Edexcel A Level Geography Paper 3 June 2024 question paper 9GE0/03

Explain why transnational corporations (TNCs) benefit from globalisation.

Table 1 below shows data from 2019 for the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita and the Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI)* for Haiti and 11 of its closest neighbouring countries.

A Spearman correlation test was used to establish whether there was a statistically significant relationship between GDP per capita and the EVI of these 12 countries.

The null hypothesis: There is no significant relationship between the level of GDP per capita of a country and its EVI score.

The alternative hypothesis: There is a significant relationship between the level of GDP per capita of a country and its EVI score.

*Environmental vulnerability uses 50 variables to measure the level of both natural and human threats, as well as the resilience of countries in coping with these threats.

The higher the EVI scores the more vulnerable is the country.

Calculate the value of d² for the United States.

Show your working.

Then using the formula below calculate the value of r_s.

Show your working.

Give your answer to one decimal place.

The result suggests that the null hypothesis should be accepted at the 99% confidence level.

Explain why this result may not be reliable.

Study Figure 1, Figure 2 and Figure 3 in Section A of the Resource Booklet.

Analyse the evidence that the people of Haiti face greater economic and social challenges than their neighbours.

Study Figure 4, Figure 5 and Figure 6 in Section A of the Resource Booklet.

Analyse the impact of tectonic and hydrometeorological hazards on the landscape and people of Haiti.

Study the resources in Section B of the Resource Booklet.

Evaluate the view that Haiti’s colonial past is the main reason for its current level of development.

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

‘If the Haitian population is to have a prosperous future it needs international action to build a sustainable economy’. Evaluate this view.