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Geography Revision Booklet 2016 – PART 2

EASTER KGT REVISION REVISION IDEAS AND CASE STUDIES

Wednesday 8th June 2016

Worth 50% of your GCSE 105 minutes

Three sections

Short answer questions (worth between 1 mark and 6 marks)

Three case study questions (worth 12 marks each – 9 for geography and 3 for SPaG)

Topics assessed:

Atmospheric Hazards

Tectonic Hazards

Population

Settlement

Economic activity

Economic development

NAME:

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A REMINDER…

What you need to know for the

KGT (Key Geographical Themes Exam) Active revision is the key to success!

1. Start with the checklists in the previous booklet – remember you used

red/amber/green on the key questions over February half term. USE THIS TO GUIDE

YOUR REVISION.

2. Use your green CGP revision guide for GCSE Geography OCR B specification (ISBN

978 1 84762 373 7).

3. If you are not sure about how to revise, try one of the revision techniques we have

used in lessons or use the guidance in this booklet.

4. Learn all the case studies listed below… You now have revision cards for all of the

case studies. Memorise 5 place specific facts or statistics for each case study,

create mnemonics or deconstruct 9 mark questions (on the next few pages).

Tectonic and climatic hazards:

- Haiti earthquake (help sheet provided by your geography teacher)

- LA earthquake (help sheet provided by your geography teacher)

- Cyclone Nargis (p. 61 CGP guide)

- Hurricane Katrina (p. 61 CGP guide)

Economic activity and development:

- FARM-Africa (p. 71 CGP guide)

- Location of industry – Kenya (p. 75 CGP guide)

- Location of industry – UK (p. 76 CGP guide)

- Pearl River Delta (p. 80 CGP guide)

- MNCs – Nike in Vietnam (help sheet provided by your geography teacher)

Population and settlement:

- China’s one child policy (p. 32 CGP guide)

- International migration from Poland to the UK (p. 37 CGP guide)

- Ageing population UK (p. 34 CGP guide)

- Internal migration from rural to urban India (help sheet provided by your geography

teacher)

- Sustainable urban change in Stratford (help sheet provided by your geography

teacher)

- Change over time to shopping in Southampton (help sheet provided by your

geography teacher).

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OK I know what to revise…so how

do I revise? Below are some methods that we have tried in class and you could use at home when you

are revising independently. Remember it is important that your revision is active and you

are not just reading through your revision guide or notes! You need to be doing something

with your notes, re-writing/putting them into another format/testing yourself or a friend.

Mind maps

These are good for linking together ideas/topics. They can be used to test yourself to see

how much you already know then adding in another colour information you missed from

the revision guide.

Case study cards

These allow you to learn crucial facts, statistics and place

specific detail to get top marks on the case study

questions. Use them to test yourself or get someone else

to test you!

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Past paper questions

There are lots of past paper questions available. They can be found in the white workbook

that goes with the revision guide. There is also a website that holds past exam papers for

geography (with the mark schemes too!). http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcse-

geography-b-j385-from-2012/ … Just be careful as the KGT topics rotate every year

(remember rivers and coasts is the SDME this year). Even if you do not want to write full

answers in exam conditions, just planning answers is a great revision technique.

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Quiz (with friends/independently)

Use your friends or whoever is at home to quiz you on topics or case studies! You could

come up with the questions or have a go at the questions at the end of each section in the

CGP revision guide.

Mnemonics (for case studies)

This technique involves you processing information from your case studies. First think of a

word/words that sums up a case study e.g. Haiti earthquake. Then try and fit the facts from

that case study starting with each letter.

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Case study questions

In the KGT, there will be 3 case study questions worth 12 marks each (9 for content

and 3 for SPAG)

It is really important that you do the following things when answering case study

questions:

Read the question carefully.

Choose the correct case study.

Include keywords.

Include at least 5 cheeky facts

Include connectives (keep using ‘this means that’)

Structure your answer clearly.

