GEO SKILLS
&
HOW TO USE THEM TO
RULE YOUR EXAMS
Describe the trends in the cost of sending remittances from the three regions [2]
1. Fluctuating in all regions or fluctuation in 3 named regions
2. Decreasing in all regions or decreasing in all regions
Two descriptions needed and data for full marks.
Describe the trends in numbers of internally displaced persons (IDPs) between
1990 and 2010 as shown on the graph (3 marks)
1. Increase 90-94 (22-28 m)
2. Decrease 94-97 (28-17m)
3. stable/slow
increase/fluctuating 97-10
4. Increase 97-01 (17-24m)
5. Overall fluctuation
Three descriptions needed.
Data needed for full marks.
(Data must refer to trend over
time. Not a single point.)
Describe the trends shown on the graph (4 marks)
Award [1] for stating that
all areas experience a
decline in fertility rate.
Award a further [1] each for
any two valid and distinct
statements,
with quantification
necessary for the final
[1].
• Africa, Asia and Latin America have had the largest decline, example of
quantification a drop of between 2 and 3.2 children on average
• North America, Europe and Oceania have had the smallest decline
• regions that had an already small total fertility rate have experienced the
smallest decline / or vice versa
• two regions have declined below replacement level fertility.
Identify the two goals towards which India had made more progress than South
Asia (2 marks)
in 2012.
Goal 8 / partnership [1]
Goal 6 / diseases [1]
Describe the distribution of areas of very high soil degradation. [3]
Award [1] for a
geographical overview, eg
there are small areas in
almost every
Continent.
Award [1] each for two
further valid points.
Possibilities include:
• the largest single area is in China/Southeast Asia
• another large area exists in Southern Africa/Madagasgar
• Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia have largest areas of very
severe soil
degradation
• there is high soil degradation in the Middle East
• limited areas in Central and South America
• there is no area of very high soil degradation in
Australia/New Zealand
• most areas of high soil degradation are in low
income regions.
Responses that just list areas should be
awarded a maximum of [1].
State the year in which total oil stocks were at their peak. [1]
Referring to the graph, describe the trend in total oil stocks since the year 2000. [3]
1998 [1]
Generally upwards [1]
though with numerous
peaks and troughs [1],
with [1] for
some attempt at
quantification of the overall
trend or of the fluctuation
from the y axis.
Describe the pattern shown on the bar graph [2 marks]
Describe the pattern shown on the bar graph [2 marks]
Award [1] for a valid regional
comparison with an additional [1]
for quantification. A simple list
with numbers should receive no
more than [1].
“Europe has more than twice as
many tourist arrivals as any other
region [1], and ten times as many
as Africa [1].”
Describe the the trend shown on the map [2 marks]
Describe the the trend shown on the map [2 marks]
Almost all regions
have increased [1]
except for the
Middle East, which
has decreased [1]
by -5% [1]