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Year 9 About the exam
You are going to be tested in four areas DEVELOPMENT
HAZARDS
CLIMATE CHANGE
CHINA
· The exam will allow you to apply your knowledge and the skills gained throughout year 9.
for example….Describing, explaining, manipulating data, interpreting text, interpreting maps and diagrams, predicting outcomes, identify different points of view, making judgements and evaluation opinion and effects.
for example….Describing, explaining, manipulating data, interpreting text, interpreting maps and diagrams, predicting outcomes, identify different points of view, making judgements and evaluation opinion and effects.
· Think about what you know, how you have learned and apply those skills and ideas to each question in the exam.
· Total time 45 minutes
Command words – These tell you what to do, think about them carefully as you answer each question.
EXPLAIN – say why
DESCRIBE – State facts, what it looks like, position
SUGGEST AND EXPLAIN – Your ideas and why (base these on facts)
NAME – e.g. The name of a place or list
COMPLETE – Finish off a chart or diagram
SUGGEST WAYS – Your ideas on why something is like it is
CIRCLE – Draw a circle around the correct answer.
Revision List
DEVELOPMENT.
What is development?
How do we identify the development of different places?
Ghana as a less economically developed country (LEDC) (www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/kidsweb/world/index.htm)
Effect of development on people
How is development improved through aid?
Big Aid projects such as the Akosombo Dam compared to small scale Aid projects ‘water aid’ and campaigns such as ‘Drop the debt’.
What is fair trade and how does it help people in LEDC’s (http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/)
HAZARDS
What is a Natural Hazard?
How do Hazards affect people?
Flooding
CLIMATE CHANGE
What causes climate change? – (http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/index.html)
How are our climates changing?
What effect does climate change has on people, economies, farming, habitats and animals etc
What are the positive and negative effects of climate change?
What are people’s opinions about climate change?
CHINA
How is china changing? (http://www.globaleye.org.uk/secondary_spring04/eyeon/index.html)
How is China’s economy developing
Why do people migrate to Chinese cities? (http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/migration.html)
What are the positive and negative effects of migration on Migrants and the cities?
Extra information can be found on these general websites:
Keep an eye on the news as well. G
Good luck
Last Modified: 22/06/2009
