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GEOGRAPHYWritten examination
Friday 15 November 2019 Reading time: 11.45 am to 12.00 noon (15 minutes) Writing time: 12.00 noon to 2.00 pm (2 hours)
QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK
Structure of bookNumber of questions
Number of questions to be answered
Number of marks
8 8 80
• Studentsarepermittedtobringintotheexaminationroom:pens,pencils,highlighters,erasers,sharpeners,rulers,colouredpencils,water-basedpensandmarkers.
• StudentsareNOTpermittedtobringintotheexaminationroom:blanksheetsofpaperand/orcorrectionfluid/tape.
• Nocalculatorisallowedinthisexamination.
Materials supplied• Questionandanswerbookof12pages• Databook• Additionalspaceisavailableattheendofthebookifyouneedextrapapertocompleteananswer.
Instructions• Writeyourstudent number inthespaceprovidedaboveonthispage.• AllwrittenresponsesmustbeinEnglish.
At the end of the examination• Youmaykeepthedatabook.
Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room.
©VICTORIANCURRICULUMANDASSESSMENTAUTHORITY2019
SUPERVISOR TO ATTACH PROCESSING LABEL HEREVictorian Certificate of Education 2019
STUDENT NUMBER
Letter
2019GEOGRAPHYEXAM 2
Question 1–continued
InstructionsAnswerallquestionsinthespacesprovided.Refertothedatabookasindicated.
Use Figure 1 on pages 2 and 3 of the data book when responding to Question 1.
Question 1 (16marks)a. Identifytwogeographicalcharacteristicsofthesiteat33RueduCardinalLemoine. 2marks
1.
2.
b. Identifytwogeographicalcharacteristicsofthesurroundingregionof33RueduCardinalLemoine. 2marks
1.
2.
c. OutlineonewayinwhichthechangedlanduseshowninFigure1dislikelytobemoresuitedtothesurroundingregionthanthepreviouslandusewas. 3marks
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d. Statethelocationanddescribethelandusechangefortheselectedareaoffieldworkthatyouhaveundertakenthisyear. 2marks
e. Assesstheimpactsorlikelyimpactsofthelandusechangeinthesurroundingregionofyourselectedareaoffieldwork. 7marks
2019GEOGRAPHYEXAM 4
Use Figure 2 on pages 4 and 5 of the data book when responding to Question 2.
Question 2 (8marks)DescribethespatialdistributionoftheestimatedicecoveroverEarth’ssurfacearound20000yearsago.
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Question 3 (8marks)a. Outlineeitheronehumanactivitycausingdeforestationataselectedlocationoronenatural
processcausingdesertificationataselectedlocation. 2marks
b. Describetheimpactsofthechangeinlandcoverfrompart a. ontheenvironmentattheselectedlocation. 6marks
2019GEOGRAPHYEXAM 6
Question 4 (8marks)Evaluatetheeffectivenessofaglobalresponsetotheimpactsofeitherdeforestationordesertificationor meltingicesheetsandglaciers.
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Use Figure 3 on pages 6 and 7 of the data book when responding to Questions 5 and 6.
Question 5 (4marks)Foreachofthequestionsthatfollow,selectoneofthecountrieslabelledA–GinFigure3.
a. Whichcountryhasapopulationdensityofbetween10and50personspersquarekilometreextendingovernearlythewholeofitsterritory? 1mark
b. Exceptinanarrowbandinthesouth,wherethepopulationdensityisbetween1and50personspersquarekilometre,whichcountryhasapopulationdensityoflessthanonepersonpersquarekilometreovermostofitsterritory? 1mark
c. Whichcountryhasareaswithapopulationdensityexceeding100personspersquarekilometreextendingupto1000kilometreswestfromthecoast? 1mark
d. Whichcountry’sonlyhigh-densityareaisaninlandpocketofover100personspersquarekilometresurroundedbyareaswithlowerpopulationdensities? 1mark
2019GEOGRAPHYEXAM 8
Question 6 (10marks)‘ThepatternofpopulationdistributionofthefourmostnortherlyAfricancountries,outlinedingreeninFigure3,isfoundinmanyotherregionsoftheworld.’
Withreferencetothreeexamples,discusstowhatextentyouagreewiththisstatement.
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Question 7 (8marks)HowdoesMalthusiantheoryexplainpopulationgrowthandsustainability?
2019GEOGRAPHYEXAM 10
Question 8–continued
Question 8 (18marks)Nameacountrywitheitheragrowingpopulationoranageingpopulation.
Country
Statewhetherthiscountry’spopulationisgrowingorageing.
a. Describeoneissueandoneassociatedchallengefoundinthepopulationofthecountrythatyouhavenamed. 6marks
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b. Explainonefactorcontributingtotheissueandassociatedchallengedescribedinpart a. 6marks
c. Evaluatehowsuccessfuloneresponsehasbeeninaddressingtheissueandassociatedchallengedescribedinpart a. 6marks
END OF QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK
2019GEOGRAPHYEXAM 12
Extra space for responses
Clearly number all responses in this space.
