O Level Geography 2217 · Topic 3

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201 real questionsasked in 9 of the last 9 exam series2019–2025usually: Suggest, Explain, Name, Describe, Complete

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2217/12 · May/June 2025 · Q3b(i)[3]
Using Fig. 3.3 only, compare the deforestation of tropical rainforests in South America and Africa. Do not use statistics.
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2217/12 · May/June 2025 · Q3b(ii)[5]
Describe the impacts of deforestation on people who live in tropical rainforests.
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2217/12 · May/June 2025 · Q3c[7]
For an area of tropical rainforest you have studied, describe the impacts of deforestation on the local natural environment. Name of area
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2217/12 · May/June 2025 · Q5a(i)[1]
What percentage of water was used for agriculture in Malawi? %
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2217/12 · May/June 2025 · Q5a(ii)[2]
Complete the pie chart for the USA by using the following information. Industry 10%
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2217/12 · May/June 2025 · Q5a(iii)[3]
Compare the use of water in Malawi and the UK. Do not use statistics.
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2217/12 · May/June 2025 · Q5a(iv)[4]
Suggest reasons why few people have access to clean water in rural Malawi.
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2217/12 · May/June 2025 · Q5b(i)[3]
Describe each of the methods of water supply shown in Figs. 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4. Fig. 5. Fig. 5. Fig. 5.
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2217/12 · May/June 2025 · Q5b(ii)[5]
Explain why dams and reservoirs are used in many countries to supply water.
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2217/12 · May/June 2025 · Q5c[7]
For a named country you have studied, explain how energy is supplied. Name of country
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2217/12 · May/June 2025 · Q6a(i)[1]
Give one example of employment in primary industry. (i)
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2217/12 · May/June 2025 · Q6b(i)[3]
Using Fig. 6.2 only, state the development indicator which has a positive relationship with GNP per person a negative relationship with GNP per person no clear relationship with GNP per person.
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2217/12 · May/June 2025 · Q6b(ii)[5]
Explain why the Human Development Index (HDI) is a good method of measuring development.
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2217/12 · May/June 2025 · Q6c[7]
Describe the features of a named transnational corporation (TNC) you have studied. Name of transnational corporation (TNC)
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2217/22 · May/June 2025 · Q1d[3]
Identify three different activities that can be done by tourists in this area and state the map evidence for each activity. One example has been done for you. activity e.g. cycling map evidence there is a cycle trail 1 (d) Study the map extract north of northing 82. 3 2
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2217/22 · May/June 2025 · Q2a(i)[1]
How many tourists visited the resort at its peak in 1955? million
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2217/22 · May/June 2025 · Q2a(ii)[1]
For how many years did the number of tourists to the resort decrease? years
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2217/22 · May/June 2025 · Q2b[2]
Using Fig. 2.1, identify four factors that helped explain the rise in the number of tourists.
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2217/22 · May/June 2025 · Q2c[4]
Using Fig. 2.1, suggest why the following factors resulted in fewer tourists visiting the resort. growth of package holidays resort now run down
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2217/22 · May/June 2025 · Q3a[4]
Using Fig. 3.1, give four pieces of evidence which suggest this is a commercial farm.
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What examiners said

Most candidates correctly identified New Zealand. Other answers were selected by a small number of candidates, with no obvious pattern.
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 2217/12 Q5(a)(i) (Cambridge)

Many candidates gave the correct order. A few candidates mixed up the order of China, Tanzania and India or reversed the order of all four countries.
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 2217/12 Q5(a)(ii) (Cambridge)

This question differentiated well. Most candidates stated that literacy was higher in North America and many gave accurate statistics to support this statement. Fewer answers referred to the variation in the range of literacy levels within the two continents. Some weaker answers wrongly referred to ‘the percentage of people over 65’ rather than literacy percentages.
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 2217/12 Q5(a)(iii) (Cambridge)

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In the syllabus

3.1 Development

Indicators of development (including GNP per
capita, literacy, life expectancy and composite indices, e.g
Human Development Index (HDI))
Primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary sector.
Use of indicators of development and employment
structure to compare countries at different levels of
economic development and over time.
The role of technology and transnational
corporations in globalisation along with economic factors which give rise to globalisation Impacts at a local, national and global scale
A transnational corporation and its global links

3.2 Food production

Farming types: commercial and subsistence;
arable, pastoral and mixed; intensive and extensive The influence of natural and human inputs on agricultural land use (including natural inputs [relief, climate and soil] and human inputs [economic and social])
Their combined influences on the scale of production, methods of organisation and the products of agricultural systems
Natural problems which cause food shortages
(including drought, floods, tropical storms, pests)
and economic and political factors (including low capital investment, poor distribution/transport difficulties, wars) The negative effects of food shortages; the effects of food shortages in encouraging food aid and measures to increase output
A farm or agricultural system
A country or region suffering from food shortages.

3.3 Industry

Industry types: manufacturing, processing,
assembly and high technology industry
The influence of factors including land, labour, raw
materials and fuel and power, transport, markets
and political factors Their combined influences on the location, scale of production, methods of organisation and the products of the system Industrial zones and/or factories with respect to locational and siting factors
An industrial zone or factory

3.4 Tourism

An area where tourism is important.

3.5 Energy

Non-renewable fossil fuels including coal, oil and
natural gas
Renewable energy supplies including
geothermal, wind, HEP, wave and tidal power, solar
power and biofuels
Energy supply in a country or area

3.6 Water

Methods of water supply (including reservoirs/
dams, wells and bore holes, desalination)
The impact of lack of access to clean water on local
people and the potential for economic development
Water supply in a country or area.

3.7 Environmental risks of economic development

Threats to the natural environment (including soil
erosion, desertification, enhanced global warming
and pollution [water, air, noise, visual])
An area where economic development is taking place and causing the environment to be at risk
add, subtract, multiply and divide
understand map scale and the use of the scale line and representative fractions
understand the terms mean and range
use averages, decimals, fractions, percentages and ratios
use standard notation, including both positive and negative indices.
understand significant figures and use them appropriately
recognise positive and negative relationships shown by scatter graphs
draw and interpret graphs from given data for the types of graph listed in the syllabus

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