0460-12 Geography March 2020 184438 - GCE Guide

Cambridge IGCSETM

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GEOGRAPHY Paper 1 Geographical Themes

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Calculator Ruler

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1 hour 45 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS Answer three questions in total, one from each section. Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs. Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page. Write your answer to each question in the space provided. Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid. Do not write on any bar codes. If additional space is needed, you should use the lined pages at the end of this booklet; the question

number or numbers must be clearly shown.

INFORMATION The total mark for this paper is 75. The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ]. The insert contains additional resources referred to in the questions.

Definitions MEDCs ? More Economically Developed Countries LEDCs ? Less Economically Developed Countries

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2 Section A Answer one question from this section. 1 (a) Study Fig. 1.1 (Insert), which shows information about population change in 2016. (i) Which of the following is the formula used to calculate population change in a country? Tick () one answer in the table below:

birth rate ? death rate ? 1000 birth rate ? death rate +/? net migration birth rate ? death rate + immigration birth rate +/? net migration

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(ii) Put the following countries in rank order according to their annual average rate of population change.

Brazil

Canada

Ethiopia

Mali

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Highest growth

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4th .......................................................

Lowest growth

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(iii) Describe the distribution of countries with a decrease in population.

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(iv) Suggest why some countries shown in Fig. 1.1 have experienced a decrease in population.

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(b) Study Fig. 1.2, which shows three factors which can reduce population growth.

Pensions

Equality for women

Improved health care

Fig. 1.2 (i) Explain how each of the factors shown in Fig. 1.2 can reduce population growth.

Pensions ..................................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................................................... Equality for women ..................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................................................... Improved health care .................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................................................... [3]

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4 (ii) Describe other population policies which governments have used to reduce population

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5 (c) Explain the causes of migration of people from one named country to another.

Migration from .......................................................... to ........................................................... Explanation ............................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................. [7]

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