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CE AT 13+

GEOGRAPHY
Specimen Paper

Date Time allowed: 60 minutes

Instructions
This paper is divided into four sections.
Answer all questions in each of the four sections.
The Colour Resource Sheet can be found on the back of the Ordnance Survey map 1.

Information
Handwriting and presentation are important.

TOPIC MAXIMUM MARKS MARKS

A: Location Knowledge 12
B: OS Map Work 11
C: Physical Geography 29
D: Human and Environmental Geography 28
Fieldwork 20
Total 100

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See Autumn 2019 Colour Resource Sheet
© Independent Schools Examinations Board 30.10.20
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 SECTION A: LOCATION KNOWLEDGE

Study the map of Africa, opposite.

1. What is the name of the desert marked A on the map?

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2. Which of the following does not pass through Africa?

Circle the correct answer.

Prime Meridian Antarctic Circle Tropic of Capricorn

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3. Which sea separates Egypt from Saudi Arabia?

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4. Name the capital cities marked X, Y and Z on the map.

X: …………………………………………………………………………………………

Y: …………………………………………………………………………………………

Z: ………………………………………………………………………………………… [3]

5. Mark and label the following countries on the map.

a) Ghana [1]

b) Nigeria [1]

6. If I take a plane from Abuja to Cairo,

a) in which direction will I travel? [1]

b) over which major line of latitude will I fly? [1]

c) will I put my watch forward or back when I land? [1]

7. I am standing at the delta of the River Nile and looking north.

Name the sea over which I am looking. ……………………………………………….. [1]

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 SECTION B: ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP WORK

Study the 1 : 50 000 Ordnance Survey map extract of Barrow-in-Furness.

1. Identify the transport facility in grid square 17 71.

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2. What would you find at the following grid references?

a) 218 617 ……………………………………………………………………………. [1]

b) 207 651 ……………………………………………………………………………. [1]

3. What is the distance along the A 5087 between the roundabout at 222 694 and the
roundabout at 242 664?
Give your answer to the nearest kilometre.
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4. What is the highest height found in grid square 28 71?

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5. If you walked from Sowerby Hall (198 725) to the Golf Course Club House (203 724),
would you be walking uphill, on the same level or downhill?
Circle the correct answer below.

uphill on the same level downhill [1]

6. Find Stainton with Adgarley in grid squares 24 72 and 25 72.

What is the shape of this settlement?
Circle the correct answer below.

nucleated dispersed linear [1]

7. Find the industrial works on Barrow Island in grid square 19 68.

Using map evidence, explain why this is a good site for an industry.
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 SECTION C: PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

1.

Study the pictures of people below.

X Y Z

gardener builder tennis player

(a) For each of these people, give an example of how different weather conditions
could affect their activity.
X: …………………………………………………………………………....................

Y: …………………………………………………………………………....................

Z: …………………………………………………………………………....................
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Study the infogram below, which shows the distribution of wildfires (bushfires) in
Australia on a single day in 2020.

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(b) Which two states appear to be worst affected by this hazard?
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(c) (i) Give one natural way in which a wildfire can be started.

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(ii) Give one human way in which a wildfire can be started.

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(d) How does the location of Australia make it more at risk of wildfires than other
countries?
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(e) Describe the damage wildfires can cause to wildlife and property.

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(f) Explain how the number and severity of wildfires may increase significantly in
future years.
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2.

Look again at the O.S. map extract of Barrow-in-Furness.

(a) (i) Is the coastline dominated by the process of erosion or deposition?

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(ii) Name and locate, using a four-figure grid reference, two coastal features
which support your answer.
Type of coastal feature 1: ……………………………………….

Grid Reference …………………………………………………

Type of coastal feature 2: ……………………………………….

Grid Reference …………………………………………………

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The winter of 2019/20 saw record amounts of rainfall and serious flooding in many
parts of the UK.

Read through the newspaper article below, which relates to a government

announcement in March 2020.

Funding for flood defences is expected to be doubled to £5.2 billion in the forthcoming
Budget, the Treasury has said.

The investment will help to build 2,000 new flood and coastal defence schemes and
better protect 336,000 properties in England over the next six years.

The funding – which doubles the £2.6 billion spent on flood defences between 2015
and 2021 – is expected to be targeted in every region, and will be available from next
April.

Now answer the questions which follow:

(b) (i) How much money is expected to be given towards flood defences in the
Budget?
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(ii) How many new flood and coastal defence schemes are expected to be built
with the extra funding?

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 (iii) How many properties will be better protected in England over six years?

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(c) Using your understanding of flooding as a hazard, explain why the extra money is
needed to protect people living in the UK.
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 SECTION D: HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY

1.

(a) Match the following transport and industry terms with their correct definitions by
drawing lines between them. One has been done already.

to transport goods in
route standard-sized, sealed
containers
a company which operates
retail in several different
countries

multinational a line of transport

the sale of products to the

containerisation public

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Study the world map below, which shows the main sea routes for container ships,
together with the narrow sea passages known as ‘chokepoints’, where delays may be
experienced.

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(b) (i) Which continent has the most shipping routes linking it with the rest of the
world?
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(ii) How many Primary Chokepoints are shown on the world map?

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(iii) Name the chokepoint which lies between North and South America.

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(c) Give two advantages of moving goods around the world in containers.

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(d) Explain how a large container port such as DP World London Gateway can
benefit a country and its people.
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2.

(a) What is meant by the term stewardship?

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(b) What is meant by the term sustainability?

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Study the infogram below, which summarises some of the problems associated with
plastic pollution.

(c) (i) How many tonnes of plastic enter our oceans every year?

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(ii) How long does some of our plastic take to degrade?

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(iii) Explain the scale of the problem which plastic pollution poses for marine
animals.
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(d) Around the world, countries are trying to reduce pollution of all kinds. Explain how
this is achievable EITHER in rivers and seas OR on the land OR in the air.
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(Total marks: 80 marks)

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