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O-LevelGeographyPopulation and settlement2217/22 · May/June 2015 · Q58 Marks

Study Fig. 5, which shows types of settlement within an area of the UK. [Figure 5]

  1. (a)(i)What type of settlement is Yattendon?[1]
  2. (a)(ii)How many small towns are found in the area?[1]
  3. (a)(iii)What type of settlement, other than the types already shown on Fig. 5, might be found at X shown on Fig. 5?[1]
  4. (b)(i)Which route would people in Great Shefford favour? Give a reason for your answer.[2]
  5. (b)(ii)Suggest why many people in Lambourn would favour route R.[2]
  6. (b)(iii)Give one advantage of route P.[1]

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Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2015). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

  1. [1] (a) (i) Village (with services)
  2. [1] (a) (ii) 8
  3. [1] (a) (iii) Isolated / dispersed
  4. [1] (a) (iii) Hamlet
  5. [1] (a) (iii) Village withoutservices
  6. [2] (b) (i) Q- it gives a bus service through their village
  7. [2] (b) (i) Q - links them to Lambourn / East Garston / Stock Cross / Newbury
  8. [2] (b) (i) Q - brings people to use their services
  9. [2] (b) (i) P/R - noisy buses will be kept away from their village
  10. [2] (b) (i) P/R - big buses won't block narrow village roads
  11. [2] (b) (ii) Quicker
  12. [2] (b) (ii) Stops at less places
  13. [2] (b) (ii) More direct / shorter
  14. [1] (b) (iii) Links Chaddlewoth / Chieveley / Hermitage / Cold Ash with Newbury
  15. [1] (b) (iii) Links many / five villages

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About this question

Topic
Population and settlement, O-Level Geography (syllabus 2217). Structured question, 8 marks.
Source
O-Level Geography, May/June 2015 Paper 2 Variant 2, question 5.

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