CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2006 · Paper 1

29 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)2 marksDefine the term 'greenhouse effect'.
2. 1(b)2 marksIdentify THREE greenhouse gases.
3. 1(c)5 marksDescribe the role of greenhouse gases in global warming.
4. 2(a)(i)1 markLabel appropriately on Figure 1 the axes, A and B.
5. 2(a)(ii)3 marksLabel appropriately on Figure 1 the lines indicated by C, D, E and F.
6. 2(b)2 marksDefine the term 'lapse rate'.
7. 2(c)3 marksDistinguish between 'absolute humidity' and 'relative humidity'.
8. 3(a)3 marksWith the aid of a well-labelled sketch map, name and locate an area of tropical grassland (savanna).
9. 3(b)3 marksIdentify THREE characteristics of the vegetation of tropical grasslands (savannas).
10. 3(c)3 marksOutline THREE ways in which the vegetation of tropical grasslands (savannas) is adapted to drought.
11. 4(a)(i)2 marksState TWO characteristics of a 'primary economic activity'.
12. 4(a)(ii)1 markState ONE example of a 'quaternary economic activity'.
13. 4(b)(i)1 markState ONE aim of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union (EU).
14. 4(b)(ii)2 marksDescribe ONE way in which the Common Agricultural Policy has influenced agriculture in the European Union.
15. 4(c)3 marksOutline THREE features of 'sustainable agriculture'.
16. 5(a)3 marksWhat is a 'package tour'?
17. 5(b)6 marksSome critics argue that the economic benefits of tourism are overvalued. Give THREE reasons for this view.
18. 6(a)2 marksDefine the term 'deindustrialization'.
19. 6(b)7 marksOutline the factors contributing to deindustrialization.
20. 7(a)3 marksWhat is 'import substitution industrialization'?
21. 7(b)4 marksExplain how the policy of import substitution impacts on the location of industries in the Caribbean.
22. 7(c)2 marksList TWO criteria that may be used to demarcate a homogeneous region.
23. 8(a)(i)3 marksExplain how 'backwash effects' relate to industrial development.
24. 8(a)(ii)2 marksWhat is the likely impact of backwash effects on industrial development in the absence of intervention?
25. 8(b)2 marksOutline the reason why the United Nations introduced a Gender Development Index (GDI).
26. 8(c)2 marksList TWO indices measured in the Gender Development Index.
27. 9(a)(i)1 markUsing the information given in Table 1, complete the statement: Trinidad and Tobago lags behind Barbados by _______ years.
28. 9(a)(ii)6 marksCompare the HDI trends for Trinidad and Tobago, and Jamaica.
29. 9(b)2 marksDescribe ONE benefit derived by Caribbean countries from the fact that there are no large rivers emptying into the Caribbean Sea.