CIE IGCSE Geography Paper 1 2016

Hey! I was just wondering how people did on the Geography Paper 1 exam, thought the case studies were a little difficult :frown:

Reply 1

roxy100

5

I thought the questions were harder than previous years but the case studies were ok (at least the population one was)

I thought theme 3 questions were difficult

Reply 2

S_Dodd

OP

1

Original post by roxy100

I thought the questions were harder than previous years but the case studies were ok (at least the population one was)

I thought theme 3 questions were difficult

Yeah, I agree, everyone always always to like the population questions :smile:

at least thats what I found at my school

Reply 3

Thomas James

1

i messed up with question 5,6. forgot about only doing one in each section. question 5 was difficult though. 7 marker

Reply 4

astonky

2

Original post by S_Dodd

Yeah, I agree, everyone always always to like the population questions :smile:

at least thats what I found at my school

So do i. Population was easy, weather and climate just the same (because I revised it). I had to invent some stuff for theme 3 on agriculture and energy, but I hope it goes unnoticed. I am praying for an a star. :wink:

Reply 5

S_Dodd

OP

1

Original post by astonky

So do i. Population was easy, weather and climate just the same (because I revised it). I had to invent some stuff for theme 3 on agriculture and energy, but I hope it goes unnoticed. I am praying for an a star. :wink:

Haha, I just felt that they merged different sections of the syllabus into each section which they didn't do in previous years. So with the weather and climate one I missed it out cause I couldn't remember the weather instruments :frown:

Reply 6

DJShaji

8

Geography wasn't too bad imo.

What questions did everyone do?

I struggled with theme 3 - specifically the 5 marker on question 6 about why conservation is important (paraphrasing). I know its common sense but I just went so blank :frown:

I hope Friday's paper is easy. Anyone know how to revise for the skills paper?

Reply 7

S_Dodd

OP

1

Original post by DJShaji

Geography wasn't too bad imo.

What questions did everyone do?

I struggled with theme 3 - specifically the 5 marker on question 6 about why conservation is important (paraphrasing). I know its common sense but I just went so blank :frown:

I hope Friday's paper is easy. Anyone know how to revise for the skills paper?

I go blank on all the questions and then regain my 'lost knowledge' right after the exam -__- it's really annoying.
I've found some good tips about how to answer the questions on Friday's paper but otherwise it's just analysing and using maps

Reply 8

nerdcry

9

maybe i had different papers as you guys but i got migration , weather (very unexpected), river, energy and water.... LOL

Reply 9

DJShaji

8

Original post by nerdcry

maybe i had different papers as you guys but i got migration , weather (very unexpected), river, energy and water.... LOL

you might have had a different variant. We did 0460/12. It should say on your timetable

Reply 10

Sneakypie

Hi, I think it was okayish... except for some questions. I did Question 1,4 and 5. but i bulshitted the question about what causes there to be a hot desert climate in equatorial regions..something like that... I feel that it was quite hard.. Paper 2 is soon :frown:

(

Reply 11

S_Dodd

OP

1

Original post by Sneakypie

Hi, I think it was okayish... except for some questions. I did Question 1,4 and 5. but i bulshitted the question about what causes there to be a hot desert climate in equatorial regions..something like that... I feel that it was quite hard.. Paper 2 is soon :frown:

(

I think everyone has ********ted at least one section of their Geography paper 1's :biggrin:

Would be great to hear how the one on Friday goes as well (helps me know what kind of mark I could be expecting based on grade boundaries)

Reply 12

yozzy

What do you guys think the grade boundaries will be like?

Reply 13

Nye2001

14

Could someone tell me what the grade boundaries for an A*, A etc please?

Reply 14

S_Dodd

OP

1

Original post by Nye2001

Could someone tell me what the grade boundaries for an A*, A etc please?

Well it changes every year but last year you needed 75% for A* and 66% for an A

Reply 15

Nye2001

14

I found the case studies okay. I did question 1 and Tanzania; question 3 and Felixstowe; question 5 and Nike. The coastal erosion one I had absolutely no idea on it at all, so I made one up.

Reply 16

DJShaji

8

Original post by S_Dodd

Well it changes every year but last year you needed 75% for A* and 66% for an A

They also divide your score for paper 1 by 1.77 to give it's weighting

Reply 17

dk2000

2

could i ask why the entire thing is out of 220? paper one, two and coursework surely adds up to 195 so i don't get why it's 220

Reply 18

ndk123

14

I did populatiom, weather climate and development. I found it really hard!!! Any tips for paper 2? Do you know where to find maps from other years?

Reply 19

sneaky beaver

1

Original post by DJShaji

Geography wasn't too bad imo.

What questions did everyone do?

I struggled with theme 3 - specifically the 5 marker on question 6 about why conservation is important (paraphrasing). I know its common sense but I just went so blank :frown:

I hope Friday's paper is easy. Anyone know how to revise for the skills paper?

yeh i found that pretty hard, then i found out someone from our school did 1,3 and 4, and i bet he's not the only one, I swear you were meant to answer 1 question from 1 and 2, 1 question from 3 and 4, and 1 question from 5 and 6.

CIE IGCSE Geography Paper 1 2016

Quick Reply

Related discussions

Latest

Trending

Trending

Articles for you