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SENIOR CERTIFICATE
GRADE 12
SEPTEMBER 2019
GEOGRAPHY P2
MARKS: 75
TIME: 1½ hours
NAME:
MARKS HOD CLUSTER PROVINCIAL
Q1 15
Q2 20 TOTAL
MOD.
MARKS
Q3 25
Q4 15
75 75
*GEOGE2*
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Geography Grade 12 P2 Eastern Cape Mock 2019 QP (Eng)
Grade 12 Geography Paper 2 question paper from the Eastern Cape Mock Exam 2019 (English), 16 pages. Read online or download the free PDF.
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Eastern Cape Mock Exam 2019
Questions in this paper
- Question 1.1Map work
- Question 1.2Economic geography of South Africa
- Question 1.3Map work
- Question 1.4Map work
- Question 1.5Map work
- Question 1.6Map work
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- Question 1.7Map work
- Question 1.8Map work
- Question 1.9Map work
- Question 1.10Map work
- Question 1.11Economic geography of South Africa
- Question 1.12Rural and urban settlements
- Question 1.13Rural and urban settlements
- Question 1.14Rural and urban settlements
- Question 1.15Map work15 marks
- Question 2.1Map work2 marks
- Question 2.2Map work5 marks
- Question 2.3Map work8 marks
- Question 2.4Map work5 marks
- Question 3.1Rural and urban settlements3 marks
- Question 3.2Rural and urban settlements5 marks
- Question 3.3Economic geography of South Africa6 marks
- Question 3.4Economic geography of South Africa5 marks
- Question 3.5Climate and weather6 marks
- Question 4.1Map work3 marks
- Question 4.2Map work5 marks
- Question 4.3Map work7 marks
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2 GEOGRAPHY P2 (EC/SEPTEMBER 2019)
RESOURCE MATERIAL
1. An extract from topographical map 2529CC WITBANK.
2. Orthophoto map 2529 CC 15 WITBANK.
3. NOTE: The resource material must be collected by schools for their own use.
INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION
1. Write your NAME in the space provided on the cover page.
2. Answer ALL the questions in the spaces provided in this question paper.
3. You are provided with a 1 : 50 000 topographic map (2529CC WITBANK) and
an orthophoto map (2529 CC 15 WITBANK) of a part of the mapped area.
4. You must hand in the topographic map and the orthophoto map to the
invigilator at the end of this examination session.
5. You may use the blank page at the end of this question paper for all rough work
and calculations. Do NOT detach this page from the question paper.
6. Show ALL calculations and use the formulae provided, where applicable.
Marks will be allocated for these.
7. Indicate the unit of measurement in the final answer of calculations,
e.g. 10 km; 2,1 cm.
8. You may use a non-programmable calculator and a magnifying glass.
9. The area demarcated in RED on the topographic map represents the area
covered by the orthophoto map.
10. The following English terms and their Afrikaans translations are shown on the
topographic map:
ENGLISH AFRIKAANS
Aerodrome Vliegveld
Golf course Gholfbaan
Diggings Uitgrawings
Hospital Hospitaal
Sewerage works Rioolwerke
Shaft Skag
Slimes Dam Slykdam
Furrow Voor
Subsiding ground Ondergrondse grond
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(EC/SEPTEMBER 2019) GEOGRAPHY P2 3
GENERAL INFORMATION ON WITBANK
Witbank, renamed eMalahleni in 2006, is a city situated on the Highveld of Mpumalanga,
South Africa, within the eMalahleni local municipality. The city is known for the coal-mining
in the surrounding region.
Witbank is located along the railway line linking Pretoria to Maputo and for many years
served as the transport gateway to the Mozambique port. Two national highways, the N4
from Pretoria and the N12 from Johannesburg, converge at Witbank and then continues to
Komatipoort, on the border of Mozambique. Together, these routes form the Maputo
Corridor, a strategically important alternative to the South African ports of Richards Bay
and Durban on the Indian Ocean shores of the country.
Witbank is in a coal mining area with more than 22 collieries in the municipal radius. There
are a number of power stations (such as the Duvha Power Station), as well as a steel mill
(Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium Limited) nearby which all require coal.
[Source: Examiner]
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4 GEOGRAPHY P2 (EC/SEPTEMBER 2019)
QUESTION 1: MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
The questions below are based on the 1 : 50 000 topographic map (2529CC
WITBANK) as well as the orthophoto map of the part of the mapped area.
Various options are provided as possible answers to the following questions.
Choose the answer and write only the letter (A–D) in the block next to each
question.
1.1 The city situated along the N4 easterly of Witbank is …
A Bloemfontein.
B Richards Bay.
C Pretoria.
D Middelburg.
1.2 The major mineral mined around the Witbank area is …
A platinum.
B coal.
C diamonds.
D iron ore.
1.3 In the map index of 2529 CC, the 29 represents …
A 29° south of the equator.
B 29° west of the Greenwich Meridian.
C 29° north of the equator.
D 29° east of the Greenwich Meridian.
1.4 The human-made feature A in block G10 on the topographic map is a …
A conveyor belt.
B mine dump.
C slime dam.
D hill.
1.5 … aerial photographs are used to create the orthophoto map.
A Horizontal
B Satellite
C Vertical
D Oblique
1.6 The human-made feature 1 on the orthophoto map is a …
A dam.
B reservoir.
C building.
