igcse geography final exams - may 2020
Below (blue tab) are all the case studies as listed in the IGCSE Geography syllabus for 2019. These case studies are often used as the focus for the 7 mark questions at the end of each of the six questions.
To access the 6th and 7th mark in the question, you have to be able to state place specific information and data from the relevant case study and show a good understanding of the impacts / processes etc.
Paper 1 - Core Themes - 1 hr 45 mins
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Paper 1 - The first exam will last for 1hr 45 and will test you on all the work that we have covered on the following units of work:
Question 1 & 2 - Population & Settlement Question 3 & 4 - Natural Environments Question 5 & 6 - Economic Development You will have to answer three questions in total from those available. You must answer either Q1 or Q2 (Population or Settlement), either Q3 or Q4 (Natural Environments) and either Q5 or Q6 (Economic Development). That's three questions in total in 1 hr 45 mins. Check out the Paper 1 (click to enlarge) front page to the right. Your exam will look the same. It is really important that you read the instructions carefully as you will have to understand what you need to do to avoid making big mistakes and completing too many questions. You will also get a resource booklet with photos and graphs in it. Some questions will require that you study the resource book carefully. Answer THREE QUESTIONS ONLY. 1 or 2, 3 or 4 and 5 or 6.
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Paper 2 - Skills - 1 hr 30 mins
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Paper 2 - This is a skills based 1hr 30 minute examination that tests your map skills, photo interpretation and graph interpretation using the topics we study at iGCSE as the focus.
Check out the paper 2 (click to enlarge) front cover to the right. Your mock exam will look exactly the same. You will need a ruler, protractor and will be issued with some plain paper for workings out etc. You will also be given a map insert that will be used as a focus to test your four and six figure grid reference skills. If you don't revise for this, it will be a tricky paper and you have to answer all of the questions fully. You will have to make some quick calculations and not hang around. There are often 14 pages of questions to get through although there are few extended answers. Most of the responses are brief, circle the correct answer etc etc. Check out the mock examination papers below. |
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geographic Skills Revision
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Grade 9 - April 2020 - Examination
Make sure you can do the following:
1. Read & interpret Line graphs, bar charts & scatter graphs and basic maps.
2. What causes high death rates/ high birth rates in LEDC's, the causes and effects of youthful populations in such countries and low birth rates/low death rates and ageing in MEDC's.
3. Understand what is meant by birth rate, death rate, life expectancy, infant mortality, literacy rates and how to work out natural population growth (i.e. difference between birth & death rate) and the reasons for its growth in LEDC's.
4. How countries try to reduce their population growth (anti-natalist policy) and the consequences (good & bad).
5. Why some countries are over populated and others are underpopulated and what causes high and low population densities.
6. Remember your two migration case studies (Internal = Brazil and International = Mexico to USA) and causes as well as the positive and negative effects of migration.
7. Remember the settlement hierarchy? - triangle shaped diagram.
8. The causes and effects of congestion in urban areas and methods used to manage it.
9. What does urbanisation mean and how does it impact the people who live there? (Rio & Toulouse).
10. Zones of a city (Burgess & Hoyt) and recognise these zones and different land uses.
11. What is urban sprawl and how does it affect an urban area that you have studied?
Exam Tips
1. Your paper will last for 1 hr 45 minutes (although you have up to 2 hours to complete it).
2. Underline key command terms
3. Make sure you fill all the space given to you
4. P.E.E.L in the 7 mark questions.
5. Revise and remember your case studies.
You will need to recall specific data, places, people etc. Anything you produce now (revision materials) will be of real use 12 months from now for the real thing!
1. Read & interpret Line graphs, bar charts & scatter graphs and basic maps.
2. What causes high death rates/ high birth rates in LEDC's, the causes and effects of youthful populations in such countries and low birth rates/low death rates and ageing in MEDC's.
3. Understand what is meant by birth rate, death rate, life expectancy, infant mortality, literacy rates and how to work out natural population growth (i.e. difference between birth & death rate) and the reasons for its growth in LEDC's.
4. How countries try to reduce their population growth (anti-natalist policy) and the consequences (good & bad).
5. Why some countries are over populated and others are underpopulated and what causes high and low population densities.
6. Remember your two migration case studies (Internal = Brazil and International = Mexico to USA) and causes as well as the positive and negative effects of migration.
7. Remember the settlement hierarchy? - triangle shaped diagram.
8. The causes and effects of congestion in urban areas and methods used to manage it.
9. What does urbanisation mean and how does it impact the people who live there? (Rio & Toulouse).
10. Zones of a city (Burgess & Hoyt) and recognise these zones and different land uses.
11. What is urban sprawl and how does it affect an urban area that you have studied?
Exam Tips
1. Your paper will last for 1 hr 45 minutes (although you have up to 2 hours to complete it).
2. Underline key command terms
3. Make sure you fill all the space given to you
4. P.E.E.L in the 7 mark questions.
5. Revise and remember your case studies.
You will need to recall specific data, places, people etc. Anything you produce now (revision materials) will be of real use 12 months from now for the real thing!
Grade 10 - January 2020 Examination
Please find two exam revision lists underneath. Given that you only have a short period of time to revise over the Christmas holidays, I have narrowed down your revision substantially.
Read both lists carefully as this will save you a considerable amount of time in preparing for the exam.
Read both lists carefully as this will save you a considerable amount of time in preparing for the exam.
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Below are a set of resources to help your revision for Paper 2. They are based around the Montego Bay map which is attached below.
