Term 1


Content/topics (as per CAPS)


Diamond mining in Kimberley: 1867 onwards


• Why diamonds are so valuable


• British take-over of diamond-rich land in Griqualand West


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Diamond mining and the development of a monopoly: one person one claim; what happened to black claimholders; problems relating to digging deeper; the formation of companies; Cecil John Rhodes and Barney Barnato; the formation De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited; regulating supply and the price of diamonds


2 Climate regions


Factors that influence temperature and rainfall


• •


Distance from the equator (latitude)


Distance from the sea


• Height above sea-level (altitude)


• Ocean currents • Mountains (relief)


Unit 1 pages 48–53 Activities 1–2 Unit 3 pages 41–44


Learner’s Book


Activities and assessment


Activities 7–8


Module 3, page 47


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