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Exam-Style Questions: Geographical Skills
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The following pages (232–7) contain a selection of exam-style questions. They use the map and key on these pages and a selection of other resources. You should answer them in a copy of the question and answer booklet which can be printed from the student CD.
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Tourist Information (regular opening)
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1 This question uses the map extract of Strabane, Northern Ireland and east Donegal in the Republic of Ireland on page 230 and the key on page 231. The scale is 1:50 000.(a) Fig. 1 shows some of the features in the north-west part of the map extract. Study Fig. 1, the map extract and the key,
and answer the questions below.
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Using the map extract, identify the following features shown in Fig. 1. (i) The number of road A. [1]
(ii) The type of building at B. [1]
(iii) The height along contour line C. [1]
(iv) The land use in area D. [1]
(v) The name of river E. [1]
(b) Study the settlement of Strabane, in and around grid square 3497. (i) Identify three different types of service in the built-up area of Strabane. [3]
(ii) Using map evidence only, suggest reasons for the growth of a large settlement at Strabane. [4]
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(c) Find the spot height where the hillfort and cairn are located in grid square 2997. (i) What is the 6-figure grid reference of this spot height? [1]
(ii) What is the bearing, from grid north, from this spot height to the bridge over the river Foyle, between Strabane and Lifford? Choose from the following answers:
15° 75° 105° 285° [1]
(iii) Calculate the average gradient between this spot height and the bridge over the river Foyle, between Strabane and Lifford. [2]
(d) Fig. 2 shows the area to the north of Strabane.
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Look at the river Foyle from Strabane to the northern edge of the map in the area shown on Fig. 2. Describe the features of the river Foyle and its valley. [4]
[Total: 20 marks]
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2 Study Fig. 3, which shows information about the number of international tourists visiting different parts of the world in 1990 and 2013.
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(a) (i) What is a tourist? [1]
(ii) State the two regions that attracted the most tourists in 2013. [2]
(iii) Compare the change in importance of tourism in Asia/Pacific and the Americas between 1990 and 2013. Use statistics in your answer. [2]
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(b) Photograph A shows an area where tourism is an important industry.
Photograph A
Identify three natural attractions for tourists which are shown in the photograph.
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3 Study Fig. 4a, a map showing information about the sugar industry in Reunion, an island in the Indian Ocean and Fig. 4b, which shows information about Reunion’s exports.
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(a) (i) What percentage of Reunion’s total exports is sugar? [1]
(ii) Describe the distribution of the areas where the sugarcane is grown in Reunion. [3]
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(iii) Explain the location of the sugar factories. [4]
[Total: 8 marks]
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4 Study Fig. 5, a map of the Great Barrier Reef Marine National Park, an area of coral reefs off the coast of Australia.(a) (i) A and B on the map mark the ends of the Great Barrier Reef
National Park. Estimate the straight line distance between A and B in kilometres. [1]
km (ii) Which one of the following locations is an area of coral reef?
15°S 147°E 17°S 146°E 20°S 147°E [1]
(b) Fig. 6 shows the areas of coral reef at risk in different parts of the world.
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(i) Complete the bar for the Pacific on Fig. 6 above using the following information:
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(ii) How many square kilometres of coral reef are at risk in the Middle East? [1]
(iii) In which area is: ● the largest area of coral reef at risk?
● the largest area of coral reef at high or very high risk? [2]
[Total: 8 marks]
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5 Study Fig. 7, information about five earthquakes.
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(a) (i) Explain why the circles that represent the earthquakes on Fig. 7 are different sizes. [1]
(ii) To what extent does the information in Fig. 7 show a relationship between the magnitude of an earthquake and the number of deaths? Use statistics in your answer. [3]
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(b) Study Fig. 8, a news report from Friday, 22 February 2011, the day of the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Describe four different impacts of the earthquake on the infrastructure of Christchurch. [4]
[Total: 8 marks]
As thousands of shocked people wandered the rubble-strewn streets of Christchurch after today’s devastating and deadly earthquake, emergency workers were searching for survivors. The 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck at 12.51 p.m., a very busy time with people at work and children at school. The tremor brought down buildings, cut electricity supplies, fractured gas and water mains and badly damaged phone networks. People are still trapped in cars and buildings. Many buildings and roads in the centre of Christchurch were badly damaged and some people are trapped. Christchurch Hospital had more than 40 injured people and expected the numbers to rise.
The airport had been closed and all flights across the country were initially grounded across the country as the national air traffic control centre in Christchurch was checked. Emergency crews worked amid the shattered buildings, including the cathedral, to evacuate the city centre and rescue those trapped. There was a strong smell of gas and clouds of dust and burst water mains have caused flooding in some areas. A state of emergency has been declared and Civil Defence officials said anyone remaining in the city should conserve water and boil drinking water for three minutes.
The earthquake struck 20 kilometres from the city. It happened at a shallow depth of 5 to 6 kilometres below ground. Christchurch is built on silt, sand and gravel, with a water table under it. In an earthquake, the water rises, mixing with sand. Adapted from The Age, 22 February 2011
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6 Study Figs. 9a and 9b, information about the population structure of Kerala in India (an LEDC).
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Fig. 9b(a) (i) How many people were aged between 60 and 64 in Kerala in 1991? [1]
(ii) By how much is the number of people aged between 60 and 64 in Kerala expected to increase by 2021? [1]
(iii) Describe three differences between the population pyramid for Kerala in 1991 and the one that is expected in 2021. [3]
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(b) The evidence on the two population pyramids suggests that birth rates are likely to have fallen in Kerala between 1991 and 2021. Suggest three different reasons for this fall in birth rate. [3]
[Total: 8 marks]