This document provides guidance on important map reading skills for a geography exam, including how to locate places using grid references, calculate bearings, gradients, distances, and interpret cross-sections, drainage patterns, landforms, and the relationship between landforms and human activities. Key topics covered are grid references, scales, bearings, gradients, cross-sections, describing drainage, landforms, and how landforms influence settlement, agriculture, and transport networks. Students are advised to practice these skills in preparation for the compulsory map reading question.

1. MAP READING CXC GEOGRAPHY WORKSHOP 2009 MS. K. BROWN

6. 22 23 24 25 11 12 13 EASTING N O R T H I N G 2211 2212 READ THE GRID REFERENCE IN THE FORM OF LETTER ‘L’

9. 22 23 24 11 12 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 987654321 22 1 11 6 22 4 11 3 25 5 5 241119 247111

32. X Y AS EASY AS 1,2,3

38. GRADIENT 1CM 20CM RUN SLOPE RISE

43. 270m 1m

49. A B HORIZONTAL DISTANCE

54. GRADIENT THE HEIGHT OF THE SCHOOL AT MAIDEN STONE (0167)IS 320METRES THE HEIGHTOF THE COAST NEAR THE RIO GRANDE BRIDGE IS APPROX. 0 METRES THE DISTANCE IN A STRAIGHT LINE BETWEEN THE TWO POINTS IS 5KM CALCULATE THE AVERAGE GRADIENT

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60. 200 250 300 345000 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 X X X X X X X X X X X X CROSS SECTION X Y

66. DRAINAGE

68. DRAINAGE

70. DRAINAGE