Higher Tier Exam Ques0ons -‐ Human Paper Unit 2 Specimen Paper -‐ 1. Popula0on Change 1. Describe how governments of richer countries have tried to cope with changes in popula0on structure? (8 Marks + 3 SPag Marks) 2. Suggest why so many immigrants move to places like Boston? (2 Marks) 3. Describe the effect on the immigrants’ country of origin of large numbers of people moving from one part of the EU to another? (4 Marks) 5. Globalisa0on 1. What is the meaning of the term food-‐miles? (1 Mark) 2. Explain one effect, apart from increased carbon dioxide emissions, caused by increasing global demand for food? (2 Marks) 3. Describe how improvements in global communica0ons such as the SEA-‐ME-‐WE 3 cable have led to increasing globalisa0on? (4 Marks) 4. Describe the main features of a named localised industrial zone which depends on good global communica0ons? (8 Marks + 3 SPag Marks) 5. Explain why China has grown into a major industrial power? (4 Marks) 6. Tourism 1. Choose either a UK Na0onal Park or a UK coastal resort that you have studied. Name of UK Na0onal Park or coastal resort ......................................................... Explain the effec0veness of strategies put in place to ensure that the tourist industry con0nues to be a success in your chosen loca0on? (4 Marks) 2. Give one reason why more tourists are going to extreme environments like the Arc0c and Antarc0ca? (1 Mark) 3. Choose one extreme environment that a\racts tourists. Name of extreme environment ................................................... Describe how it is trying to cope with an increasing number of tourists? (8 Marks + 3 SPag Marks) 4. What is the meaning of the term mass tourism? (1 Mark) 5. Explain why tourism can have a nega0ve effect on the environments of tropical areas like Jamaica? (4 Marks) 2010 -‐ 1. Popula0on Change 1. What is a ‘migrant’? (1 Mark) 2. Explain the possible push factors and pull factors that encouraged these migrant workers to come to the UK? (4 Marks)
3. Migra0on from a country may have posi0ve and nega0ve effects for that country. Describe these effects? (4 Marks) 4. Choose two of the factors listed: Increasing Urbanisa0on, Changes in farming, and Increasing educa0on for women. Explain why your chosen factors may affect future world popula0on growth? (4 Marks) 5. Describe how a named country has a\empted to cope with the effects of rapid popula0on growth? (8 Marks)
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1. What is ‘global interdependence’? (2 Marks) 2. Localised industrial regions with global connec0ons have developed in many countries. Describe the features of a localised industrial region with global connec0ons? (4 Marks) 3. Explain why manufacturing industry developed rapidly in China? (8 Marks) 6. Tourism 1. Explain why extreme environments are a\rac0ve to tourists? (4 Marks) 2. Describe how a named area with an extreme environment is coping with an increasing number of tourists? (8 Marks) 3. Describe one feature of mass tourism? (2 Marks) 4. Explain how ecotourism can contribute to sustainable development? (4 Marks) 2011 -‐ 1. Popula0on Change 1. Explain why the rate of natural increase in poor countries such as Indonesia is falling? (8 Marks) 2. Many countries now have an ageing popula0on. Describe how a country may try to encourage an increase in the birth rate? (6 Marks) 5. Globalisa0on 1. Explain why the number of food miles is increasing? (6 Marks) 2. Explain how intensive farming produc0on can affect climate change? (2 Marks) 3. Outline how carbon credits may help to reduce the costs of globalisa0on? (2 Marks) 4. What is the meaning of the le\ers ‘ TNC’? (1 Mark) 5. Use a case study to describe the advantages and disadvantages of the development of a TNC? (8 Marks)
Tourism 1. Choose either a Na0onal Park or a coastal resort in the UK Name of Na0onal Park or coastal resort ............................................................................ Describe one or more strategies that your chosen area has used to maintain a successful tourism industry? (8 Marks) 2. Give two reasons why your chosen tourist area may become less popular over 0me? (2 Marks) 3. Explain how mass tourism may damage the environment of areas such as the coast of Kenya? (6 Marks) 4. Outline the posi0ve effects of mass tourism on the environment of a tropical area? (2 Marks) 5. What is ‘stewardship’? (1 Mark) 6. An ecotourism development in the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. Describe how an ecotourism development can benefit future genera0ons? (4 Marks)
