Map Work & Tour Planning is one of 9 topics in the Grade 10 Tourism CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. What does the "legend" (or key) on a map explain?
What the symbols and colours on the map represent
Only the scale of the map
Only the compass direction
The name of the map's publisher
Answer: What the symbols and colours on the map represent — A legend or key explains what the various symbols and colours used on a map represent, such as roads, rivers or points of interest.
Easy
2. The Equator is best described as:
The imaginary line at zero degrees latitude, dividing the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres
A line running from the North Pole to the South Pole
The same line as the Prime Meridian
A line only found on maps of Africa
Answer: The imaginary line at zero degrees latitude, dividing the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres — The Equator is the imaginary line circling the Earth at zero degrees latitude, exactly halfway between the poles, dividing the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Medium
3. Give the abbreviation used for the global time reference standard, also historically known as Greenwich Mean Time.
Answer: UTC — UTC (Universal Time Co-ordinate) is the global time reference standard, historically also called Greenwich Mean Time.
