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Grade 8 Geography Ex

The document is a control test for Grade 8 Social Science, focusing on History, scheduled for March 2025. It includes instructions for answering questions, a total of 6 pages, and covers topics such as latitude, longitude, hemispheres, and the globe. The test consists of multiple-choice questions, true/false statements, and short answer questions, along with a paragraph writing section.

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Grade 8 Geography Ex

The document is a control test for Grade 8 Social Science, focusing on History, scheduled for March 2025. It includes instructions for answering questions, a total of 6 pages, and covers topics such as latitude, longitude, hemispheres, and the globe. The test consists of multiple-choice questions, true/false statements, and short answer questions, along with a paragraph writing section.

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ABDULLAH BIN SALAAM ISLAMIC CENTRE

SUBJECT Social Science- Grade 8


History

TERM 1 Task March Control test

DATE March 2025 Duration 1hour

TEACHER Miss Mamba Moderator Apa Fatima Mishkata

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Answer ALL the questions.

2. Write neatly.

3. Write with a blue pen.

4. The question paper consists of 6 pages and 3 questions.

5. Number your answers as they are numbered on the question paper.

6. Read and study carefully all the sources that accompany the paper.

7. Read BISMILLAH and begin!

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SECTION A
Question 1: LATTITUDE AND LONGITUDES
Choose the correct answer by writing only the letter next to the number. e.g. 1.1 b

1.1 Lines of latitude are also called….


a) Meridian lines
b) Parallel lines
c) Equator
d) Coordinates (1x1)(1)

1.2 The 0º line drawn from West to East is called…..


a) Equator
b) Tropic of Capricorn
c) Tropic of Cancer
d) Meridian (1x1)(1)
1.3 The longitudinal lines that go from North to South are called….
a) Equator
b) Tropic of Capricorn
c) Tropic of Cancer
d) Meridian
(1x1)(1)
1.4 Name the line is 23,5 ºS West to East in the southern hemisphere.
a) Tropic of Capricorn
b) Tropic of cancer
c) Equator
d) Meridian line (1x1)(1)

2
1.5 The degrees of latitude towards the poles are…..
a) Increasing
b) Decreasing
c) Stay the same
d) None of the above. (1x1)(1)

State whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE.


1.6 Longitude lines are numbered in degrees from 0° (degrees) eastwards.
is 180° and westwards 180° eastwards. (1x1)(1)

1.7 The Equator divides the Earth into two equal halves.
The Northern (between North pole and equator) and Southern hemisphere
(from the Equator to South pole) (1x1)(1)
1.8 The Prime Meridian is the longitude is the 90° line (1x1)(1)

1.9 The earth is spherical, or ball shaped (1x1)(1)

1.10 The poles are always covered with snow (1x1)(1)


[10]

Question 2: THE HEMISPHERES

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NORTH

WEST EAST

SOUTH
2.1 Name THREE continents where the 0º latitude lines pass through. (3x1)(3)
2.2 On which line of latitude is South Africa located? (1x2)(2)
2.3 Name Any THREE continents North of the equator. (3x1)(3)
2.4 Which pole is nearest to Australia? North Pole or South Pole? (1x1)(1)
2.5 Give the name of the Pole mentioned in 2.4. (1x1)(1)
2.6 Name Any TWO countries that are located at the 120º lines West of the
0º South line. (2x1)(2)
2.7 How many longitude degree lines are there from West to East
on the world globe (1x1)(1)
2.8 What is the degree of the latitude line at the Poles? (1x1)(1)
[15]

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SECTION B
Question 3: The GLOBE
3.1 Define the following terms.
a) Rotation (1x2)(2)
b) Solstices (1x2)(2)
c) equinoxes (1x2)(2)
d) Earth axis (1x2)(2)
e) Revolution (1x2)(2)
[10]

3.2 Study the information in Figure 3A and Figure 3B on Earth's rotation around its
axis and around the sun.
Figure 3 A Figure 3 B
The earth evolves around the sun The earth rotates around it axis.

Choose the correct answer given below and write it down on your answer sheet.

Axis rotation East South Africa Standard time 12hours

summer Southern 24hours 365¼ days autumn

3.2.1 South Africa lies in the ________________ hemisphere. (1x1)(1)


3.2.2 The earth rotates around its own ___________ (1x1)(1)
3.2.3 The earth rotates from West to __________. (1x1)(1)

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3.2.4 Earth’s ___________ causes day and night. (1x1)(1)
3.2.5 The earth takes _____________ hours to complete one rotation. (1x1)(1)
3.2.6 It took the earth ____________ days to evolve around the sun. (1x1)(1)
3.2.7 South Africa uses the same time everywhere in South Africa,
This is called_________________ (1x1)(1)
3.2.8 At the equator, there are _______ hours day and 12 hours night. (1x1)(1)
3.2.9 South Africa experience _____________ in December, January, and
February and ___________ in March, April and May during a year. (2x1)(2)
[10]

3.3 Paragraph writing.


Write a paragraph and explain:
a) how day and night occur.
b) how the earth is responsible for different seasons. [5]

TOTAL [50]

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