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2012 -‐ 1. Popula0on Change 1. Describe one or more problem(s) that China’s One Child Policy has caused? (8 Marks) 2. Explain how economic factors can cause people to migrate? (4 Marks) 3. Describe two ways in which migra0on within the EU can have posi0ve effects on countries such as the UK? (4 Marks) 5. Globalisa0on 1. Give two reasons why the control of water supply is important. (2 Marks) 2. Explain why trying to increase the amount of food produced in the world may have environmental disadvantages? (4 Marks) 3. Explain the growth of industry in modern China? (4 Marks) 4. Describe the features of a named TNC? (8 Marks) 6. Tourism
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1. Outline why some ci0es a\ract many tourists? (1 Mark) 2. For a tourist area in the UK you have studied, iden0fy the stage reached in the tourist area or resort life cycle model. Give reason(s) for your answer? (4 Marks) Tourist area studied ........................................................................................................... Stage of the model reached ............................................................................................... 3. Use a case study to explain why an area in the tropics a\racts a large number of Tourists? (8 Marks) 4. Describe the nega0ve economic effects of mass tourism? (4 Marks)
2013 – 1. Popula0on Change 1. Explain how a non birth control policy can help achieve sustainable development? (8 Marks & 3 Marks Spag) 2. Using a case study of an ageing popula0on explain how the problems caused by an ageing popula0on can affect the future economic development of a country? (4 Marks) 5. Globalisa0on 1. What is Globalisa0on? (2 Marks) 2. Outline one social and one economic impact of increased energy use? (4 Marks) 3. Use a case study of one renewable energy source to explain how it might help achieve sustainable development? (8 Marks & 3 Marks Spag) 4. Explain the benefits of the increasing use of locally produced food? (4 Marks) 6. Tourism 1. Suggest two ways in which the number of people who visit the UK can be influenced by external factors? (4 Marks) 2. Explain how mass tourism contributes to the economy of a country? (4 Marks) 3. Use a case study to explain how ecotourism has contributed to sustainable development? (8 Marks & 3 Marks Spag) 2014 – 1. Popula0on Change 1. Draw a labelled sketch of a popula0on pyramid for a country in stage 2 of the DT Model? (3 Marks) 2. Describe how the structure of country’s popula0on changes between stages 2 and 4 of the DTM? (3 marks) 3. Using one or more examples to explain how government (s) a\empt to use strategies with an ageing popula0on? (8 Marks 3 Marks SPaG) 4. Explain the impacts of migra0on on the receiving country? (Host) (4 Marks) 5. Use one or more examples of why people migrate to the EU? (4 Marks) 5. Globalisa0on 1. Explain how developments in ICT have encouraged globalisa0on? (4 Marks) 2. Outline one or more economic reason for the growth of call centres abroad? (3 Marks) 3. Outline one or more reasons for China’s rapid growth? (3 Marks) 4. Suggest one environmental effect of growing cash crops? (1 Mark)
Describe the economic and social impacts of the development of cash crop farming in the developing world? (8 Marks 3 Marks SPaG)
! 6. Tourism 1. State one factor that can reduce the number of tourists visi0ng a country? (1 Mark) 2. Give reasons for the growth of tourism in the UK? (4 marks) 3. What is mass tourism? (2 Marks) 4. Describe how the nega0ve effects of mass tourism may be reduced? (4 Marks) 5. Use a case study to discuss how well an extreme environment is coping with the development of a tourist industry? (8 Marks 3 Marks SPaG)
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