Form 40 CHEOGRAPHY Ancor all questions. Total narin 100. Make sure that your nono and form are on your answer sheet and your map. Read the question through carefully and TUNK before you write. Question 1. Account for the importance of an iron ans steel centre either in the British Isles or cry European country you choose. Darar a aketch map to show the position and extent of the area. Briefly describo how iron and steel aro produced. Question 2. With the aid of a sketch show the position and importance of Gibraltar. Qucation 5. One of man's greatest feats of engineering was the building of the Panaan Cenal. Account for the iportance of this Canal, and the difficulties eroountered when building it, and capare it with the Suez Canal. A sketch would help your anger. Question 4, Name some world areas suitable for rice cultivation, say what the requirements are. 'That economic problems are found in these areas and what steps are being taken to overcome the problem ? Question 5. Hemerk. World Map Cr the map provided write your name and form. Mark in the following : . a sea route London to Bombay via the Suez Canal. . a sea route London to New Zealand via the Panama Canal. 2 trans-continental railmy routes. 2 coal producing countries ( mark these by the letters CP on the map ✈. identify the towns marked A‚3‚¤‚D. Conventional Sims. On writing paper, draw sketches to show how the following symbols are illustrated on 0.3. maps : 1. There is a very important Iven & steel centre on the northumb estand and Duraum Coagiets. His was built up round tyneside. The three man's ports are Newcastle, Sunderland and Middlesborough, these ports neceme leads of Iven are from Sweden and Spain. The Cleveland Hills south of Durham have adequate supphes of Limestone. The coal is transported by special siding to the Turnaces. These are the three main reasons why it is so idealy placed. 1. Places near A coalfield. Supplies of Ivon One from Sweden. 1(Cont). Quantities of Ivon One, Coke, & Limestone are put into the Blast Jurnace. The lake builds the temperature up, then aget of hot air melts the mixture. The Limestone extracts the stag (imper ities is the mettle. With the Iven being hearing it suits to the bottom, meanwhich the slag is then Suawn of throught a seperate channel. "The Ivon is not yet pure, some carben and other chemical have to be added. When the Ivan vuns it into the chaneb it sets in blocks, It is then Pig Iron. This process is called smetting. Posistic of Gibraltar. Nuetral territory 2. 17 EUROPA Gibraltar mais steadily to about 1,000 ft. It is important for the production of Cork, and fruits cheisty oranges. It is the most souther part of Spain, there is a this straugh know as the straights of Gibralter seperating Spain from Ajuris. It has a Medditeraneans chimate hot and equable with cold winters. 4. Chuna produces almost the whole to of Rice cultivations. It so grown In mud, it needs plenty of vain, and some sun a monsoon chinat Ideal. It grows very quickly 7-8 inches a week. Rice to also ・grown in the gang to valleys Rice is grown on terraced Meunitamis. China have many prebling there is have many problems there won't an adequat supply you everybody. It is China's stable diet. The consumptions of Rice is onoumouse with the biggest populations in the world. Chura is inhabited by more than 25,000,000 peopl Panama Canal 3. The Suez Canal was a corgived by Ferdinand De Lessopo. It so very impoint because in the 16 centuary sallers had to traut round the Hem to get to the westem side of America. The canal cut out 12,000 mb. The equsnecks had many difpathes they had to cut through a range of mountains this is why there are many locks. Many men fell ill with materra, some of the men died from bad supplies of food. The canal to 51mb in is length it ranges from Calon to Panama. The Suez Canal was desigined by the same man. The Suez is twice has long has the panan, it was easier to build because the land is very flat. The svez hasn't get any locks. It mus for пило 103 mb from Cairo to Aden. It also cuts out atet of land. Byen it, was a but 15 59610 |