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KS3 Geography

Baseline Test
Booklet
KS3 Geography Baseline Test Booklet

Place Knowledge
Pages 2 to 6 [25 Marks]

Locational Knowledge
Pages 7 to 9 [25 Marks]

Human and Physical Geography

Pages 10 to 12 [25 Marks]

Geographical Skills
Pages 13 to 16 [25 Marks]

Self-Reflection
Page 17

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Self-Reflection Place Knowledge
Figure 1: Land Use Map
Topic Score

Locational Knowledge / 25

Place Knowledge / 25

Human and Physical Geography / 25

Geographical Skills / 25

/ 100

Self-Reflection

Something I felt confident completing:

not to scale
Retail Industrial River
for illustrative purposes only

Housing Leisure Road

Look at Figure 1.
Something I struggled with but think I understood:

1. Is the area shown in Figure 1 a rural or urban area? Circle your answer. [1 mark]

rural urban

2. Name one type of transport shown in Figure 1. [1 mark]

3. What natural feature on the map in Figure 1 could be the reason the settlement was
Something I need help with: built in this location? [1 mark]

4. Give two reasons why people might have wanted to build their homes near the feature
you wrote down for question 3. [2 marks]

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Figure 2: Images of Different Environments (Biomes) Figure 15: Bar Chart Showing Tent Pitch Prices in 2022

Tent Pitch Prices 2022

A B
325

300

275

250

Tent pitch - price for 1 adult for 7 nights (£)

225

C D
200

175

150

125

100
Look at Figure 2.
75
5. Which image is most likely to have been taken in the UK? (Write A, B, C or D on the line
below.) [1 mark] 50
Image:
25
6. Give one reason why you think the image you chose for question 5 was taken in the
UK. [1 mark] 0

May

July
January

February

March

April

June

August

September

October

November

December
7. Which image was most likely taken near the equator? (Write A, B, C or D on the line
below.) [1 mark] 2022
Image:
40. Which month is most expensive to book a tent pitch? [1 mark]
8. Give one reason why you think this image was taken near the equator. [1 mark]

41. How much more expensive is July than April? [1 mark]

9. Which two images are of deserts? (Write A, B, C or D on the lines below.) [2 marks]
Image:

Image:
Geographical Skills Score / 25

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36. What features can be found at the following grid references? Write your answer in the Figure 3: Land Use in Two Countries
box next to each grid reference. [4 marks]
Land Use in Country A Land Use in Country B

Grid Reference Feature

4430

4231

370 280

475 284

37. Write the four-figure grid references for each of these features: [3 marks]

Feature Four-Figure Grid Reference

urban land agricultural land (farmland) forest
the door of the Orchard Cabin

caravan pitch 2 Look at Figure 3.

facilities block Figure 3 shows two pie charts about how land is used in two different countries. The size
of the section of the pie chart shows how much land is in each category; a bigger section of
the chart means there is more land in that category.
38. Write the six-figure grid references for each of these features: [2 marks]

10. Which country has the most urban land (towns and cities)? [1 mark]
Feature Six-Figure Grid Reference

The centre of the pot wash

11. Which country has the highest percentage of agricultural land (farmland)? [1 mark]
The door of the shop/reception

12. Which country has the highest percentage of forest? [1 mark]

39. Use the data for tent pitch prices in 2022 in Table A to complete the bar chart in
Figure 15 for May. [1 mark]

Table A: Tent Pitch Prices (price per adult for seven nights)
13. Suggest two reasons why people might migrate (move) to an urban area [2 marks]
September

November

December
February

October
January

August
March

April

June
May

July

Tent
Pitch
Closed 177 177 223 182 223 319 170 174 Closed
Price
(£)

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Figure 4: Life Expectancy for Females in Luxembourg, United Kingdom and Moldova (2022) Figure 14: Riverside Campsite Map
33 River
Luxembourg United Kingdom Moldova Cabin

32
female life expectancy 84.2 years 82.9 years 76.3 years
31 Meander
Source: The World Factbook Cabin

30
Look at Figure 4.
29
14. Which country has the longest life expectancy compared to the other countries?
28
[1 mark] Meadow
Cabin

27 Orchard Corner
Cabin Cabin

26
15. Which country has the shortest life expectancy compared to the other countries?
[1 mark]
25

24
36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
16. Suggest three reasons why people might live longer in some countries than others.
scale: 1 square = 10m
[3 marks]

35. Read and follow the directions for each of the routes across the map and write your final
destination in the space provided.

a. Start at the door of Meander Cabin at 426 313.