If the question asks for three developed ideas, use firstly, secondly and thirdly.

Use a detailed annotated diagram if it helps.

Check your spelling, punctuation and grammar (there are three marks

available for this.)

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Past case study questions

Population and Settlement 1. CASE STUDY: Population management strategies. Name a country in which management

strategies have been used to influence natural population change. Describe the strategies

which have been used by the government to influence the rate of natural population

change. How successful have these strategies been? Include at least three developed ideas

2. CASE STUDY: International migration Name the two countries between which people

have migrated. Explain the causes and the consequences of the migration. Include at least

three developed ideas.

3. CASE STUDY: Changes in retail service provision. Name and locate an example of

changes in retail service provision in an area. Describe the recent changes which have taken

place and explain why these changes have occurred. Include at least three developed ideas.

4. CASE STUDY: A land use change in an urban area Name the urban area. Describe a land

use change and comment on the sustainability of the change. Include at least three

developed ideas.

5. CASE STUDY: Urban change. Name an urban area where there has been recent

development. Describe how the urban area has been changed through development.

Explain why this change has happened. Include at least three developed ideas.

Climatic and Tectonic Hazards

1. CASE STUDY: Climatic hazard in an MEDC. Name the MEDC and state the type of climatic

hazard. Describe the methods used to protect people and property from this climatic hazard

and explain how sustainable these methods are. Include at least three developed ideas.

2. CASE STUDY: Climate hazard in an LEDC Name and locate an example of a climatic hazard

in an LEDC. Explain the natural processes causing the hazard and describe its impact on

people in the area. Include at least three developed ideas.

3. CASE STUDY: Tectonic hazard event in an LEDC. Name and locate an example of a

tectonic hazard event in an LEDC. Describe the effects of the hazard and explain how

successful attempts have been to reduce the effects. Include at least three developed ideas.

4. CASE STUDY: Tectonic hazard event in an MEDC. Name the MEDC and state the type of

tectonic hazard. Explain the natural processes which caused the tectonic hazard event and

describe how people were able to reduce the impact of the hazard. Include at least three

developed ideas.

5. CASE STUDY: Tectonic hazard event in an LEDC. Name and locate an example of a

tectonic hazard (earthquake or volcanic eruption) in an LEDC. Describe the impacts of this

hazard. Suggest why it may be difficult to prepare for this hazard in your chosen area in the

future. Include at least three developed ideas.

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Economic activity and development

1. CASE STUDY: MNC investment in a specific area. Name and locate an MNC that has

invested in an area you have studied. Describe the factors that attracted the MNC to

invest in this area. Explain the positive and negative impacts the investment has had on

the local people. Include at least three developed ideas.

2. CASE STUDY: Location factors for an economic activity in an MEDC. Name an economic

activity found in an MEDC. Describe the factors that influence its location. Explain why

there might be conflicts about the location of this type of industry. Include at least three

developed ideas.

3. CASE STUDY: Location factors for an economic activity in an LEDC. Name an economic

activity found in an LEDC. Describe the factors that influence its location. How

sustainable in this location for this economic activity. Include at least three developed

ideas.

4. CASE STUDY: Aid in an LEDC. Name and locate an Aid project. Describe the main

features of the project. Explain how the project is sustainable. Include at least three

developed ideas.

5. CASE STUDY: Economic development and the environment. Name and locate an

economic activity. How has the economic activity affected the environment? What has

been done to minimise the damage to the environment? Include at least three

developed ideas.

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How do I deconstruct and plan a case

study answer? Firstly read through the question. Box the command words, underline any keywords and

glance over your case study cards or CGP revision guide. Now decide where your three

developed ideas will come from (see the 1, 2 and 3 below). Then you can start planning!

Name the case study and locate it (you get a place specific mark for locating it!). Then think

about what you would include in each developed idea, don’t forget cheeky facts and

statistics! Remember you must use paragraphs to get 3/3 for SPaG.