AQA GCSE Geography (Human) 18th June 2012

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Hi, I did the exam today and Im really unsure on how I did in the development part - how did you all find it and how did you go about answering 4 and 8 markers.

Oh and does anyone know when the markscheme will be released?

Reply 381

frankayak

Jamaica, Galapagos and Kenya... all fine I'm sure (I did Jamaica)

Reply 382

russkiy

Original post by pseudonymegg

yes but with large amounts of people one can infer they want you to talk about mass tourism without having to refer explicitly to it in the question and for anyone who has a decent knowledge of a mass tourism case study will get 8 not people who have a) written about a case study which isn't mass tourism or b) not included a case study

How do you specify lots - it could mean 10 could mean 1000s

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Reply 383

slaughterthedaises

Personally,I thought it was better than the physical paper. Thank god.

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Reply 384

trina96

loved the fact that the sustainable city came up again :smile:

Reply 385

kashagupta

when we labelled the picture did we have to state which one was human and which was physical?

Reply 386

pseudonymegg

Original post by russkiy

How do you specify lots - it could mean 10 could mean 1000s

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let's put it this way, it asked for a case study right, and it was in the section on tourism so it could be one of four mass, eco, extreme or UK tourism but as it refered to numbers of tourists it can only be mass tourism! Eco tourism, the whole point being that it doesn't harm the environment with large scale visitors so that is out, extreme tourism doesn't usually recieve lots and the point isn't numbers it's about visiting a unique ecosystem and UK tourism isn't tropical thus it was a mass tourism case study which was needed.

Reply 387

slaughterthedaises

Original post by cheetahs56

You think I could get away with:
Girls ending up in an orphanage as boys preferred
Forced Abortions late on? I saw an article on the news so I assumed it would be okay? :confused:

I did the same. But the question was 'caused', past tense so you could've also inc how they used to punish with forced sterilisation's, abortions, etc inhuman punishments... I think that should be ok lol

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Reply 388

russkiy

Original post by pseudonymegg

However eco tourism is becoming more popular in larger numbers

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Reply 389

slaughterthedaises

Original post by kashagupta

when we labelled the picture did we have to state which one was human and which was physical?

I don't think so. But I guess it wouldve helped. It was only a mark each, right?

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Reply 390

MajorRisk

Original post by ocelot92

yeah was it topological map?

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=X&rlz=1C1PRFA_enGB428GB428&biw=1600&bih=903&tbm=isch&tbnid=b-SoBgDWE-TV0M:&imgrefurl=http://prettejohn.net/category/maps/&docid=lv7uPp6z8isVWM&imgurl=http://prettejohn.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/world-topological-maps.jpg&w=604&h=374&ei=4gHfT-qhOYeY1AXCm5T3Cg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=641&vpy=173&dur=531&hovh=177&hovw=285&tx=175&ty=104&sig=100628628283309092755&page=1&tbnh=135&tbnw=218&start=0&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0,i:76

No, it wasn't topological i'm definitely sure. It was a Cartogram map which is a type of chloropleth map...scroll down in wiki and you'll see exactly what we saw in exam. (On right) :cool:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartogram

(edited 11 years ago)

Reply 391

pseudonymegg

Original post by slaughterthedaises

I don't think so. But I guess it wouldve helped. It was only a mark each, right?

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Yeh

Reply 392

adh211

www.worldmapper.org

Just so everyone is clear - typological maps are proportional maps like in the link above or a tube map

chloropleth maps are shaded maps to represent different levels of a particular variable.. i.e a map of pop density in the US

Reply 393

username918104

Original post by MajorRisk

No, it wasn't topological i'm definitely sure. It was a Cartogram map which is a type of chloropleth map...scroll down in wiki and you'll see exactly what we saw in exam. (On right) :cool:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartogram

so is chloropleth right or was there an option for cartogram (cant remember)?

Reply 394

sophie5

Original post by No brainer1

Physics P4 P5 P6 exam
#totallydreadingit

ah im doing chemistry 1a and 1b

Reply 395

MajorRisk

Original post by vince130296

so is chloropleth right or was there an option for cartogram (cant remember)?

Yeah, Chloropleth was right since there was no option for cartogram...(It is a type of chloropleth) Only a 1 marker though so no need to worry :biggrin:

Reply 396

kashagupta

Original post by slaughterthedaises

I don't think so. But I guess it wouldve helped. It was only a mark each, right?

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Yes I suppose so, but seeing as I think I've done terribly, I think those 2 marks could make a fair bit of difference haha

Reply 397

kashagupta

Original post by MajorRisk

Yeah, Chloropleth was right since there was no option for cartogram...(It is a type of chloropleth) Only a 1 marker though so no need to worry :biggrin:

are you sure? Quite a few people have been saying it's topographical....so did my teacher when I explained the maps to her!

Reply 398

kILLERm

Original post by smarties:)

What negative effects to the economy does mass tourism produce? (last tourism question I think..) x

Most of the money generated through mass tourism goes to larger companies rather than local people.

Mass tourism creates traffic congestion which discourages tourists on visiting the area. This means less money is generated through tourism by the government.

Reply 399

Konflict

I had a gut feeling that it was cartogram!
But, I was unsure, so, I picked topical.

However, as I was checking through my work, albeit, hurriedly - due to the shortage of time, I knew I would regret picking topical.
I should have gone with my gut instinct. But, then again, I have never seen that type of map in my life. It was 'only' a one mark question though, so, don't be disheartened if you got it wrong. Still, don't rule out the importance of one mark questions - it could provide the mark you require to jump a grade!