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This document consists of 25 printed pages, 3 blank pages and 1 Insert. DC (SM/JG) 31973/8 © UCLES 2011 [Turn over UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education *6576910538* GEOGRAPHY 0460/11 Paper 1 May/June 2011 1 hour 45 minutes Candidates answer on the Question Paper. Additional Materials: Ruler READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number, candidate number and name in the spaces provided. Write in dark blue or black pen. You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. DO NOT WRITE ON ANY BARCODES. Write your answer to each question in the space provided. If additional space is required, you should use the lined page at the end of this booklet. The question number(s) must be clearly shown. Answer three questions. The Insert contains Photographs A and B for Question 1. The Insert is not required by the Examiner. Sketch maps and diagrams should be drawn whenever they serve to illustrate an answer. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. www.XtremePapers.net
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DC (SM/JG) 31973/8© UCLES 2011 [Turn over

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONSInternational General Certificate of Secondary Education

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GEOGRAPHY 0460/11

Paper 1 May/June 2011

1 hour 45 minutes

Candidates answer on the Question Paper.

Additional Materials: Ruler

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your Centre number, candidate number and name in the spaces provided.Write in dark blue or black pen.You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.DO NOT WRITE ON ANY BARCODES.

Write your answer to each question in the space provided.If additional space is required, you should use the lined page at the end of this booklet. The question number(s) must be clearly shown.

Answer three questions.The Insert contains Photographs A and B for Question 1.The Insert is not required by the Examiner.Sketch maps and diagrams should be drawn whenever they serve to illustrate an answer.

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

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QUESTION 1

(a) Study Fig. 1, which shows densely and sparsely populated areas in the world.

Densely populated( above 50 people per km2 )

Sparsely populated( below 10 people per km2 )

10–50 people per km2

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Y

Key

Fig. 1

(i) What is meant by a densely populated area?

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(ii) Name a densely populated area shown on Fig. 1:

A with a temperate climate; ...........................................................................................

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(iii) For either the area marked X or the area marked Y on Fig. 1, suggest reasons why it is sparsely populated.

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(b) Study Photographs A and B (Insert) which show two areas which are sparsely populated.

(i) Suggest reasons why the area shown in Photograph A is sparsely populated.

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(ii) Suggest how the relief of the land shown in Photograph B has resulted in the area being sparsely populated.

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(iii) Explain why some river valleys are densely populated.

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(c) For a named country which you have studied, describe and explain the distribution of its population.

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[Total: 25 marks]

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QUESTION 2

(a) Study Fig. 2, which shows information about three different shops in a city in an MEDC.

Key

C.B.D.

inner city

inner suburbs

outer suburbs

major roads

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A = Large Supermarket

B = General Store

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Results of pupil questionnaire comparing frequency of visits to shops(% of customers interviewed)

daily weeklyevery

2 weeksmonthly or less

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Large supermarket

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General store 35 35 15 15

Department store

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Fig. 2

(i) Identify the shop which is likely to have the smallest sphere of influence.

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(ii) Compare the frequency of visits to the large supermarket with the frequency of visits to the department store.

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(iii) Suggest reasons for the difference in the frequency of visits to the three shops.

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(iv) Explain why new retail outlets, like the supermarket in Fig. 2, are located in therural-urban fringe.

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(b) Study Fig. 3, which shows information about the population and number of shops in towns in an MEDC.

X

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numberof

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(i) What relationship exists between the population of towns and the number of shops?Use data from Fig. 3 in your answer.

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(ii) In what other ways will the shops and shopping areas in town X differ from those intown Y?

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(c) Describe the hierarchy of settlements in a named country or area which you have studied.

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QUESTION 3

(a) Study Fig. 4, which shows four instruments which students are using to measure the weather at a school weather station.

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(i) Which weather characteristic will the students measure with instrument A?

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(ii) Identify the weather instruments labelled B and C.

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(iii) Use instrument D to work out the daily range of temperature. Show your calculations.

