Grade 4

Social Science : Geography

Test Revision

Date : 05/10/2020 - 09/10/2020

Activity 1 : Study the differences between subsistence and commercial farming.

Subsistence Farming Commercial Farming

The farmer’s aim is to feed himself and to take care of his family.

The farmer aims to make money.

The farms are usually small. The farms are usually big.

The farmer and his family do the work themselves.

The farmer employs many workers.

The farmer uses basic equipment e.g. a handheld plough, spade, rake

The farmer uses modern machinery and equipment e.g. tractors, harvesters

The farmer plants small amounts of different types of crops e.g. carrots, pumpkins, mealies

The farmer plants one type of crop e.g. sugar cane

The farmer irrigates (waters) his crops by hand using watering cans.

The farmer uses modern irrigation systems.

Activity 2 : Complete the table describing the different types of fruit that grow in

different parts of the country.

Tropical Fruit

Deciduous Fruit

Citrus Fruit

Activity 3 : Fill in the provinces, compass directions and oceans on the map of

South Africa.

Activity 4 : Fill in the table of the different provincial capitals of the provinces. Use

the answers from the block below.

Province Capital Town/City

Kwa-Zulu Natal Free State

Mpumalanga

Limpopo North West

Northern Cape Eastern Cape

Western Cape

Gauteng

Polokwane Cape Town Johannesburg Bloemfontein Mahikeng Kimberley Bhisho Pietermaritzburg Mbombela

Activity 5 : Study the pictures below on farm animals and answer the following

questions.

1. Name any two products we get from sheep?

2. Name any two products we get from pigs?

3. Name two kinds of poultry animals from the list of pictures:

4. Name three farm animals from the list of pictures that gives us leather:

5. Explain how cows on a subsistence farms and how cows on a commercial farm

are milked?

Activity 6 : Study the grid below and answer the questions that follow.

1. Write the grid reference for the:

Campsite; Shark; School

2. Name the places that are in these grid references:

G3; C6; F2

3. Imagine you are on the bridge. You need to drive to the church following the

road. Name the blocks that you will travel through using the grid reference

system.

LEGEND

Campsite ⌂ House

Church SCH School

Lighthouse H Hospital

Ship

Coal Mine

Shark ѧ Mountain

Dolphins

Trees

Bridge

River

Road

Activity 7 : Study the key and the map of South Africa below and answer the

questions that follow.

1. Name one type of fruit farmed in Kwa-

Zulu Natal?

2. Describe the weather condition/climate

that allows for this fruit to grow in Kwa-

Zulu Natal:

3. Name one type of fruit grown in the

Western Cape?

4. Describe the weather conditions/climate

that allows for this fruit to grow in the

Western Cape:

5. Name one type of cereal crop that is

grown in the Western Cape and one

type in the Eastern Cape.

6. Name two types of livestock found both

in the Limpopo and Kwa-Zulu Natal

provinces.