AQA · Geography · 8035
GCSE Geography: Cartographic skills
Geographical skills · AQA GCSE Geography (8035), specification point 3.4.1. Cards are generated from the exam board's own specification for "Cartographic skills", and every card links back to the page it came from. Specification © AQA — used with attribution.
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Which two Ordnance Survey map scales are named in AQA GCSE Geography cartographic skills?
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1:50 000 and 1:25 000.
What coordinate system is used to locate places on atlas maps?
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Latitude and longitude.
What two types of grid reference are used on OS maps?
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Four-figure and six-figure grid references.
Which three OS map features are used to understand the height and steepness of land?
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Gradient, contours and spot heights.
Which two kinds of line distance must be measured on OS maps?
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Straight-line and curved-line distances (e.g. a road or river), using the map scale.
Which three types of photograph are interpreted alongside maps in GCSE Geography?
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Ground, aerial and satellite photographs.
Which three landscape types can be described from large-scale OS maps at GCSE?
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Coastlines, fluvial (river) and glacial landscapes — students study two of the three.
Human activity such as ? can be inferred from OS map evidence.
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tourism
What do cross-sectional drawings of an OS map show?
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The relief (shape and height of the land) along a chosen line across the map.
What is a thematic map used to establish?
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Associations between observed patterns, e.g. links between physical and human factors.
Give two examples of human features whose distribution can be described on an atlas map.
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Population distribution and transport networks (also population movements, settlement layout).
Give two examples of physical features whose patterns can be described on an atlas map.
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Relief and drainage.
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