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NATIONAL MOCK EXAMINATIONS 2023
GEOGRAPHY 0584/01
PAPER 1 JULY/AUGUST 2023
MARKS: 50 Time: 1 Hour 30 minutes
NAME ________________________________ CLASS ____
CENTRE NUMBER CANDIDATE NUMBER
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INSTRUCTIONS
Additional Materials: Answer sheet
Calculator
Mathematical instruments
Graph Paper and tracing Paper
1: 50 000 survey Map Extract is enclosed with this question paper
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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST
Answer all questions
Write your answer on the separate answer sheet provided.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
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This question paper contains 4 printed pages.
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Section A
Answer all questions in this section.
This section refers to the 1:50 000 map extract of Maun, Botswana
1. (a) What is the height of the trigpoint BPS 253 in grid square 3485?
[1]
(b) Give the six-figure grid reference of trigpoint BPT 515 near Maun
airport [1]
2. In which general direction is Shashe river flowing between northings
87 and northings 91 [1]
3. Find trigpoint MP7/1923 in grid square 3993 and the police station in
grid square 4091.
(a) What is the straight-line distance in Kilometers between the two
points [1]
(b) Calculate the average gradient between the two points. Show
your working [4]
4. Calculate the total area of the borrow pit south of northing 84. [2]
5. Name the settlement pattern in grid square 3788. [1]
6. List three man made features that are located in grid square 3987. [3]
7. Name 3 services provided by Maun. [3]
8. Suggest three factors that might have influenced the location of the
rainfed cultivation south of northing 86. [3]
[Marks: 20]
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Section B
Answer all questions in this section.
9. The terms local time and standard time are used in the study of
time and longitude.
(i) State the difference between the two terms [2]
(ii) If the time in Gaborone (longitude 31E) is 1000hrs, what time
would it be in Rio De Janeiro (Brazil) 50 W. [3]
10. Study fig. 1 which shows area and population of Botswana by district,
in 2001.
District Area (km²) Number of people Density
Southern 28 500 186 800 6.58
South East 1 800 276 300 153.50
Kweneng 35 900 230 300 6.42
Kgatleng 8 000 73 500 9.19
Central 147 700 563 300 3.81
North East 5 100 132 400 ?
North West 129 900 143 000 1.1
Ghanzi 117 900 33 200 0.28
Kgalagadi 106 900 42 000 ?
Fig. 1
(a) What is population density. [1]
(b) Calculate population densities for;
(i) Kgalagadi;
(ii) North East District [2]
(c) State the most sparsely populated district. [1]
(d) Suggest 5 strategies that could be used to attract more people into
Ghanzi and Kgalagadi district. [5]
[Total; 14]
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11. Fig. 2 shows crop production and rainfall from 1983/84 to 1989/90
Source: A geography of Botswana. May D Macmillan Botswana, 2006
Fig. 2
(a) (i) State the amount of Maize produced in 1989/90. [1]
(ii) Describe the trend of crop production from 1983/84 to 1989/90
[1]
(iii) Calculate the average sorghum production from 1987/88 to
1989/90 [2]
(iv) describe the relationship between annual rainfall amount and
sorghum production. [2]
(b) (i) Describe problems facing arable farming in Botswana [5]
(ii) Suggest strategies that could be used to improve crop
production in Botswana. [5]
[Marks:16]
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