Cambridge Past Paper Questions

Study Photograph A (Insert), which shows part of the CBD of Zimbabwe's capital city, Harare, and Fig. 3, a sketch of the same area. [Figure 3] Nati...

Study Fig. 4, which shows the percentage of population living in urban areas and GDP per person (a measure of wealth) for several countries. [Figur...

Study Fig. 6, which shows the origin of some agricultural imports to the USA. [Figure 6]

Study Fig. 8 (Insert), which shows land use in Japan.

Four students wanted to find out more about visitors to a national park. They produced a questionnaire to gain evidence with which to investigate t...

Some students wanted to investigate the flow of a river on a meander. Before they began their fieldwork their teacher spoke to them about safety wh...

Section A Answer one question from this section. (a) Study Fig. 1, which shows densely and sparsely populated areas in the world. [Figure 1.0]

Section A Answer one question from this section. (a) Study Fig. 2, which shows information about three different shops in a city in an MEDC. [Figur...

Section B Answer one question from this section. (a) Study Fig. 4, which shows four instruments which students are using to measure the weather at ...

Section B Answer one question from this section. (a) Study Fig. 6, which is a climate graph for Belem, a settlement in the tropical rainforest. [Fi...

Section C Answer one question from this section. (a) Study Fig. 8, which is a map showing countries in Africa experiencing food shortages. [Figure ...

Section C Answer one question from this section. (a) Study Fig. 10, which shows different types of pollution. [Figure 10.0]

(a) Study [Figure 1], which shows four different types of migrant.

(a) Study [Figure 3], which shows an area of rural settlement in an MEDC.

(a) Study [Figure 5], a table of data collected at a school weather station.

(a) Study [Figure 6], which shows major plates and zones of tectonic activity.

(a) Study [Figures 7A and 7B], which show a subsistence farm and a commercial farm.

(a) Study [Figures 9A and 9B], which show information about the island of Majorca, a tourist destination which is part of Spain (an MEDC).

(a) Study Fig. 1, which shows birth rates and death rates in Niger (an LEDC) and Australia (an MEDC). Niger [Figure 1.0 (Graph showing birth rate ...

(a) Study Fig. 3, which shows the number of shops and services in different sized settlements in a rural region of France (an MEDC). [Figure 3.0 (...

(a) Study Fig. 4, an article about an earthquake. Earthquake devastates Italy L'AQUILA, Italy – A powerful earthquake shook this medieval town in ...

(a) Study Fig. 6, a diagram which shows how the load of a river is transported. [Figure 6.0 (Diagram illustrating different methods of river load ...

(a) Study Fig. 7, a newspaper article about water shortages in the state of Maharashtra, in India (an LEDC). OVER 1000 VILLAGES DEPEND ON TANKERS ...

(a) Study Fig. 9, which shows information about South Korea, a newly industrialised country (NIC) in South East Asia. [Figure 9.0 (Table showing i...

The 1:50000 map is of Macheke, Zimbabwe. Study the area of the map shown in Fig. 1. [Figure 1 with grid coordinates 85-90 Easting, 88-92 Northing a...

Study Fig. 4, which shows population pyramids for three countries. [Figure 4 showing population pyramids for Germany, Kenya, USA with age groups 0-...

Study Photograph A (Insert), of a campground on the shores of Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe.

Study Fig. 7, which shows volcanic activity in and around Italy. [Figure 7 showing a map of Italy and surrounding seas with cities, active volcanoe...

Fig. 8 shows energy consumption in Australia and Vietnam. [Figure 8 showing pie charts for Australia and Vietnam energy consumption, with key: Tran...

Study Fig. 9, a sketch map of the location of a car factory. [Figure 9 showing a sketch map with Reservoir, River, Housing areas, CBD, Oil refinery...

Students heard that waste water from a factory was polluting the local river. They decided to do some fieldwork to see if this was true. However, b...

Students who lived in Thailand were interested in the development of tourism at Chiang Mai, a city in the north of the country. They decided to inv...

Study the 1:25000 map of Beau Bassin, Mauritius.

Study Fig. 1, which shows population growth for selected world regions. [Figure 1]

Study Fig. 2, a description of the effect of rain in a desert area. It's amazing the difference a drop of rain can make. Millions of seeds have bee...

Study Fig. 4, which shows factors affecting movement of sediment load in rivers. [Figure 4]

Study Fig.7, which shows traffic flows for a 24 hour period on a weekday. [Figure 7]

Study Fig. 8, which shows the percentage of workforce employed in manufacturing in 48 states of the USA. [Figure 8]

Some students, who lived in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, wanted to do some fieldwork in a local forest. It was a tropical rainforest but some parts ha...

Students were studying shopping services in their local town. The students decided to investigate the following hypotheses: Hypothesis 1: People tr...

Study the 1:50 000 map of Mvurwi, Zimbabwe.

Study Fig. 4, a sketch map of an area showing four villages A, B, C and D. [Figure 4]

Study Photograph A (Insert), of a location near Dhaka, Bangladesh and Fig. 5, a sketch of the same area. [Figure 5]

Study Fig. 7, which shows the vegetation in a tropical rainforest. [Figure 7]

Study Fig. 9, which shows tourist arrivals to three Caribbean countries in 2008. [Figure 9]

Study Fig. 10, which shows countries where harvests were reduced, due to late or inadequate rainfall, in 2009. [Figure 10]

A class of students was studying weather measurements using a Stevenson Screen which contained a maximum-minimum thermometer and a wet and dry bulb...

A student decided to investigate the land use on a farm in Portugal. It was located on a hillside and contained both crops and animals. He decided ...

(a) Study Fig. 1, which shows information about the population density in India (an LEDC). [Figure 1]

(a) Study Figs 2A and 2B, plans which show part of the Central Business District (CBD) of Nottingham, a city in the UK in 1980 and 2010. Also study...