KIYALA HIGH SCHOOL
END OF TERM ONE ASSESSMENT TEST -2024
GEOGRAPHY
Paper 1
S.4
2 hours 45 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS
This paper consists of two sections; A and B. It has six examination items.
Section A has two compulsory items.
Section B has two parts; I and II. Answer one item from each part.
Answer four examination items in all.
You may use diagrams where applicable to illustrate your answers.
Any additional item(s) answered will not be scored.
All answers must be written in the answer booklet(s) provided.
SECTION A: Map and Photograph Skills
Answer all items in this section.
Item 1: Map skills.
For this item use the East Africa 1: 50,000 (Uganda) map extract of Nyarweyo series
Y 732 sheet 48/4, edition 1-U.S.D, the information in the text below to answer the
tasks given.
a) Akello lines in Kiboga county in the Northern part of the area shown on the map
extract. Whenever she is traveling she picks the taxi from the road junction at grid
reference (099338). she wants to visit her aunt a teacher at Kadebe grid reference
(065242). the taxi fare is shs. 3,000 per head per kilometer.
Task
Determine the amount of money she will spend on the journey.
b) The communities living in kiwamba one of the sub counties shown on the map
extract of Nyarweyo,carry out large scale coffee growing most of the farms are in
areas east of eastings 18 and south of nothing 30.
The farmers have plans to expand their farms. Expansion in the Northern and Western
directions is limited by steep and rugged relief. The farmers are requesting the
government to allow them expand their farms towards the southern direction up to
Kichobino county boundary.
The local government secretary for environment is opposed to their request on
grounds that it may negatively affect the natural environment in the area but farmers
are determined to go on with the expansion.
Task
Using evidence from the map extract, explain the kinds of advice you would give to
the farmers about their planned expansion of coffee farms.
Item 2: Photograph Skills
Study Figure 1, a photograph taken from one of the places in Western Uganda, and
the text provided below it.
Figure 1
You are working with Sunset Tours and Travel Company Limited as a tour guide. A
group of American tourists are planning to visit your country during their summer
holiday. They have visited your company website and have booked your company
to help them tour certain areas of interest. The company manager is of the view that
the tourists should visit the area shown in the photograph. As their guide-to- be, the
company manager has instructed you to prepare a written descriptive account
informing the visitors of the attractions they will see and activities they will engage
in when they come to visit the area identified and the likely challenges they may face.
Task:
(a) Draw a landscape sketch of the photograph and on it mark and name the features
found in the area shown in the photo.
(b) Describe for the visitors the attractions they will see and the activities they will
engage in when they visit the area. Give evidence from the photograph.
(c) What recommendations would you make to the local community to improve the
area for tourism?
SECTION B
This section has two parts I and II.
Part I
Answer one item from this part.
Item 3.
Study the text and Figure 2 provided and use them to answer this item.
Mary and her family have been living in a foreign country for the last 30 years. The
family plans to return to East Africa and establish their home in any one of the relief
regions where they can carry out vegetable farming. However, they have little
knowledge about the geography of East Africa.
Support material: Map of East Africa showing relief regions
Figure 2
Task:
Write an essay of about 250 - 300 words advising Mary and her family on where they
can settle and carry out vegetable farming.
Item 4.
Your sub-county has a number of physical features one of which is a river which
originates from one of the highlands in the area and ends in the lake in the
neighbouring sub-county. The government is encouraging all sub-counties in the
country to use the existing natural resources to improve lives of people. However,
your sub-county has not been able to use the river.
You have been invited for a council meeting to sensitize the community members on
how they can use the river to improve their lives.
Support materials:
Figure 4
Task:
Prepare a written speech of about 500 words which you will present in the council
meeting.
Part II
Answer one item from this part.
Item 5.
According to the 2021 Uganda Population Survey, the country’s population was
estimated to be 42 million, and growing at a rate of 3 % per year.
At this rate, the country’s population is expected to reach 72.4 million people by
2040; representing an annual increase of 1.6 million people per year.
Members of your community have different views about this rate of population
growth. Some see it as a benefit, while others think it is a danger to the country.
Support materials:
Table showing Uganda’s population between 1980 and 2023
Year Population (in millions)
1980 12.6
1991 16.7
2002 24.2
2014 34.6
2023 48.6
Adopted: (UBOS, and Trending Economics)
Task:
(a) Draw a suitable graph to show the information in the table.
(b) Using the information provided in the text and table, write an article of
between 250 – 300 to be published in one of the local newspapers that will
help you deal with the concerns of the members of your community.
Item 6.
Over the years, Uganda government has put in place several measures to increase the
income from exports. These include; setting up the Uganda Export Promotion Board,
signing trade agreements with other countries, construction of roads and processing
exports to add value.
Despite all these efforts, the country’s balance of trade has remained unfavourable.
Traders in your community are interested in understanding how they can contribute
towards improving this situation but they lack the necessary information of how to
do so.
Task
a) Using evidence from the graph only, explain the likely effects of this trend of trade
on the development of Uganda.
b) Advise traders in your community on how they can contribute towards improving
the country's balance of trade.
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