Edexcel A Level Geography Paper 3 June 2018 question paper 9GE0/03

Explain one reason why many national governments have been keen to join free trade blocs.

Table 1 below shows data for the 10 countries of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) in 2013.

Complete the table below and calculate the GDP per capita (per person) for the ASEAN free trade bloc.

Show your working in the space provided below the table.

Economic and population data for the 10 ASEAN countries

Explain why the GDP per capita for the ASEAN free trade bloc may be a misleading statistic.

Study Table 1 on Page 4 of the Question Paper and Figure 2 in Section A of the Resource Booklet, both of which show data for the 10 ASEAN countries.

Analyse the differences in their social, economic and political development.

Study Figure 3 in Section A of the Resource Booklet.

Analyse the varied level of interconnectedness within the ASEAN free trade bloc.

Study Section B and Section C of the Resource Booklet.

Evaluate the role of superpowers in the development of the Southeast Asian region.

You should have read the whole of the Resource Booklet, including Section D, before attempting this question.

Evaluate the view that climate change and natural hazards pose the most serious threat to the economic, social and political stability of Southeast Asia.