a hotel is built
  • The hotel would create lots of different jobs for local people
  • If there are more visitors there may be more traffic and litter
  • A hotel would allow more people to come visit Pembrey and enjoy its beautiful scenery

For building a hotel / Against building a hotel

Continents

  1. Complete the map and learn.

Wales

  1. Learn where the following rivers, mountains, settlements and islands are located.

Rivers / Mountains / Island / Settlements
River Teifi / Snowdon / Anglesey / Bangor
River Tywi / Pen-y-Fan / Aberystwyth
River Usk / Cadair Idris / Carmarthen
River Severn / Swansea
Cardiff
Newport

Here is a blank map of Wales for you to write all the rivers, mountains, islands and settlements on.

  1. Answer the following questions, use the internet to research any questions you don’t know.

Map Skills

You can revise you map skills using the by clicking on the following links:-

- Can only be used in school

  1. Learn the 8 point compass. Practice giving directions using the activity below.


  1. Measure the distance between places using a ruler. Then use the scale to calculate the distance.

Using the scale 1cm = 2km calculate the following distances. (scale means you x2)

From / To / Distance in Km
Picnic Site / Camp site
Windmill / Place of worship

Using the scale 1cm =0.5 km calculate the following distance. (scale means you x0.5)

From / To / Distance in Km
Parking / Windmill
Camp site / Place of worship
  1. You need to use both four figure grid references and six figure grid references.

Divided World

  1. Complete the table for developing countries and developed countries.

Developed (rich) / Developing (poor)
  1. Draw a bar graph for the following information.

Country / Life expectancy
United Kingdom / 81
USA / 79
Uganda / 49
Kenya / 57