Ananswerbookisavailablefromthesupervisorifyouneedextrapapertocompleteananswer.Pleaseensureyouwriteyourstudent numberinthespaceprovidedonthefrontcoveroftheanswerbook.At the end of the examination, place the answer book inside the front cover of this question and answer book.
GEOGRAPHYWritten examination
Friday 15 November 2019 Reading time: 11.45 am to 12.00 noon (15 minutes) Writing time: 12.00 noon to 2.00 pm (2 hours)
DATA BOOK
Instructions
A question and answer book is provided with this data book.Refer to the data in this book for each question as indicated in the question and answer book.The data contained in this book is drawn from current real-world case studies.
Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room.
© VICTORIAN CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY 2019
Victorian Certificate of Education 2019
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Figure 1 Land use change
Figure 1a: Aerial view locating the land use change site as it was in 2017
Figure 1b: Location map
Source: adapted from Google Earth, 2019
Source: adapted from Google Maps, 2019
SorbonneUniversity
M
M
M
M
M
HC
H
M
universitylibrary Sorbonne
University
Panthéon
SEINE RIVER
ÎLE SAINT-LOUIS
SORBONNE
0 600 m150 300
N
site boundaryobscured site boundary
Key
M
H
C
SORBONNE
urban land
urban district
land use change site
metro (underground rail station)
museum, cultural centre
open space
church
road
historic site
Key
M
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Figure 1 Land use change
Source: adapted from Meilleurs Agents, <www.meilleursagents/prix-immobilier/paris-75000/rue-du-cardinal-lemoine-2019/33>,
© Mapbox and OpenStreetMap; reproduced by kind permission of Meilleurs Agents
Background informationLand use change at 33 Rue du Cardinal Lemoine, an inner location in Paris, occurred between 2016 and 2019. A commercial, multistorey car park with some apartments was demolished and replaced with 135 apartments and street-level retailing.
Figure 1c: Demolition, 2017 Figure 1d: The almost completed project, 2019
Figure 1e: Land values in the surrounding region, 2017
site boundary
value per square metre in Australian dollarsless thanA$11200
more thanA$21600
obscured site boundary
Key
4
Figure 2 Land cover change
Figure 2: Estimated ice cover over Earth’s surface around 20 000 years ago
Equator
Equator
N
N
N
N
Arctic Circle
Antarctic Circle
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
NORTHAMERICA
ASIAEUROPE
SouthPole
NorthPole
AFRICA
ANTARCTICA
AUSTRALIA
SOUTHAMERICA
NorthAtlanticOcean
NorthPacificOcean
SouthAtlanticOcean
SouthPacificOcean
IndianOcean
30º
45º
60º
75º
90º105º
120º
135º
150º
165º
180º
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Figure 2 Land cover change
0 3500 km
NORTHAMERICA
IndianOcean
estimated ice cover around 20000 yearsago
today’s land and sea areas
continent name
ocean name
Key
6
Figure 3 Human population
Figure 3: World population distribution
Trop ic o f Capr icorn
Equator
Trop ic o f Cancer
Arc t i c C i rc le
0 2000 km500 1000 1500
N
EUROPE NORTHAMERICA
SOUTHAMERICA
ASIA
AUSTRALIA
AFRICA
MIDDLEEAST
Pac i f i c
Ocean
At lan t i c
Ocean
Arc t i c Ocean
Ind ian
Ocean
A
E
C
B
F
G
D
100 and over
Number of persons per square kilometre (km2)
50–100
10–50
river
lake
internationalboundary
1–10
less than 1
Key A EthiopiaB JapanC ChinaD TurkeyE AustraliaF CanadaG Argentina
four most northerlyAfrican countries
Figure 3 Human population
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END OF DATA BOOK
Trop ic o f Capr icorn
Equator
Trop ic o f Cancer
Arc t i c C i rc le
0 2000 km500 1000 1500
N
EUROPE NORTHAMERICA
SOUTHAMERICA
ASIA
AUSTRALIA
AFRICA
MIDDLEEAST
Pac i f i c
Ocean
At lan t i c
Ocean
Arc t i c Ocean
Ind ian
Ocean
A
E
C
B
F
G
D
Source: adapted from Heinemann Atlas, 4th edition, Harcourt Education, Port Melbourne, 2005, pp. 216 and 217
100 and over
Number of persons per square kilometre (km2)
50–100
10–50
river
lake
internationalboundary
1–10
less than 1
Key A EthiopiaB JapanC ChinaD TurkeyE AustraliaF CanadaG Argentina
four most northerlyAfrican countries