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(iv) Explain why instrument B will give more accurate readings if it is sited on the roof of the school, rather than in the playground.

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(b) Study Fig. 5, which shows a Stevenson Screen which the students will use in their school weather station.

Fig. 5

(i) Identify the characteristics of the Stevenson Screen which:

A reflect the sun’s rays; .................................................................................................

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(ii) What advice would you give the students about where to site the Stevenson Screen? Give reasons for your answer.

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(c) Name an area which you have studied where tropical storms occur. Describe the problems which they cause for people living in your chosen area.

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QUESTION 4

(a) Study Fig. 6, which is a climate graph for Belem, a settlement in the tropical rainforest.

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(i) Name one month with over 300 mm of rainfall.

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(ii) Describe two features of the temperatures at Belem which are typical of a rainforest climate.

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(iii) Explain why the climate of places like Belem results in the growth of rainforests.

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(iv) Describe the characteristics of the natural vegetation in a tropical rainforest.

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(b) Study Fig. 7, which shows deforestation of an area of tropical rainforest.

Fig. 7

(i) Suggest three reasons why large scale deforestation of the tropical rainforest is taking place.

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(c) For a named area of tropical desert which you have studied, describe and explain the characteristics of its climate.

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QUESTION 5

(a) Study Fig. 8, which is a map showing countries in Africa experiencing food shortages.

Tropic ofCancer

Tropic ofCapricorn

Equator

Countriesexperiencinga foodshortage0 1000

Senegal

BurkinaFaso

CentralAfricanRepublic

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Zambia

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LesothoZimbabwe

MozambiqueTanzaniaKenya

Somalia

Eritrea

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(i) Describe one problem which a shortage of food can cause for people.

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(iii) Give three different natural events which could cause food shortages.

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(iv) Explain why a poor harvest of food crops is likely to have a greater impact on an LEDC in Africa than an MEDC in Europe.

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(b) Study Fig. 9, which shows ways in which soil can be damaged.

Overgrazing

Irrigation

Overcultivation

Salts

Evaporation

Salts

Dust clouds:wind removeslarge amountsof bare soil

Fig. 9

(i) Explain how soil can be damaged by:

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(ii) Explain how the quality of the soil can be maintained and soil erosion reduced.

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(c) Name an area where large-scale commercial farming takes place. Describe the inputs, processes and outputs of this farming system.

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QUESTION 6

(a) Study Fig. 10, which shows different types of pollution.

ATMOSPHERICPOLLUTION

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NOISEPOLLUTION

VISUALPOLLUTION

POLLUTION OFTHE NATURALENVIRONMENT

Fig. 10

(i) What is meant by pollution ?

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(iii) Explain why, in many countries, industrial waste is released into rivers, lakes and seas.

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(iv) Give one global problem which can be caused by atmospheric pollution. Explain how atmospheric pollution can cause this problem.

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(b) Study Fig. 11, which shows newspaper extracts about two proposed new developments in an LEDC in Central America.

Extract 1

NEW AIRPORT PLANNED

A public enquiry will be held about the plans to build an international airport on the coastal plains and sand dunes to cater for the increasing size of planes bringing touriststo ..................

Extract 2

PLANS ANNOUNCED TO BUILDNEW INCINERATOR

A multi-national company plans to build a waste recycling plant and an incinerator to burn household rubbish on a site on the edge of the city of ..................

Fig. 11

(i) Choose one of the proposed new developments and write down the number of the extract which you have chosen. Explain three different ways in which the proposed development could damage the local natural environment.

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(ii) Suggest what could be done to ensure that your chosen development is sustainable.

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(c) For a named country or area which you have studied, describe the ways in which energy supplies are being developed.

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If you use the following lined page to complete the answer(s) to any question(s), the question number(s) must be clearly shown.

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Copyright Acknowledgements:

Question 1 Photographs A and B Steve Sibley © UCLES.

Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity.

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