Q.1
Which of the following scales would be appropriate to produce a plan of your school and school grounds?
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  • 1:100,000
  • 1:500,000
  • 1:5,000
  • 1:50,000
Q.2
Montreal is a city in Canada. Its coordinates are 45.5° N, 73.6° W. Which of the following European cities would be almost exactly due east of Montreal?
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  • London (51.5° N, 0.13° W)
  • Berlin (52.5° N, 13.4° E)
  • Oslo (59.9° N, 10.8° E)
  • Lyon (45.8° N, 4.8° E)
Q.3
If you were drawing a map of the Warrego Highway, how many cm would you need between Ipswich and Toowoomba?
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  • 128 at a scale of 1:25,000
  • 184 at a scale of 1:50,000
  • 92 at a scale of 1:75,000
  • All of the above are correct
Q.4
Using an OS map of the Peak District, the source of the river Ashop is in grid squareIt flows a few kilometres into Ladybower reservoir in grid squareIn which general direction does it flow?
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  • Slightly west of north
  • Due south
  • Slightly south of east
  • Due east
Q.5
This is a picture of an actual road sign in use in Switzerland. If you were using a road map with a scale of 1:100,000, how many cm from the location of the sign would Lugano be?
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  • 8 cm
  • 32 cm
  • 75 cm
  • 100 cm
Q.6
The photograph shows a trig pillar. What were they used for?
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  • They were used by the Ordnance Survey for accurate surveying to help them to produce maps
  • They were built during the second world war for defence purposes
  • They were used as emergency stations to help lost hikers
  • They were used as rain guages
Q.7
A group of students on an exchage trip to France were given a town map. They needed to get to the station (marked B on the plan) as quickly as possible. They were at point A on the map. In which direction did they need to walk?
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  • South east
  • South west
  • North west
  • North east
Q.8
The Togolese Republic in Africa lies on the Prime Meridian of the World. In which direction is it from London?
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  • North
  • East
  • South
  • West
Q.9
The scale of this plan is 1:5,Each grid square measures 2 cm x 2 cm. What area is represented by one grid square?
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  • 0.01 square kilometres
  • 1 hectare
  • 10,000 square metres
  • All of the above
Q.10
The photo shows a picture of Leeds, a large city in the UK. On an OS map, scale 1:50,000, a student drew a line, direction 90° east for 2 cm then continued it for 2 cm, in direction 180° followed by 2 cm in direction 270°. In the landscape, how far away from the starting point is the end point?
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  • 0.5 km
  • 1.0 km
  • 2.0 km
  • 0.0 km
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