# Geography Grade 8 March 2015 Memo > Grade 8 Geography memorandum from the March 2015, 3 pages. Read online or get the free PDF download, question paper linked when available. - Page: https://www.hlayiso.com/library/geography-2015-march-memo/2575ab4e-173c-4b8e-86d6-433ec81a9b90 - Updated: 2026-09-27 - Subject: Geography - Grade: Grade 8 - Document type: Memorandum - Year: 2015 - Exam period: March - Curriculum: CAPS - Pages: 3 Breadcrumbs: [Home](https://www.hlayiso.com/) › [Library](https://www.hlayiso.com/library) › [Grade 8](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-8) › [Geography](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-8/geography) › [Geography Grade 8 March 2015 Memo](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/geography-2015-march-memo/2575ab4e-173c-4b8e-86d6-433ec81a9b90) ## About this document Geography · Grade 8 · March · 2015. Memorandum, 3 pages. Read online or download the PDF. Read it free online on the page above; download the PDF from there. ## Document text Text extracted from the PDF. Layout, diagrams and tables may not survive extraction. ### Page 1 Downloaded from hlayiso.com TEACHERS WITHOUT BORDERS PROGRAMME BROUGHT TO YOU BY With grateful thanks to our associate partners, The National Department of Basic Education, The Independent Examinations Board, Siyavula Education, Smarticks, Noteshare, Lemonlicious, datacentrix, and most of all, to the schools and teachers from both the public and private education sectors who as founder contributors, have lent content to the Teachers without Borders programme, for the benefit of all South Africa's learners. In Bill Gates words, at the Mandela Day ‘Living Together’ address: “Maintaining the quality of this country’s higher education system while expanding access to more students will not be easy. But it’s critical to South Africa’s future” – working together, we can help achieve this." Contributing schools to date: Clifton School Milnerton High Rustenburg Girls’ High St Peter's Durban Girls' Northwood High St Anne's DC St Stithians Fairmont High Roedean St John's DSG Wynberg Boys' High Herzlia High Rondebosch Boys’ St Mary's DSG Kloof Wynberg Secondary ### Page 2 Downloaded from hlayiso.com `Grade 8 MEMO March 2015 Time: 45 minutes Marks: 50 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1.1 B✓ 1.2 D✓ 1.3 A✓ 1.4 C✓ 1.5 C✓ [5] 2.1 Latitude is the distance of a place ✓ N and S of the equator ✓measured in degrees ✓ and minutes ✓ 4x1=4 2.2 A = Arctic circle ✓ B = Tropic of Cancer ✓ C = Equator ✓ D = Antarctic circle ✓ 4x1=4 2.3 23,5 ✓ °N✓ 1x2=2 2.4 90✓ °N✓ 1x2=2 [12] 3.1 East / West ✓ 3.2 East / West ✓ 3.3 Greenwich Meridian / Prime Meridian ✓ 3.4 360 ✓ 3.5 International Date Line ✓ 3.6 Time ✓ 3.7 East ✓ 3.8 East ✓ 3.9 Greenwich Mean Time ✓ 3.10 Lose ✓ [10] Question 4: 4.1 Linear / Line scale ✓ 1x1=1 4.2 One unit on the ground ✓ represents ✓ twenty thousand units ✓ on the earth’s surface ✓ 4x1=4 4.3 1: 4 000 000 ✓✓ 1x2=2 4.4 Scale is a proportion ✓ between the length on a map ✓ and the length on the ground ✓ that it shows. ✓ 4x1=4 [11] 1 ### Page 3 Downloaded from hlayiso.com Question 5: 5.1 34° 19’ S ✓✓ 24° 48’E ✓✓ (negative marking) 4x1=4 (16’- 22’) (45’ - 51’) 5.2 34° 54’ S ✓✓ 25° 15’E ✓✓ (negative marking) 4x1=4 (51’ – 57’) (12’-18’) 5.2 4.3cm ✓ x 50 000 = 215 000 ✓ = 2.15km ✓ 100 000 2x1=2 (4.2 – 4.4cm) 5.3 4.5cm ✓ x 50 000 = 225 000 ✓= 2.25km ✓ 100 000 2x1=2 (4.4cm – 4.6cm) [12] TOTAL 50 2 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org) ## Related documents - [Geography 2015 March](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/geography-2015-march/aeddbf59-ca79-4ec5-a53e-c642325fd024) — Geography · QP · 2015 - [Geography 2019 June Colour Insert](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/geography-2019-june-colour-insert/52eefeb2-2d71-4f67-a283-90ab29184802) — Geography · QP · 2019 - [Geography 2018 November](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/geography-2018-november/763c1e9b-585e-4f46-b721-508a70991e5e) — Geography · QP · 2018 - [Gr 8 Geo Exam Nov 2017](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/gr-8-geo-exam-nov-2017/a5edbe20-e9ee-4789-a186-9de6753112b6) — Geography · QP · 2017 - [Geography 2016 November](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/geography-2016-november/6b0561e6-e50c-4bd1-840f-749da8f2da97) — Geography · QP · 2016 - [Geography 2016 August](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/geography-2016-august/8542bf58-6c24-4d84-9e82-d7086cca5a6b) — Geography · QP · 2016 ## More from Grade 8 Geography - [Geography 2013 June](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/geography-2013-june/e78599cf-0329-4e1f-a44f-5c2965dd55a0) — QP · 2013 ## Collection - [Grade 8 past papers](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-8/past-papers) --- Hlayiso: free CAPS and IEB past papers, memos, notes and study guides for South African learners. When citing, link the page URL above, not a PDF or /api/ URL.