THE DREAM EDUCATION CONCERN
P.6 MONDAY HOME WORK SOCIAL STUDIES
NAME: ………………………………………..………………………….……………………….
1. State any one problem Aketch is likely to face reading a map without a key.
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2. Write any four elements of a good map.
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(ii) ………………………………………………………………………………………………….
(iii) ………………………………………………………………………………………………….
(iv) ………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. State the use of each of the following element of a good map.
(i) Key ……………………………………………………………………………………………..
(ii) Compass ……………………………………………………………………………………..
(iii) Title …………………………………………………………………………………………...
(iv) Scale ………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. Mention any two ways of locating places on a map.
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(ii) ………………………………………………………………………………………………….
5. Give one reason why latitudes are called parrel.
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6. Name the following latitudes
(i) 𝟐𝟑𝟏𝟐 ºN_____________________________________________________________________
(ii) 𝟐𝟑𝟏𝟐 ºS_____________________________________________________________________
(iii) 𝟔𝟔𝟏𝟐 ºN ____________________________________________________________________
(iv) 𝟔𝟔𝟏𝟐 ºS_____________________________________________________________________
(v) 0º ________________________________________________________________________
7. Joan was standing at North and moved 135º clockwise, what was her new
direction.
8. State the meaning of the term equinox.
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9. The diagram below shows the globe. Use it to answer the questions that
follows.
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Identify the parts of the globe marked.
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X ……………………………………………………………………………………………………
10. State the meaning of the term revolution.
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11. Write the two lakes crossed by the equator in Uganda.
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(ii) ………………………………………………………………………………………………….
12. Write down the areas lying with in the tropics.
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13. State any two reasons why the equator is marked 0º.
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(ii) ………………………………………………………………………………………………….
14. Name the representations below.
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15. Write any one reason why symbols are used on a map.
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16. Give the meaning of the term social services.
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17. Who is the political head of a district?
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18. State any one reason why Uganda is called a landlocked country.
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19. In which stone age period was fire discovered?
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20. Which discovery marked the end of middle stone age period?
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21. Write any two kinds of places where early man lived in the stone age period.
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