Edexcel GCSE Geography B Paper 3: People and Environment Issues June 2018 question paper 1GB0/03

Use Section A (pages 2, 3 and 4) in the Resource Booklet to answer this question.

Define the term biodiversity.

Study Figure 1.

Identify Country X.

Identify the period when Indonesia’s population increased by 50 million exactly.

Study Figure 2.

Identify in which of the years shown, the majority of Indonesia’s population were earning at least US$10 per day.

Explain one way in which rising affluence could increase the demand for water in Indonesia.

Boserup believed a growing population would never run out of resources.

Explain one reason why a growing population might never run out of resources.

Use Section B (pages 5 and 6) in the Resource Booklet to answer this question.

Study Figure 3.

Identify three changes in the pattern shown.

Study Figure 4.

Identify how much more money Indonesia’s government could be given if it protected the rainforest more successfully.

Explain two global actions which help protect the rainforest.

Use Section C (pages 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12) in the Resource Booklet to answer this question.

Study Figure 5.

Calculate the value in dollars of agriculture (including oil palm).

Answer to one decimal place. Show your working.

Explain one piece of evidence from Figure 5 which shows that Indonesia is an emerging country.

Study Figure 6, Figure 7a and Figure 7b.

Explain two reasons why rising global demand for the products shown in Figure 7a has led to widespread rainforest loss in Indonesia.

Study Figure 8a and Figure 8b.

Suggest one reason why fossil fuel oil and palm oil prices often rise together.

Study Figure 8a.

Explain two reasons for lower fossil fuel oil prices in some years.

Study Figure 9.

Assess the environmental impacts of exploiting Indonesia’s energy resources.

Explain one reason why the rising affluence of a country can lead to a reduction in its carbon footprint.

Study Figure 10.

Assess the reasons why people disagree over who is to blame for deforestation.