Geography Pre Public Exam
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Your exam will be on two units
Unit 1 – Coasts and Urban
Unit 2 – Hazards and Tourism
Each unit is 1 hour and 30 minutes
NOTE IN UNIT 2 YOU ONLY ANSWER ONE QUESTION IN EACH SECTION
(THERE ARE TWO SECTIONS)
Coasts
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Coastal management and conflict
Hard and soft engineering techniques
Multi-use coastal areas
Weathering an erosion
Processes on a ‘soft’ coastline (e.g. slumping)
Landforms created by erosion
Landforms created by deposition
Urban
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Urban change over time
Push and pull factors for LEDCs and MEDCs
Problems in urban areas (LEDCs and MEDCs)
How housing conditions are being improved
Transport strategies in urban areas (Curitiba, Cambridge and Manchester)
Improvements in urban areas (deprivation)
Sustainability and cities of the future (eco-settlements and zero-carbon
developments)
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Reducing the effects of earthquakes, volcanoes, tropical storms and
wildfires
Decision making question structure
Global Warming v Natural Cycle arguments (TS & WF)
Reasons for more economic damage (TS/WF)
Tourism
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A global industry (How?) E.g. Thomas Cook/TUI
Reasons for the growth
Socio-economic problems created by it
Tourism linked to international travel
Tourism and development
Development indicators
Tourism and links to quality of life
Tourism and conflict in a honeypot site
Tourism planning and management
Tourism and exploitation
Responsible tourism
Tourism and sustainability (including eco-tourism)
Key Tips
Grid references (FOUR AND SIX figures)
Human and physical geography, global warming
KEY TERMS FOR EACH UNIT SHOULD BE LEARNED FOR TOPICS
Success criteria: graph / decision making / distribution / L1-L2 / L2-L3/ data
analysis / path of a hurricane
Natural Hazards
Command words: describe / explain / suggest / state
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Marginal gain marks: complete the graph / units / scale accuracy / directions /
SPaG
Causes of earthquakes, volcanoes, tropical storms and wildfires
Plate boundaries – key terms and examples
Effects of earthquakes, volcanoes, tropical storms and wildfires (LEDC MEDC
comparison for EQ, VOL and TS)
ALL POWERPOINTS FOR THE TOPICS AND EXTRA HELP ARE ON THE VLE FOR
YOU TO USE SO PLEASE USE IT  GOOD LUCK!