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4 marksAgriculture

CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2015 · Paper 2 · Question 1(b)(iii)

Based on Table 1 showing the percentage contribution of agriculture to GDP and employment in agriculture for selected countries.

Describe the relationship between the percentage contribution of agriculture to GDP and percentage of labour force employed in agriculture (shown in Table 1), among Jamaica, Canada and Ethiopia.

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  1. 1(a)(i)a)State the location of TWO sites that you would select for your investigation, giving TWO reasons for your choice.[6 marks]
  2. 1(a)(i)b)Identify ONE soil characteristic and suggest how it would be different at the sites selected in (i) a).[3 marks]
  3. 1(a)(ii)a)State TWO types of natural vegetation existing in the area covered by the map extract.[2 marks]
  4. 1(a)(ii)b)Describe the distribution of EACH vegetation type stated in (ii) a).[4 marks]
  5. 1(a)(iii)a)Identify THREE different types of non-agricultural economic activities found in the area covered by the map extract.[3 marks]
  6. 1(a)(iii)b)For EACH type of non-agricultural economic activity identified in (iii) a), describe ONE factor which would influence its location and development.[6 marks]
  7. 1(a)(iv)Suggest THREE reasons for the location of agricultural activities in the area covered by the map extract.[6 marks]
  8. 1(b)(i)a)State the null hypothesis for determining the relationship between employment in agriculture and the contribution of agriculture to GDP.[1 mark]
  9. 1(b)(i)b)Using the formula for the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, r_s = 1 - (6 \sum d^2) / (n^3 - n), calculate the r_s value. Show ALL working.[8 marks]
  10. 1(b)(ii)State the nature of the relationship between the contribution of agriculture to GDP and employment in agriculture.[2 marks]

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