OCR GCSE Geography B (Geography for Enquiring Minds) Geographical Exploration June 2023 question paper J384/03

Look at Fig. 1 in the Resource Booklet, which shows a map of Mexico.

Describe the location of Mexico City.

Look at Fig. 2 in the Resource Booklet, which shows development statistics for Mexico and the UK, 2020.

Calculate the difference in total population between Mexico and the UK.

What is the ratio of internet users to non internet users in Mexico?

Using Fig. 2, identify and explain two ways in which Mexico’s development statistics are typical of an EDC.

Look at Fig. 3 in the Resource Booklet, which shows a climate graph for Mexico City.

Using data from Fig. 3, describe the annual pattern of precipitation.

Look at Fig. 4 in the Resource Booklet, which shows a water resource fact file for Mexico City.

Using Figs. 3 and 4, analyse the issues people in Mexico City may face with water supply.

Look at Fig. 5 in the Resource Booklet, which shows a newspaper article about life in Mexico City.

What percentage of Mexico’s population earn 21% of the nation’s total income?

What risks do the Mexico City Authorities suggest may increase due to climate change?

Using the photographs in Fig. 5, identify one difference in the environments of Polanco and Neza-Chalco-Itza.

An informal settlement is where housing is constructed on land that the occupants do not own or have the permission to build on.

Explain why informal settlements are often found in LIDC and EDC cities.

* Using Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5, evaluate the contemporary challenges caused by inequality within Mexico City.

Look at Fig. 6 in the Resource Booklet, which shows information about Mexico City’s risk index, 2015–2025.

Using Fig. 6, calculate the total amount of GDP at risk due to tectonic hazards.

........ US billion dollars ($)

Explain how tectonic hazards can be a risk to people.

Look at Fig. 7 in the Resource Booklet, which shows information about Mexico City’s tectonic events.

Using Figs. 6 and 7, discuss the consequences of tectonic hazards for people in Mexico City.

4* Using the information in the Resource Booklet and your own understanding:

1. Evaluate whether the contemporary challenges faced by residents in Mexico City are due to physical factors.

2. Suggest one initiative that could support Mexico City to develop long term sustainability.

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