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GEOGRAPHYWritten examination
Friday 11 November 2016 Reading time: 3.00 pm to 3.15 pm (15 minutes) Writing time: 3.15 pm to 5.15 pm (2 hours)
QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK
Structure of bookNumber of questions
Number of questions to be answered
Number of marks
8 8 80
• Studentsarepermittedtobringintotheexaminationroom:pens,pencils,highlighters,erasers,sharpeners,rulers,colouredpencils,water-basedpensandmarkers.
• StudentsareNOTpermittedtobringintotheexaminationroom:blanksheetsofpaperand/orcorrectionfluid/tape.
• Nocalculatorisallowedinthisexamination.
Materials supplied• Questionandanswerbookof12pages.• Databook.• Additionalspaceisavailableattheendofthebookifyouneedextrapapertocompleteananswer.
Instructions• Writeyourstudent number inthespaceprovidedaboveonthispage.• AllwrittenresponsesmustbeinEnglish.
At the end of the examination• Youmaykeepthedatabook.
Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room.
©VICTORIANCURRICULUMANDASSESSMENTAUTHORITY2016
SUPERVISOR TO ATTACH PROCESSING LABEL HEREVictorian Certificate of Education 2016
STUDENT NUMBER
Letter
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InstructionsAnswerallquestionsinthespacesprovided.Refertothedatabookasindicated.
Use Figure 1 on pages 2 and 3 of the data book when responding to Questions 1 and 2.
Question 1 (3marks)a. Tick()thecorrectbox. Achangeinlandusefromsaltpansin1980tourbanhousingin2016hasoccurredatwhich
location? 1mark
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833850
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840846
b. Usingmapevidence,suggesthowanaturalcharacteristicappearstohaverestrictedachangeinlanduseinmapgridsquare8383. 2marks
Question 2 (4marks)ThesatelliteimageinFigure1bisanexampleofspatialtechnology.
Describeonewayinwhichtheinformationfromspatialtechnology,suchassatelliteimaging,couldassistinmanaginglandusechange.
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Question 3 (8marks)Identifythelocationofyourselectedareaoffieldwork.
a. Statethelandusechangeinvestigatedatyourselectedareaoffieldwork. 1mark
b. Foryourselectedareaoffieldwork,outlineanaturalcharacteristicthathasinfluenced,orislikelytoinfluence,landusechange. 3marks
c. Identifyandassessoneimpactoflandusechangeatyourselectedareaoffieldworkonitssurroundingregion. 4marks
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Question 4–continued
Question 4 (15marks)a. Usingtheoutlinemapbelow,locateandnameaspecificlocationwhereeitherdeforestationor
desertificationhasoccurredorisoccurring.Usethecorrectconventionstocompletethemap. 3marks
Trop ic o f Capr icorn
Equator
Trop ic o f Cancer
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b. Foreachofthefollowing,describeoneimpactofyourselectedprocessatthespecificlocationmappedinpart a. 12marks
• Theenvironment
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• Economicactivity
• Socialconditions
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Question 5 (10marks)Usinganappropriatecriterion,evaluatetheeffectivenessofaglobalresponsetotheprocessofmeltingglaciersandmeltingicesheets.
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Use Figure 2 on pages 4 and 5 of the data book when responding to Question 6.
Question 6 (5marks)Describethechangesinthecrudebirthratesandcrudedeathratesbetween1986and2016.
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Question 7–continued
Question 7 (23marks)Nameacountrywitheitheragrowingpopulationoranageingpopulation.
a. Describethenatureofanissueandchallengefacedbythispopulation. 6marks
b. Outlinetheworldregionalcontextofthispopulationissueandchallenge. 5marks
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c. Explaintwostrategiesdevelopedwithinyournamedcountryinresponsetothispopulationissueandchallenge. 6marks
d. Comparetheeffectivenessofthetwostrategiesexplainedinpart c. 6marks
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Question 8 (12marks)a. Withreferencetospecificoriginsanddestinations,explainonereasonwhylargenumbersof
peoplehavemovedacrossinternationalboundariestonewdestinations. 6marks
b. Discussthesignificanceofthemovementoflargenumbersofpeopletopopulationchangeateithertheoriginorthedestinationofthemigrants. 6marks
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Extra space for responses
Clearly number all responses in this space.
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Ananswerbookisavailablefromthesupervisorifyouneedextrapapertocompleteyouranswer.Pleaseensureyouwriteyourstudent numberinthespaceprovidedonthefrontcoveroftheanswerbook.At the end of the examination, place the answer book inside the front cover of this question and answer book.
GEOGRAPHYWritten examination
Friday 11 November 2016 Reading time: 3.00 pm to 3.15 pm (15 minutes) Writing time: 3.15 pm to 5.15 pm (2 hours)
DATA BOOK
Instructions
A question and answer book is provided with this data book.Refer to the data in this book for each question as indicated in the question and answer book.The data contained in this book is drawn from current real-world case studies.
Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room.
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Figure 1 Land use change
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0 1000 m
Figure 1a: Topographic map extract, Tamarin, Mauritius, 1980
Legend
Source: Government of the United Kingdom, Directorate of Overseas Surveys for the Government of Mauritius, 1980–1990, Sheet 7 – Tamarin;
OS © Crown copyright 1980 CS-02583-G0B2Z3
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Figure 1b: Satellite image, Tamarin, Mauritius, 2016Source: © 2016 DigitalGlobe, TerraMetrics (imagery); SIO, NOAA,
US Navy, NGA, GEBCO (data); © 2016 Google (map data)
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Figure 2 World population change
Figure 2: Crude birth rates and crude death rates for 35 selected countries
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10
20
crudedeath
rate
30
20 30
crude birth rate
40 50 60
1986
Legend
2016
two populationsat the same levels
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100
10
20
crudedeath
rate
30
20 30
crude birth rate
40 50 60
Source: US Census Bureau, International Programs, International Data Base