Settlements (rural and urban) and service provision: past paper questions
Real questions on settlements (rural and urban) and service provision
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- 2217/12 · May/June 2025 · Q2a(i)[1]
What is meant by rural settlement?
See it on the paper → - 2217/12 · May/June 2025 · Q2a(ii)[2]
Suggest two low-order services which you would expect to find in a rural settlement such as the one shown in Fig. 2.1.
See it on the paper → - 2217/12 · May/June 2025 · Q2a(iii)[3]
Explain why rural settlements such as the one shown in Fig. 2.1 only have low-order services.
See it on the paper → - 2217/12 · May/June 2025 · Q2a(iv)[4]
Suggest reasons for the growth of the settlement shown in Fig. 2.1.
See it on the paper → - 2217/12 · May/June 2025 · Q2b(i)[3]
Using Fig. 2.2, compare the settlement patterns in areas X and Y.
See it on the paper → - 2217/12 · May/June 2025 · Q2b(ii)[5]
Name the settlement pattern in area Z shown in Fig. 2.2. Suggest reasons why this settlement pattern may have developed.
See it on the paper → - 2217/12 · May/June 2025 · Q4a(iv)[4]
Describe the benefits for people of living close to volcanoes.
See it on the paper → - 2217/12 · May/June 2025 · Q4b(i)[3]
Using Fig. 4.2, suggest reasons why there are active volcanoes in Iceland.
See it on the paper → - 2217/12 · May/June 2025 · Q4b(ii)[5]
Describe problems that can be caused by active volcanoes.
See it on the paper → - 2217/12 · May/June 2025 · Q4c[7]
For a named example you have studied, describe the strategies that can be used to reduce the problems caused by volcanic eruptions. Name of example Section C Answer one question from this section.
See it on the paper → - 2217/22 · May/June 2025 · Q1a(i)[1]
feature A
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the type of road at B
See it on the paper → - 2217/22 · May/June 2025 · Q1a(iii)[1]
feature C
See it on the paper → - 2217/22 · May/June 2025 · Q1a(iv)[1]
the height above sea level of point D. metres
See it on the paper → - 2217/22 · May/June 2025 · Q1b[1]
Give the six-figure grid reference of the crossroads at point D shown in Fig. 1.1. Tick (✓) one box. tick (✓) 370832 342828 832370 842371
See it on the paper → - 2217/22 · May/June 2025 · Q1c(i)[1]
What is the straight-line distance from the museum at le Château-d’Oléron to the museum at Saint-Trojan-les-Bains? metres
See it on the paper → - 2217/22 · May/June 2025 · Q1f[3]
Identify three correct statements about the distribution of the settlements shown on the map extract. Tick (✓) three correct answers. (f) tick (✓) mostly in the north evenly distributed linked by main roads more along the coast mostly in the east mostly on high land
See it on the paper → - 2217/12 · October/November 2024 · Q2c[7]
For a named urban area you have studied, explain how the authorities have attempted to improve the lives of people living in squatter settlements. Name of urban area Section B Answer one question from this section.
See it on the paper → - 2217/22 · October/November 2024 · Q1c(ii)[1]
Name the settlement at Y.
See it on the paper → - 2217/22 · October/November 2024 · Q1d(i)[1]
Measure the distance along the road from the junction with the main road at Wegmacher to where it meets the east edge of the map at 749857. Give your answer in metres. metres
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What examiners said
Most candidates correctly identified the squatter settlement, the most common incorrect answer being ‘rural settlement’.
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 2217/12 Q2(a)(i) (Cambridge)
Answers were variable as some candidates did not follow the instruction to use evidence from the photograph; therefore there were some irrelevant answers about issues such as poverty, disease and service provision. Correct answers tended to focus on lack of space/privacy, specified types of pollution, flimsy building materials and specified problems caused by the adjacent body of water.
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 2217/12 Q2(a)(ii) (Cambridge)
Many candidates described inequalities rather than suggesting reasons for them as the question required and some simply referred to issues which they had described in the previous question. Simplistic references to ‘better quality of life, housing and living conditions in Y’ did not answer the question. Better answers focused on variation in access to named services or essential items as a consequ...
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 2217/12 Q2(a)(iii) (Cambridge)
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