D water tower.
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1.7 The difference in height between spot height 1554 in block H10 and
trigonometrical station 156 in block H12, is … m.
A 20
B 2,0
C 21
D 20,9
1.8 The feature found at 2 on the orthophoto map is a ...
A golf course.
B Witbank industrial area.
C school.
D King George Park.
1.9 The human-made feature at 3 on the orthophoto map is a …
A sewage works.
B dam.
C reservoir.
D slimes dam.
1.10 The dominant street pattern at B in block C12 on the topographic map is a …
pattern.
A radial
B unplanned irregular
C gridiron
D planned irregular
1.11 The type of mining used to extract minerals that supply the Greenside Colliery
in block H8 is …
A dredging.
B opencast.
C fracking.
D shaft.
1.12 The type of commercial area found at 4 on the orthophoto is a/an …
A outlying business district.
B regional shopping centre.
C neighbourhood shopping centre.
D isolated shopping centre.
1.13 The pattern of the rural settlements within C in block B3 on the topographic
map is …
A nucleated.
B linear.
C isolated.
D stellar.
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1.14 The main land-use zone found in block D10 on the topographic map
is/the …
A rural-urban fringe.
B residential.
C commercial.
D light industry.
1.15 The general direction of flow of river H in block H2 is …
A north.
B south-west.
C north-west.
D south.
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QUESTION 2: MAPWORK CALCULATIONS AND TECHNIQUES
2.1 Products from Witbank are transported along the N4 national road to Pretoria.
2.1.1 Determine if vehicles travelling along the N4 from 5 to 6 on the
orthophoto map will drive uphill or downhill.
(1 x 1) (1)
2.1.2 Give a reason for your answer to QUESTION 2.1.1.
(1 x 1) (1)
2.2 Locate line 7–8 on the orthophoto map.
2.2.1 Calculate the average gradient between the car park point 7 (1593)
and 8 on the orthophoto map. Show ALL calculations. Marks will be
awarded for calculations.
Vertical Interval (V.I.)
Formula: Gradient =
Horizontal Equivalent (H.E.)
(5 x 1) (5)
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2.3 2.3.1 Calculate the magnetic bearing from point D, in block B5, to point E
in block C4 for 2019. Show ALL calculations. Marks will be awarded
for calculations.
Formula: MB = TB + MD
(7 x 1) (7)
2.3.2 State the importance of calculating the magnetic declination for the
present year.
(1 x 1) (1)
2.4 Calculate the area of block A1 on the topographical map in km². Show ALL
calculations. Marks will be awarded for calculations. Clearly indicate the unit
of measurement in your answer.
Formula: area = length (L) x breadth (B)
(5 x 1) (5)
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QUESTION 3: APPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION
3.1 Study the Ferrobank industrial area in block B8.
3.1.1 Is Ferrobank a light or heavy industrial area?
(1 x 1) (1)
3.1.2 Substantiate your choice in QUESTION 3.1.1.
(1 x 2) (2)
3.2 Witbank is a central place town according to its main function.
3.2.1 Define a central place town.
(1 x 1) (1)
3.2.2 Provide topographic and orthophoto map evidences that Witbank is a
central place town.
(2 x 2) (4)
3.3 Refer to block E10 on the topographic map.
3.3.1 Name TWO natural factors that would discourage mining in block E10
on the topographic map.
(2 x 1) (2)
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3.3.2 Explain your answer in QUESTION 3.3.1.
(2 x 2) (4)
3.4 Infrastructure is important for mining in the region. Refer to the Greenside
Colliery Mine in blocks H8 and H9 on the topographic map to answer the
following questions.
3.4.1 State a form of infrastructure used by the Greenside Colliery Mine.
(1 x 1) (1)
3.4.2 Explain why the infrastructure mentioned in QUESTION 3.4.1 is of
importance to the Greenside Colliery Mine.
(2 x 2) (4)
3.5 Refer to blocks H2 and H3 on the topographic map.
3.5.1 Witbank experiences seasonal rainfall. Give reasons evident in
block H2.
(2 x 2) (4)
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3.5.2 Explain how seasonal rainfall has influenced the location of the
cultivated land in block H3.
(1 x 2) (2)
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QUESTION 4: GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)
4.1 Refer to the picture below of a slimes dam used in the Witbank area below
and answer the questions that follow.
[Source: Google]
4.1.1 What type of spatial object is the slimes dam?
(1 x 1) (1)
4.1.2 Is the picture a raster or vector image?
(1 x 1) (1)
4.1.3 GIS can be used to predict the amount of water and disposable material
entering the dam by integrating different sources of information. What is
the term used to describe this process?
(1 x 1) (1)
4.2 The farmer in block H1 decides to use data manipulation to assist in
maximising his output and profit from his crop farming.
4.2.1 Explain the term data manipulation.
(1 x 1) (1)
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4.2.2 Evaluate how data manipulation would assist the farmer in block H1
in maximising his output and profit.
(2 x 2) (4)
4.3 Refer to area within F in block A5 on the topographic map in which buffering
has occurred.
4.3.1 Define buffering.
(1 x1) (1)
4.3.2 What evidence is there that buffering has occurred?
(1 x 2) (2)
4.3.3 Explain the positive impact that buffering will have on environmental
sustainability in the area in the case of pollution.
(2 x 2) (4)
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ROUGH WORK-AND CALCULATIONS
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