Practice Paper
1.5 hours
Section A
Instructions:
Complete each question on Notebook paper or typed. No more than 2 lines per mark, i.e. if a question is
worth 4 marks only use 8 lines.
Average approximately 1.5 minutes per mark.
Core #1
1. Describe three changes in this country’s population between 2000 and 2025. [3 marks]
2. Suggest reasons for the gender imbalances in the population pyramid in the year 2025 [4 marks]
3. With reference to a named country, describe a anti-natalist policy. [3 marks]
Core #2
1.
Disparities in Wealth and Development
Core #3:
ATMOSPHERE AND CHANGE
(a) Describe two trends in the graph above. [2 marks]
2. Describe 2 environmental/natural causes of Climate change (4 marks) 3
3. Referring to a specific examples, explain the factors affecting the patterns and trends in Economic Water
Scarcity. (1 + 6 marks)
Core #4
4. Patterns in resource consumption
This model claims to show the global trends in a number of variables involved in the development process.
(a) Contrast the trends between 1900 and 2000 with the predicted trends between 2000 and 2100.
[5 marks]
1. Referring to examples, explain what is meant by overpopulation
(4 marks)
2. Using a specific example, describe the reduction of resource consumption by waste reduction
(3 marks)
Section B
Use the essay planners to help you plan an effective essay for each of the following prompts. Spend
approximately 25 minutes writing your essay. Your essay should be between 3.5-4.5 sides of notebook
paper.
*(Choose 1 of the following)
1. Describe and analyze how voluntary and forced migrations differ in terms of their population
characteristics and their impact on the country of origin? [15 marks]
2. Choose one of the following sets of statistics that can also be used to show development
a. Energy consumption / person
b. Number of doctors / thousand people
c. Level of education of females
Using an example, explain why your chosen set of set of statistics is a good indicator of a country’s
level of development.
[15 marks]
3. Referring to examples, discuss the extent to which migration is a response to the uneven distribution of resources. [15
marks]
4. "Gender inequality exists to some extent, in many areas of society, in all countries of the world"
Geographically examine this statement. [15 Marks]
5. Examine why most countries want to reduce their dependence on oil [15 marks]
6. Explain the importance of biodiversity in tropical rainforests. [15 Marks]
7. "Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal." Discuss this
statement, focusing upon the consequences of reduced biodiversity in tropical rainforests. [15 Marks]
8. Evaluate a named management strategy at a local scale designed to achieve environmental sustainability. [15
Marks]
9. Examine the methods adopted to reduce the consumption of one or more named resource.
10. “Sustainable development can be achieve through population control” Discuss this statement.
11> Describe the changing global patter of economic development and evaluate the methods used to measure it.
Model Answer:
"Migrations within a county's borders have greater negative impacts at their origin than their destination.' Discuss this
statement. [15 Marks]
Introduction: Migrations within a country’s borders (otherwise known as internal migration) have several negative
impacts both at their destination and their origin. Source areas are left without a workforce who can generate invest for
the economy and destinations are faced with rising levels of poverty which strain the city’s resources.
Thesis Statement: While the negative effects of internal migration can be felt at both the destination and the origin, the
negative effects are more significant and have a greater impact at the origin.
To certain extent Internal migration can have several negative impact at the destination. Often times, migrants are
forced to work for long hours, for very little pay in an unsafe working environment. For example, in China many of the
140 +Million migrant workers are constrction workers who work on large scale urban projects like the Beijing Olympic
Venues and underground. They have to work 12 hours a day, 7 days a week with their only holiday being the Chinese
New Year. The living conditions are appaling, as most have to live in unsanitary, onsite dormitories where disease
spread easily. Access to clean water is also difficult. Other move to shanty settlements located on the unsafe,
marginal regions of the city. The working conditions are also extremely unsafe (over 6 men died building the Bird’s
Nest) and, due to a lack of union to protect them, are often exploited by employers. Due to an recent increase in
unemployment as a result of the economic crisis, a major Chinese cities have seen an enormous increase in the
unemployment rates, which have cause the city governments to spend millions of dollars in aid for the poor, as well
as increasing the number of police officers to protect residents against social unrest, protests, and strikes.
To larger extent Internal migration can have several negative impact at the Source. In China there are over 140+
million migrant workers leaving rural province for the cities. As a result of parents migrating to larger cities for work,
many children are left behind to be raised by their grandparents. (1 in 7 near Jiangsu Province) 58 million across china.
Children are left behind because strict residency laws prevent them from enrolling in schools outside their home
province or the tuition costs are higher. Children left behind often need extra support in school emotionally and
psychologically. This puts a strain on the services of the local community (more teachers who are skilled in Child
psychology are needed) As more and more migrants leave their provinces for places like Beijing and Shanghai, the
places the leave (such as Inner Mongolia and Xin Jiang) lose their labour force and thus, their local economy and
infrastructure suffers due to a lack of investment generate by local incomes. This affects the provinces ability to
provide health care, education, and hazard protection to its residents. China’s poorest province (those with the
lowest standard of living and quality of life) Xin Jiang, Inner Mongolia, Yunan, and Henan are also those areas with the
highest percentage of migrants.
In conclusion, While the negative effects of internal migration can be felt at both the destination and the origin, the
negative effects are more significant and have a greater impact at the origin because when migrants leave the area, the
economy and infrastructure suffers due to a lack of workforce and investment. This in turn affects the quality of life of
all the residents of that area.