OCR GCSE Geography B (Geography for Enquiring Minds) People and Society November 2021 question paper J384/02

Study Fig. 1 in the separate Resource Booklet, which shows the share of the total population living in urban areas between 1986 and 2016.

Which of the following statements is correct?

A All countries experienced a fall in the share of their population living in urban areas.

B Between 1986 and 2016 the share of the population of China living in urban areas more than doubled.

C In the year 2006 over half of Bangladesh’s population was living in urban areas.

D The USA experienced the biggest increase in the share of the population living in urban areas.

Write the correct letter in the box.

State an alternative way of presenting the data in Fig. 1 and justify why this would be appropriate.

Explain how two push factors may result in migration from rural to urban areas in LIDCs.

CASE STUDY – ways of life in cities

Name of LIDC or EDC city:

Examine the effects of migration on an LIDC or EDC city which you have studied.

Which of the following statements best describes an advanced country?

A a country which has a high amount of patients per doctor

B a country which has a high birth rate

C a country which is rapidly becoming richer

D a country which is wealthy and has a wide range of jobs and services

Write the correct letter in the box.

Study Fig. 2 in the separate Resource Booklet, which shows a world map with Human Development Index (HDI) scores.

Describe the pattern of HDI scores shown in Fig. 2.

Study Fig. 3 in the separate Resource Booklet, which shows a graph of HDI scores of selected countries.

By how much has the HDI for India increased between 2000 and 2017?

(d*) CASE STUDY – LIDC development

Name of LIDC country:

Explain how the wider political, environmental and social context affected the development of your named country.

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In 2015/16 the UK made £10 million from media exports to Japan. By 2016/17 this had increased to £15 million. How can this ratio be expressed in its simplest form?

A 1: 3

B 2: 3

C 5: 10

D 10: 15

Write the correct letter in the box.

The flow line map below shows the number of people travelling to an office in the economic hub of Birmingham and where they have commuted from.

Add a flow line using the data below.

The flow line map shows the location of employees in the office who live outside of Birmingham. There are 50 employees who work in the office.

How many employees live in Birmingham? Show your working out.

Name an economic hub which you have studied.

Identify two changes which have happened in this economic hub.

Explain why your named economic hub is significant to its region.

Explain how the mechanisation of farming has increased food production.

Study Figs. 4 and 5 in the separate Resource Booklet, which show information on commercial fishing.

Using Figs. 4 and 5, explain two ways that commercial fishing may have a negative impact on the environment.

Why might a small-scale ‘bottom-up’ approach to achieving food security be environmentally sustainable?

A Governments can help local businesses if they are struggling.

B Local shops and restaurants can import food from other countries.

C Locally grown food can be sold to local shops and restaurants.

D Small businesses can sell their produce all over the world.

Write the correct letter in the box.

Malthus and Boserup both had theories about population growth and food supply. Evaluate how similar the Malthus and Boserup theories are.

Some GCSE geography students are carrying out an enquiry to investigate the impact of building a new housing development on the edge of a town. Here is part of the questionnaire which they used.

Suggest two other questions that the students could ask in their questionnaire.

Draw an appropriate graph to display the data gained about what developers should focus on for the new housing development.

Explain one recommendation for what the developers could include in the housing development based on the results of the graph drawn in question 5(a)(ii).