Edexcel A Level Geography Paper 2 June 2024 question paper 9GE0/02

Explain one way in which globalisation has increased flows between countries.

International Organisations include the World Trade Organisation (WTO), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.

Assess the importance of international organisations in the growth of globalisation.

Explain one way superpower resource demands cause environmental damage.

Assess the strengths and weaknesses of emerging powers in challenging for superpower status.

Study Figures 1a and 1b in the Resource Booklet.

Suggest one way the photographs show that regeneration has taken place in Lee Bank, Birmingham.

Explain why stakeholders often have different views about the success of regeneration schemes, such as Lee Bank.

Explain how local government policies are used to make their areas attractive for inward investment.

Evaluate the extent to which past and present connections shape the economic and social characteristics of your chosen place.

Your chosen place

Do not answer Question 4 if you have answered Question 3.

Diverse Places

You must use the Resource Booklet provided.

Study Figures 2a and 2b in the Resource Booklet.

Suggest one way the photographs show that population change has taken place in Brick Lane, London.

Explain why stakeholders often have different views about the changes taking place in urban areas such as Brick Lane.

Explain why some urban locations are perceived as undesirable by some groups.

Evaluate the extent to which past and present connections shape the demographic and cultural characteristics of your chosen place.

Your chosen place

Study Figure 3 below, which shows the results of a statistical test of the relationship between health expenditure per capita and life expectancy, for 12 selected countries.

Health expenditure and life expectancy for selected countries, 2020

Using the data in Figure 3

Calculate the value of d² for United States.

Calculate d².

Calculate the value of r_s using the formula below.

You must show your working.

Give your answer to two decimal places.

The r_s value is statistically significant at the 95% level, therefore the null hypothesis can be rejected, and the alternative hypothesis can be accepted.

The alternative hypothesis: there is a statistically significant relationship between health expenditure per capita and life expectancy.

Suggest reasons for the relationship between health expenditure per capita and life expectancy.

Explain why the degree of freedom of speech varies between countries.

Evaluate the view that geopolitical interventions are always controversial.

Using the data in Figure 4

Calculate the value of d² for Iceland.

Calculate d².

Calculate the value of r_s using the formula below.

You must show your working.

Give your answer to two decimal places.

The r_s value is statistically significant at the 95% level, therefore the null hypothesis can be rejected, and the alternative hypothesis can be accepted.

The alternative hypothesis: there is a statistically significant relationship between % foreign born and cultural diversity.

Suggest reasons for the relationship between % foreign born and cultural diversity score.

Explain why political and economic events change the patterns of international migration.

Evaluate the view that westernisation poses the most serious threat to national identity in many countries.