General Information: Exam Paper Structure

June Exam Paper Structure (Foundation and Higher Tier)

This question paper has three sections; you must answer three questions, one from each section:

Section A: candidates answer either Question 1 (Population) or Question 2 (Settlement)
Section B: candidates answer either Question 3 (Tectonic) or Question 4 (Climatic)
Section C: candidates answer either Question 5 (Development) or Question 6 (Development)

There is a separate Resource Booklet that will contain Ordnance survey maps, diagrams and cartoons.

The Exam Paper covers three themes. The themes and key investigation questions are listed below. During the GCSE Geography course you have been answering the key investigation questions.

Theme 2:
Population:
• How and why are there variations between the population structures of countries?

• What are the causes and consequences of natural population change over time?

• Why does migration occur and what are its effects?

Settlement:
• How is the pattern of land use within cities changing?

• What affects the provision of goods and retail services in rural and urban settlements?

Theme 3:
Natural Hazards:
• What is the global distribution of different types of natural hazard?

• What natural processes cause different types of natural hazards?

• How do natural hazards affect people and places in parts of the world with different levels of development?

• How can human activities affect the impact of natural hazards?

• How can people and places be protected from the impact of natural hazards?


Theme 4:
Economic Development:
• What is meant by "development"?

• How and why are there variations between the employment structures of different countries?

• What determines the location of different economic activities?

• How do multinational companies affect development?

• How can economic activity affect the physical environment at a variety of scales including global.