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GEO 112 Map Reading And Interpretation

NCE1 levelSocial Sciences13 topics

GEO 112 covers 13 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Types of maps and marginal information including conventional signs.
  2. Map scales:- Types of scales, conversion of scales, application of scales including
  3. Map Reproduction: Enlargement and reduction, and their scale implications.
  4. Location of places on maps (Atlas and Topographical maps), the use of compasses,
  5. Representation of features of topographical maps.
  6. Physical features: Relief, drainage and vegetation;
  7. Cultural features: Settle ments and communications, types and spatial
  8. Description and interpretation of features on topographical maps:
  9. Physical features: Identification and description of relief forms, types of
  10. Description and interpretation of cultural features, i.e. land use represented on
  11. Relationship between relief and drainage and cultural features such as influence of
  12. Note: practical aspects should be demonstrated and students should carry out
  13. Practical exercises.

A sample from this course

One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Types of maps and marginal information including conventional signs.

This topic covers the main types of maps, the purpose of marginal information, and the use of conventional signs to represent features on maps. It matters in examinations because students are often asked to identify a map type, interpret the information written around the map, and explain symbols correctly before solving further map-reading questions.

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