Walk south for approximately 25m until you reach a path.
Follow the path north-west for 30m you reach 395 300.
Which caravan pitch is located to your right? [1 mark]

b. Start at the door of Meadow Cabin at 412 280.

Walk east for approximately 45m.
Walk north for approximately 30m until a building is in front of you.
What is located in the grid square north-west of your current position?
[1 mark]

c. Start at the tent in Camping Area 3 at 442 258.

Walk north for 30m.
What is located here? [1 mark]

d. Start at the door of Orchard Cabin at 369 255.

Walk north-east until you meet a path.
Follow the path north for approximately 25m.
Walk north-west until you reach a cabin.
What is the name of the cabin? [1 mark]

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Geographical Skills Figure 5: Development Indicators for Five European Countries (data correct in 2021)

Luxembourg
33. Label the five missing points of the compass rose shown in Figure 1 below. Write your
answers in the boxes provided. [5 marks]

Kingdom

Moldova
United
France

Spain
Figure 12: Eight-Point Compass Rose

north
GNI per capita
The total value of all
north-west the goods and services
produced in a country in a $115 700 $45 000 $45 000 $37 900 $14 000
year, divided by the number
of people (per capita) living
east in that country.

Human Development
Index (HDI)
HDI looks at health, wealth
0.93 0.90 0.92 0.90 0.76
and education and ranges
from 0 (less developed) to 1
(more developed).

Literacy Rate
Figure 13: Grid of Items The percentage of people
100% 99% 99% 98% 99%
aged 15 years and above
who can read and write.
N
Look at Figure 5.

17. Which country has the highest GNI per capita? [1 mark]

18. What is the difference between the highest HDI score and the lowest HDI score for the
countries listed in Figure 5? [1 mark]

Look at Figure 13. 19. What is the mode (most common) literacy rate for the countries listed in Figure 5?
[1 mark]
34. What direction would you be travelling in if you walked: [4 marks]
a. from the car to the globe?
20. If a country spent a lot of money on education and training, would they expect the
b. from the cactus to the leaf?
literacy rate to increase (go up) or decrease (go down)? [1 mark]
c. from the fish to the aeroplane?

d. from the volcano to the polar bear?

Place Knowledge Score / 25

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Locational Knowledge Look at Figure 3.

21. Write the continent and ocean names in the correct places on the world map. 30. Which country within the United Kingdom received the most rainfall in 2016? [1 mark]
[12 marks]

Africa Antarctica Asia Europe North America Oceania South America

31. Use compass directions to describe which area of the UK received the least amount of
rainfall in 2016. [1 mark]
Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Pacific Ocean Southern Ocean

Figure 6: World Map of Continents and Oceans

32. Write two sentences describing the distribution (pattern) of rainfall in the UK in 2016.
[2 marks]

A
Human and Physical Geography Score / 25

not to scale

22. Match the names of the lines of latitude with the letter shown on the map. [3 marks]

A the equator

B the tropic of Capricorn

C the tropic of Cancer

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29. Name three types of economic activity (businesses) you would expect to find in the 23. Write the country and capital city names in the correct places on the map of the United
following settlement types: [9 marks] Kingdom. [8 marks]

England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Rural Urban Coastal

Belfast Cardiff Edinburgh London

Figure 7: Map of the United Kingdom

Figure 11: Map of UK Rainfall (2016)

2016 UK Rainfall Ammount

Actual Value (mm)

≥2500

1500 - 2499

1000 - 1499

800 - 999

600 - 799

500 - 599

<500

not to scale
not to scale

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Figure 8: Changing Coastline of Holderness, England
Human and Physical Geography
26. Draw a line to match the category of geography to the correct definition. [2 marks]

The study of the relationship between

physical geography
people, places and the environment.

The study of the Earth’s natural features

human geography
and atmosphere.

27. Draw a line from the label to the matching feature on the photo. [5 marks]

Figure 9: Changing Coastline of Holderness

beach settlement harbour cliff sand dune

28. Draw a line from the label to the matching feature on the photo. [5 marks]

not to scale Figure 10: Farmland

Look at Figure 8.
vegetation

24. What has happened to the coastline since Roman times? [1 mark] arable
farming

industry
25. Give one reason why the Holderness coastline has changed in this way since Roman
livestock
times. [1 mark]
farming

settlement
Locational Knowledge Score / 25

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