Topographic Maps (Grade 10 NSC Matric Geography): Quizzes
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What is a cartographer?
What is a cartographer?
A person who creates and draws maps
Which type of symbol represents specific locations or small features on a map?
Which type of symbol represents specific locations or small features on a map?
Point symbols
What colour represents water features on topographic maps?
What colour represents water features on topographic maps?
Blue
What do brown colours represent on topographic maps?
What do brown colours represent on topographic maps?
Relief features like contour lines & hills
What are tracks on a topographic map?
What are tracks on a topographic map?
Unpaved dirt roads or paths
What is the difference between perennial and non-perennial rivers?
What is the difference between perennial and non-perennial rivers?
Perennial flow year-round; non-perennial
What type of land use shows farmland with crops arranged in rows?
What type of land use shows farmland with crops arranged in rows?
Cultivated land
Which of these is an example of an area symbol?
Which of these is an example of an area symbol?
Forests and woodland
What are trigonometrical stations used for?
What are trigonometrical stations used for?
Survey points for accurate mapping
Which is NOT a practical use of understanding conventional symbols?
Which is NOT a practical use of understanding conventional symbols?
Predicting weather patterns