Edexcel AS Geography Unit 1

for the economic effects of global warming on Africa without referring to agriculture I did 2 points. 1) drought leads to desertification meaning the land isn't suitable to develop on e.g. in the sahel region and 2) global warming will cause rising sea levels - coastal areas in africa may suffer from flooding, which will damage buildings and infrastructure e.g. cape town
anyone do anything similar? my teacher said it will get good marks

Reply 81

Conor3

Original post by TypicalAsian

What did you guys write for the fair trade question?

I think I lost marks there

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For the three features of an ethical product I wrote 1) Using less packaging or more made of recyclable materials 2) Using organic production processes through a lack of fertilisers and pesticides etc. and 3) Using less plastics which would have to be disposed in landfill sites.

What was the second part of that question?

Reply 82

TypicalAsian

Original post by TheStruders

I was really hoping for a Philippines question :frown:

Same, the only reference I made to Philippines was in question part A. But it wasn't really disaster hotspot question

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Reply 83

sxxxxt

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Guys, was the question about economic effects on Africa ask about reasons excluding agriculture? :confused:

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qwerty123A

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Original post by sxxxxt

Guys, was the question about economic effects on Africa ask about reasons excluding agriculture? :confused:

yeah

Reply 85

sxxxxt

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Original post by qwerty123A

yeah

Damn - lost marks there, as well. Greaaat!

Reply 86

Rubato

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Ikr I was like wtf when I saw it like what else is there to say? I know I defo mentioned healthcare costs due to malaria and water conflict/shortages for industry. Hoping I mentioned flooding and infrastructure damage. I really can't remember.

Reply 87

09legret

Original post by OrdinaryStudent

Anyone else pick question 10 for section B?

I did! I really liked that question, wanted something on tnc or globalisation but migration was good as b) you could mention about retirement flow of Spain and workers from Poland to UK

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Praveen101

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Original post by 09legret

I did! I really liked that question, wanted something on tnc or globalisation but migration was good as b) you could mention about retirement flow of Spain and workers from Poland to UK

Was the 10 b) the IMPACTS of migration f on host countries? I just erong about the costs and benefits to the host like grey pound in spain and labour in the UK, what did you write

Reply 89

sxxxxt

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Original post by Praveen101

Was the 10 b) the IMPACTS of migration f on host countries? I just erong about the costs and benefits to the host like grey pound in spain and labour in the UK, what did you write

I mentioned the grey pound. I think you answered the question. Impacts/Cost Benefits are the same thing. Right?

Reply 90

Praveen101

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Original post by sxxxxt

I mentioned the grey pound. I think you answered the question. Impacts/Cost Benefits are the same thing. Right?

I was unsure when it meant by contrasting

how i did it was
Poland to UK (workers)
Costs to the UK
Benefits to the UK
Uk to Spain (tourists)
Costs to spain
Benefits

im worried i did the wrong thing i didnt contrast anything specifcally

Reply 91

sxxxxt

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Original post by Praveen101

I was unsure when it meant by contrasting

how i did it was
Poland to UK (workers)
Costs to the UK
Benefits to the UK
Uk to Spain (tourists)
Costs to spain
Benefits

im worried i did the wrong thing i didnt contrast anything specifcally

I hated the wording of the question. I always made sure I wrote something like "Spain will gain migrants with the grey £ compared to the UK who will lose this" and then obviously develop the point. I am not sure if you needed to do this, though. Depends on the mark scheme, which can be a tad funny.

Reply 92

TypicalAsian

Do you guys the grade boundaries for this exam will be fairly high

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Reply 93

kinkiro

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Original post by Remne

I have no common sense :frown:

Struggled to talk about why California receives drought - only mentioned La Nina!

Also dat question about economic effects of global warming on Africa WITHOUT referring to agriculture?!?

Flooding of coastal cities i.e. Alexandria and pressure on healthcare due to more spreading of disease

Reply 94

beachelsea

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have you guys started studying for unit 2? any predictions?

Reply 95

Praveen101

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Original post by TypicalAsian

Do you guys the grade boundaries for this exam will be fairly high

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Its already around give or take 60/90 which is pathetically low, they cant reduce it anymore because then it would be ridiculous , how can an A be less than 65%

Reply 96

kinkiro

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Original post by Sutty1

for the economic effects of global warming on Africa without referring to agriculture I did 2 points. 1) drought leads to desertification meaning the land isn't suitable to develop on e.g. in the sahel region and 2) global warming will cause rising sea levels - coastal areas in africa may suffer from flooding, which will damage buildings and infrastructure e.g. cape town
anyone do anything similar? my teacher said it will get good marks

did the second point but for the first point how would desert prevent development? I said that there will be more pressure on healthcare because of increased malaria and cholera ( from dependance on low quality water sources) and that would put pressure on government budget

Reply 97

kinkiro

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Original post by James9072

Found this paper quite nice, managed to finish with about 10-15 minutes left... one question I wasn't sure on was how farmers in south africa may adapt to changes in rainfall and increased temperature, just talked about genetically modified crops to counteract the increase in insects due to higher temperature, and that they might plant different crops

OMG HOW DO YOU FINISH 15 minutes early :eek:

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lizmoo0721

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Original post by beachelsea

have you guys started studying for unit 2? any predictions?

I sat the Unit 2 exam last year. I'm not doing it again but I don't think sustainability will come up in the rebranding sections - it's highly likely to ask a question about contrasting rural and urban rebranding in that section because they haven't asked that for a while - that's what I thought would come up last year.

Good Luck :smile:

Reply 99

lizmoo0721

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Original post by Praveen101

Its already around give or take 60/90 which is pathetically low, they cant reduce it anymore because then it would be ridiculous , how can an A be less than 65%

Last year you needed 80/120 UMS for an A :smile:

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