0460.1.1.02 — The Bradshaw model.: past paper questions
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- 0460/12 · May/June 2025 · Q2a(i)[1]
What is meant by rural settlement?
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Suggest two low-order services which you would expect to find in a rural settlement such as the one shown in Fig. 2.1.
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Explain why rural settlements such as the one shown in Fig. 2.1 only have low-order services.
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Suggest reasons for the growth of the settlement shown in Fig. 2.1.
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Using Fig. 2.2, compare the settlement patterns in areas X and Y.
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Name the settlement pattern in area Z shown in Fig. 2.2. Suggest reasons why this settlement pattern may have developed.
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Describe the shape of the coastline between the main settlement at Åhus and the north edge of the map.
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What examiners said
Most answers showed an understanding of the word ‘rural’, explaining that it is countryside, but often gave no definition of the word ‘settlement’ by reference to it being an area or place where people lived.
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0460/12 Q2(a)(i) (Cambridge)
Answers varied in quality. The most popular responses were ‘grocer’, ‘post office’ and ‘church’. Vague examples such as ‘shop’ needed more precision for credit. Some candidates gave answers of jobs, such as ‘farming’, or goods, such as ‘milk’, which indicated a misunderstanding of the word ‘services’.
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0460/12 Q2(a)(ii) (Cambridge)
Most candidates scored at least one mark by referring to the population being small. Whilst a minority of candidates gained further marks for reference to other mark scheme ideas, especially those relating to the viability of higher order services, few gained full marks. There was very little accurate use of terms such as threshold population and sphere of influence.
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0460/12 Q2(a)(iii) (Cambridge)
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