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fundamentals taught at this level but orientation and use of maps in Geography
lessons become important, expression of ideas on the basis of obtained knowl-
edge, logical comparative analysis and identification of phenomena of nature on
contour maps are important. As the amount of topographic events grows and
time in school is little, extra lessons are needed in spare time.

The final exam at the end of upper secondary school is different in the member
states. In some countries there is only a written exam (Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus,
Lithuania, Portugal and Finland). But in most countries, it has both written and oral
parts. The written exam is often compiled and valued by an external authority. But
the same (internal or external) committee organizes always both parts of the final
exam, e.g. (Eurydice 2009 ):

• In the Netherlands, internal written and/or oral exam is set by the school, the
external written exam is organized by external authority,
• In Belgium, in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Iceland the written exam is set
by the teachers within the school,
• An internal and an external exam is obligatory in Greece,
• In Portugal there is only an external final exam,

• In Austria the school supervisor sets the questions for the written exam, and the

teachers do it for the oral exam.

In some countries, e.g. Austria there is no uniform final exam, every school
decides its own requirements. Beside three compulsory subjects one obligatory
subject is allowed. It can be Geography as well. Cartographical fundamentals are

Fig. 4.5 The GeoLearn is an interactive web application to practice spelling of geographical
names. It corresponds to the Hungarian curriculum requirements for the written final exam ( http://
geolearn.fw.hu )