CAPE Geography Unit 1 · 2009 · Paper 2

32 questions and parts from this paper. Open one to see it in full, then practise it on Quelpr and get it marked against the mark scheme.

1. 1(a)(i)8 marksDescribe the settlement pattern shown on the map extract.
2. 1(a)(ii)7 marksSuggest THREE reasons to account for the location of the settlement on the map extract.
3. 1(b)(i)4 marksDraw the coastline east of Easting 83 and south of Northing 20.
4. 1(b)(ii)5 marksInsert and label: TWO bays, an area of cliffs, a boxing plant, and the course of the Pagua River.
5. 1(c)6 marksDescribe the MAIN features of the coastline of this map extract.
6. 1(d)(i)6 marksIdentify THREE areas which might experience THREE different types of natural OR technological hazards.
7. 1(d)(ii)9 marksGive an account of the nature of EACH of the hazards identified in (d)(i).
8. 2(a)(i)1 markName the graph shown in Figure 1.
9. 2(a)(ii)3 marksDescribe the distribution illustrated by the line labelled L.
10. 2(b)(i)3 marksDefine carrying capacity.
11. 2(b)(ii)3 marksDefine population doubling time.
12. 2(c)20 marksWrite an essay comparing the views of Thomas Malthus and Esther Boserup on the relationship of population growth to food supplies.
13. 3(a)4 marksDescribe the relationship shown on Figure 2 between the population size of settlements and the number of functions they provide.
14. 3(b)6 marksDescribe THREE factors which influence the location of rural settlements.
15. 3(c)20 marksAccount for the trend observed in urban population in the more economically developed countries (MEDCs) and less economically developed countries (LEDCs) from 1950 and projected to 2020. Include appropriate causes in…
16. 4(a)(i)1 markName the diagram shown in Figure 4.
17. 4(a)(ii)3 marksIdentify any THREE of the features labelled A, B, C and D.
18. 4(a)(iii)6 marksDefine any TWO of the features identified in (ii).
19. 4(b)(i)5 marksBuilding of dams.
20. 4(b)(ii)5 marksUrbanization.
21. 4(b)(iii)5 marksDeforestation.
22. 4(b)(iv)5 marksIrrigation.
23. 5(a)4 marksDraw a fully-labelled diagram showing the cross-section of a destructive wave.
24. 5(b)(i)3 marksDefine base level.
25. 5(b)(ii)3 marksDefine bifurcation ratio.
26. 5(c)20 marksDiscuss the development of SIX types of landforms in limestone areas.
27. 6(a)4 marksFrom the passage, identify FOUR characteristics of a tsunami which contribute to its destructive power.
28. 6(b)6 marksDescribe the operation of the Pacific Tsunami Warning System.
29. 6(c)20 marksExplain how climate, the characteristics of the river basin, and human activities might cause rivers to flood.
30. 7(a)4 marksName the layers labelled A, B, C and D.
31. 7(b)6 marksDescribe the stages in the recycling of the upper few kilometres of the Earth in the tectonic cycle.
32. 7(c)20 marksExplain how the composition of the lava and the type of eruption account for the shape of THREE types of volcanoes.