Section A: Location Knowledge
Your CE paper in geography begins with Section A: Location Knowledge. In the ISEB syllabus for geography, there is an appendix which lists all
the places and features you need to know for this section of the examination.
A good revision activity for you to do is to label blank outline maps with these places and features. Make sure you use a ruler and pencil to
draw arrows to the places/features and write their names in an area of the map where there is plenty of room. This not only ensures that you
have accurately located the place/feature but that you have done so in a neat and clear way.
Extract from the syllabus:‘Section A: Location knowledge (10-15 marks) The questions are to be answered with reference to a given map. The questions will be confined
to the features and places listed in Appendix I. Outlines of mountain ranges, courses of rivers and dots to represent the locations of cities will be
given.’
Revision Task – Hand in to Mr Guy for marking and feedback!
Print out the various maps which come with this document. Use an Atlas (hard copy or an online version) to help you mark onto the maps the
places and features listed in the table below (you will have to draw the rivers onto the map – use a blue pencil).
THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EUROPE
Major
physical
features
Continents
Mountain
ranges
Oceans
Seas
Rivers
Other
features
Countries
Sea areas
Rivers
Europe
Alps, Pyrenees
Atlantic, Arctic
Mediterranean
Rhine
Arctic Circle, North Pole, Prime Meridian
England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Rep. of Ireland
English Channel, Irish Sea, North Sea
Severn, Thames, Trent, Clyde, Shannon, Mersey, Tyne
Upland
areas
Islands
Major cities
Countries Europe
and their
capitals
Grampians, Lake District, Pennines, Snowdonia
Anglesey, Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Orkneys, Shetlands, Isle of Wight
Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester,
Newcastle, Plymouth, Southampton
Belgium (Brussels), Denmark (Copenhagen), France (Paris), Germany (Berlin), Greece (Athens), Iceland
(Reykjavik), Italy (Rome), Netherlands (Amsterdam), Norway (Oslo), Poland (Warsaw), Portugal (Lisbon),
Russia (Moscow), Spain (Madrid), Switzerland (Bern)
THE REST OF THE WORLD
Major
physical
features
Continents
Mountain
ranges
Deserts
Oceans/seas
Rivers
Other
features
Africa
Countries
and their North
capitals
America
South
America
Asia
Oceania
Other
major
cities and
city states
Africa, Asia, North America, South America , Oceania, Antarctica
Andes, Himalayas, Rockies
Sahara
Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, Pacific, Southern Oceans, Red Sea
Amazon, Mississippi, Nile, Yangtze (Chang Jiang), Ganges
Arctic Circle, Antarctic Circle, Equator, International Dateline, North Pole, South Pole, Prime Meridian,
Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn
Egypt (Cairo), Ethiopia (Addis Ababa), Ghana (Accra), Kenya (Nairobi), Nigeria (Abuja), South Africa
(Pretoria)
Canada (Ottawa), Mexico (Mexico City), USA (Washington DC)
Argentina (Buenos Aires), Brazil (Brazilia), Chile (Santiago), Colombia (Bogota), Peru (Lima)
Afghanistan (Kabul), Bangladesh (Dhaka/Dacca), China (Beijing), India (New Delhi), Indonesia (Jakarta),
Iran (Tehran), Iraq (Baghdad), Israel (Jerusalem), Japan (Tokyo), Pakistan (Islamabad), Russia (see
Europe), Saudi Arabia (Riyadh), South Korea (Seoul), Thailand (Bangkok), Turkey (Ankara) (also in Europe)
Australia (Canberra), New Zealand (Wellington) , Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby)
Dubai, Kolkata, Los Angeles, New York, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, Sydney, Vancouver
Map of the World
Map of Europe
Map of the British Isles
Map of Africa
Map of Asia
North America
South America
Oceania