Edexcel A level Geography - Unit 3 Pre-release topic

Ahh I totally sucked at making conclusions for the maghreb questions! I was so out of time so might lose those evaluation marks =\

I did energy and water. They were all right... even though I felt like I was repeating a lot of stuff on question a) water.

Glad its over!

Reply 421

mischka_tay

What was the superpower question b) everyone hated??

Reply 422

F.I

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Original post by mischka_tay

What was the superpower question b) everyone hated??

Something about how the World System theory and Dependency theory can show a change in global power...

It wasnt bad, I also talked about Modernisation theory.

Reply 423

naija_kyd_14

It was an interesting paper, I did energy and superpowers (questions a's were GREAT, b's were alright). First Maghreb question was easy, second was alright, last one was SO GAY!!!
Got to kick unit 4's ass for an A, or mildly beat it up for a B :smile:

Reply 424

generaljonny

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Superpower (b) was hard.

Dependency - neo colonial - countries reliant on consultancy, (biwater), brain drain because of shared language, power vacuum left after decolonisation- led to dictatorship. Global power was never going to change as ex-colonised were left fragmented.

World Systems- Core, semi periphery, periphery, - unreliable as China bucks the trend, cumulative causation to semi periphery rather than core. China is being neo-colonial not just core countries. Doesn't give wider picture, theory is an historic dinosaur. Something about trickle down too.

Thats about what I put- ok?

Reply 425

kimmyl30

Good job I have a day off to re-cooperate and revise. Those Maghreb questions - B especially. What a stinker. What did you write? Couldn't think of anything. 2 and a half hours paper, done and never going to do it again!

Reply 426

ECHF

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Original post by generaljonny

Superpower (b) was hard.

Dependency - neo colonial - countries reliant on consultancy, (biwater), brain drain because of shared language, power vacuum left after decolonisation- led to dictatorship. Global power was never going to change as ex-colonised were left fragmented.

World Systems- Core, semi periphery, periphery, - unreliable as China bucks the trend, cumulative causation to semi periphery rather than core. China is being neo-colonial not just core countries. Doesn't give wider picture, theory is an historic dinosaur. Something about trickle down too.

Thats about what I put- ok?

Sounds good to me :biggrin:

Did you write about modernisation too?

Reply 427

F.I

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Original post by ECHF

Sounds good to me :biggrin:

Did you write about modernisation too?

I did, I thoughtt modernisation theory made more sense in regards to the question :/

Reply 428

Maxgoodrum

Am i the only one who did biodiversity :smile:

?!!?!

Maghreb questions were pretty easy tbh, Pretty much the exact 3 questions i'd revisised.
Energy was easy.
Biodiversity was horrible!!
Anyone else do bio?

Reply 429

abc-123

energy question, what a bliss!
superpowers seemed too straightforward at first, thought there must've been a catch...now realising for part B the key to the question was how it "contributes to our understanding of changing power"..i concentrated on the theories, and quickly added how the RICs show changing power..but dont think it was quite enough detail. worrying about it now. :frown:

and maghreb section. what the hell was part B and C? :frown:

more pressure on unit 4 now!

Reply 430

Courage Wolf

anyone do water?
part b was horrible

Reply 431

mischka_tay

what did you write for energy b?

I did USA Iraq, Russia/Ukrain/Europe over gas and an internal greenpeace and the Arctic... actually make one up about farmers and developers in Cali.. like whether to use the land for agriculture or build a solar power station. =s who knows sounds realistic to me... good that edexcel doesnt penalize for wrong stuff lol.

Reply 432

mischka_tay

Original post by Courage Wolf

anyone do water?
part b was horrible

sounded ok to me... basically international conflicts like india with bangladesh, turkey gap... maybe even colorado (especially with the env. effects)

So not sure though... I think I messed up on the a) question... like repeated a lot of stuff. couldnt think of anything original. =s

Reply 433

fevziye

Original post by Maxgoodrum

Am i the only one who did biodiversity :smile:

?!!?!

Maghreb questions were pretty easy tbh, Pretty much the exact 3 questions i'd revisised.
Energy was easy.
Biodiversity was horrible!!
Anyone else do bio?

I did Biodiversity - it was the differences between conservation and preservation right? And management. What did you write?? :smile:

Reply 434

mischka_tay

Original post by fathead_09

can i ask how comes ya exams finished early? if it started at 1 shouldnt you finish at 3.30??x

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Im not from the uk so maybe thats why we kinda did it at another time

Reply 435

Courage Wolf

for energy part b i talked about USA going into middle, oil sands in ANWR and the fossil fuels in the artic

Reply 436

Courage Wolf

Yeah for part b of water i mentioned india/Bangladesh, Colorado and the Nile. Couldn't think of any aquifers though

Reply 437

Kriswalker

Hope it went well for everyone, i found that last section rather tricky but hopefully my take on it is ok =)

Reply 438

mischka_tay

Original post by Courage Wolf

for energy part b i talked about USA going into middle, oil sands in ANWR and the fossil fuels in the artic

Isnt ANWR the same thing as the arctic?

Reply 439

Maxgoodrum

Original post by fevziye

I did Biodiversity - it was the differences between conservation and preservation right? And management. What did you write?? :smile:

Errrm aha i didn't write about that, i wrote about the difference between large scalle top down management from people like WWF and millenium devel goals etc. compared to local small scalle management of mangrove swamps.

Really wans't sure thoguh

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