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Geography B (Geography for Enquiring Minds) · OCR J384 · People and Society · June 2018

OCR GCSE Geography B (Geography for Enquiring Minds) People and Society June 2018 question paper J384/02

1h 15m 70 marks

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OCR J384 · Paper 2

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Question 1

Study Fig. 1 in the separate Resource Booklet, an OS map extract which shows the site for Halsnead planned garden village in Merseyside, England.

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(a)(i)

What is the name of the existing housing area in grid squares 4790 and 4791?

Circle the correct answer

Blundell’s Hill Holt Rainhill Whiston

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(a)(ii)

What is the approximate area of the site for the planned garden village of Halsnead?

Circle the correct answer

0.5 Km2 1.5 Km2 2.5 Km2 3.5 Km2

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(b)

Study Fig. 2 in the separate Resource Booklet, which shows the plan for Halsnead garden village.

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Use Fig. 2 to suggest two pull factors which may attract people to live in Halsnead.

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(c)

The planned garden village of Halsnead is an example of suburbanisation.

Which of the following is the correct meaning of the term suburbanisation?

A Improving the quality of life in inner city areas

B Increase in the amount of people living in urban areas

C People moving from rural areas to urban areas

D The growth of urban areas as they expand outwards

Write the correct letter in the box.

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(d)

State two causes of suburbanisation in ACs.

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(e)

CASE STUDY – ways of life in cities

For an Advanced Country (AC) city you have studied, explain how international migration has changed the character of the city.

Name of AC city:........

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Question 2

Dynamic Development

(a)

Study the data table below which shows measures of development for four African countries.

CountryGNI per capita ($)Literacy Rate %Life Expectancy (Years)Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000)
Cameroon3,07075.058.552.2
Chad2,11040.250.287.0
Gabon18,88083.252.145.1
Niger95019.155.582.8
(a)(i)

Which country has the lowest life expectancy?

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(a)(ii)

Calculate the mean for GNI per capita.

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(b)

The country of Gabon is classified as an Emerging and Developing Country (EDC).

Use one piece of data from the table above to explain why.

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(c)

(c*) CASE STUDY – Low-Income Developing Country (LIDC) development

For an LIDC you have studied, assess how successful it has been in meeting two of the Millennium Development Goals.

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Question 3

UK in the 21st Century

(a)(i)

Study Fig. 3, a map showing mean annual rainfall for the UK.

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Which statement about the pattern of mean annual rainfall in the UK is correct?

A Northern Ireland has the lowest levels of rainfall

B The highest levels of rainfall are in the North and West of the UK

C The highest levels of rainfall are in the South and East of the UK

D Wales and Scotland have low levels of rainfall

Write the correct letter in the box.

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(a)(ii)

State two factors which affect the variation of rainfall in the UK.

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(a)(iii)

Study Fig. 4, a map which shows forecast household use of water for England and Wales.

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Why will the South East of England be an area of severe water stress in the future?

Use evidence from Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, to explain your answer.

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(b)

Evaluate the importance of the UK’s role in one example of a global conflict.

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Question 4

Resource Reliance

(a)

The line graph below shows world energy consumption by fuel from 1990 to 2035.

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(a)(i)

Use the following data to complete the line for natural gas from 2008 to 2035.

2015: 120 (Quadrillion Btu)

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(a)(ii)

2025: 150

2035: 175

Explain how mining can affect ecosystems.

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(b)

Study Fig. 5, a world map showing food security risk index by country.

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Describe the pattern for countries with the lowest level of food security risk.

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(c)

CASE STUDY – food security

For a country you have studied, explain how food security is achieved by one method at a local scale.

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Question 5

(a)

Study Fig. 6 in the separate Resource Booklet, a photograph showing traffic congestion in the city of Norwich.

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State two ways this photograph could be used in a human geography investigation.

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(b)

As part of a students’ fieldwork investigation, they counted the number of cyclists approaching a main road into Norwich. The results are shown in the table below.

Site Number1234567891011
Cyclists counted19221518262725235812

Calculate the lower quartile value of the dataset. You must show your working out.

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(c)

For a human geography fieldwork investigation which you have completed, justify technique you used to present your data.

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(d)

(d*) Figs 7a, 7b and 7c in the separate Resource Booklet show information on population and transport issues in the city of Norwich.

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Using evidence from Figs 6, 7a, 7b and 7c, write a conclusion to the hypothesis: ‘Transport provision in Norwich is causing problems now and will do so in the future’. Develop your answer.

maths symbol Spelling, punctuation and grammar and the use of specialist terminology

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