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Geography Grade 12

Activity 1.1

Use figures 1.1 and 1.2 above and answer the following questions:

1. Name the two countries labelled A and B.
2. How much rainfall do the following places receive yearly:
a. Polokwane
b. Johannesburg
c. Bloemfontein
d. Upington
e. Cape Town
3. What do you notice about the trend of rainfall received across South Africa? Explain why this
is so.
4. Which province receives the least amount of rainfall?
5. Name the THREE capital cities of South Africa.

Activity 1.2

Use the maps taken from the Oxford Senior Atlas for Southern Africa below and answer the
following questions:

1. What do you notice about the spatial pattern of ‘cattle and game farming’ in Map A?
2. For what type of agriculture is most of South Africa’s landmass used?
Look at the rest of the maps on the page below. Do you think that rainfall patterns impact on
the spatial distribution of each factor being represented by the various maps? If so explain
why.

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