Advanced level 2024 CASPA mock geography 3
Advanced level 2024 CASPA mock geography 3
SECTION A: MAP WORK AND THE BASICS OF MODERN CARTOGRAPHY
1.Study the map extract of KUMBA and its Environs and answer the questions that follow:
a) (i) Identify and state an area of steep relief and another of gentle relief in the map area. (3mks.)
(ii) How have the differences in relief characteristics affected human occupation and infrastructural
development of the two areas? (4mks.)
(iii) Propose two strategies that can be adopted to overcome the problems identified in areas of steep
slopes. (4mks.)
b) You have been consulted to advice on the exploitation of water resources in the area;
(i) Identify and describe any one prominent drainage feature in the map area. (4mks.)
(ii) Of what importance can the drainage be to the population? (4mks.)
c) You have been consulted to advise the community on the location of a University to be built in the area,
using evidence from the map, identify and state the ideal location. (2mks.)
d) (i) With evidence from the map only, why can the location of KUMBA be of strategic importance.
(2mks.)
(ii) Calculate the detour index of the secondary road from latitude 40 40’ to its end in the northern part of
the map. State the significance of your results. (3mks.)
e) From map evidence only, account for the location of the Canterbury plantation. (3mks.)
f) Study the photograph below and answer the questions that follow;
