Practice Paper 1 (Cambridge International IGCSE Geography)

Study Figure 2.1, a photograph showing a bay at low tide.

Name the coastal landform labelled X in Figure 2.1.

Extract:

Study Figure 2.1, a photograph showing a bay at low tide.

Name the coastal landform labelled X in Figure 2.1.

The coastal landform is a: Wave-cut platform.

Use Figure 2.1 to identify two characteristics of the landform labelled X.

Extract:

Study Figure 2.1, a photograph showing a bay at low tide.

Use Figure 2.1 to describe the features of the bay. Do not refer to landform X.

Explain the importance of coral reefs to a coastal area you have studied.

Suggest reasons for the decline of secondary industry in many high-income countries (HICs).

Study Fig. 6.2, which shows the ten wealthiest transnational corporations (TNCs) in the world in 2006 and 2016.

Fig. 6.2

Complete the following passage to describe the changes shown between 2006 and 2016 in Fig. 6.2.

In 2006 half of the wealthiest TNCs were in the ........................ sector, whereas in 2016 most of the TNCs were in the ........................ sector. Only ........................ named TNCs were in the top ten for both 2006 and 2016. The overall wealth of TNCs had ........................ in 2016 and all TNCs earned more than $USD ........................ billion. A new sector, ........................ , joined the top ten in 2016, but no TNCs in this sector were listed in 2006.

Study Fig. 6.2 of a map showing national parks in Namibia, an LIC in Africa.

Explain how national parks help reduce risks to the natural environment in areas where tourism is important.

Explain why temperatures are low in Antarctica.

Study Fig. 4.1, which is a diagram showing information about a tropical rainforest ecosystem in an area of equatorial climate.

State the maximum height of the emergents shown in Fig. 4.1.

.................. metres

Extract:

Study Fig. 4.1, which is a diagram showing information about a tropical rainforest ecosystem in an area of equatorial climate.

Identify from Fig. 4.1, one example of:

– wildlife which lives in the canopy

– wildlife which lives in the ground cover.

Define forced migration.

Extract:

Forced migration is when people have no choice but to relocate due to unsafe conditions or other external factors

Identify two causes of forced migration.

Explain the strengths of the demographic transition model.

Study Fig. 1.2, which is a population pyramid of Japan (an MIC in Asia).

Fig 1.2

Explain why the percentage of young dependents in an LIC is likely to be larger than that of Japan.

Explain the river processes involved in the formation of a meander.

Explain why the building of large settlements on or close to a flood plain increases the discharge of a river after heavy rain.

Compare top-down and bottom-up housing strategies.

Evaluate the extent to which urbanisation creates more opportunities than challenges in LICs?