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I've been thinking, seeing as there was no case studies in unit 1 paper, if there would be any point in learning any for unit 2. it seems like it would be a waste of time if non came up.???!

Don't ever think that : /
It can still come up, exams are unpredictable... Especially a Top Down and Bottom up project in development dilemmas. :smile:

You should just revise anything your feel you're struggling with and do your best.
This unit is mostly common sense anyways.
Good Luck, even though I don't know you... I am sure you'll do great.

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an1taxx

For the unit 2 exam past paper there are question headings like 'Living Spaces' and 'Making a Living' which one is Globalisation and which one is Changing economy in the UK? because those are the what the topics are called in my textbook

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10MCici

This is the first year of the new specification. 'Living Spaces' and 'Making a Living' are no longer in the paper.
But I think 'Making a Living' is the equivalent to Changing the economy in the UK, but I don't think there is an equivalent of Globalisation in the past papers.
Bare in mind that questions asked in the past papers may include things you don't need to know or not include the things you do.

Reply 23

NEXUSFAN

Looks like it was hard on every exam board, I did AQA!

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Reply 24

econam

Yeah still learn them and try put them into an answer. Apparently the exam board have stopped using the 'using a named example' phrase and instead are just expecting it. Trying to push students further or something. This was in an email from the chief geo edexcel guy.

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romaiseb

How did you all find unit 2? :smile:

Reply 26

econam

I found it good - I thought the questions were accessible. How about you?

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Reply 27

sandpitturtle

so much better than unit 1

Reply 28

romaiseb

Original post by econam

I found it good - I thought the questions were accessible. How about you?

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It was actually better than I expected - but there was just one 6 marker that I didn't get. It was the one about how some organisations help developing economies or something like that...

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sandpitturtle

Original post by romaiseb

It was actually better than I expected - but there was just one 6 marker that I didn't get. It was the one about how some organisations help developing economies or something like that...

what global organisations? question 3, it was like wto (world trade organisation) and another one I can't remember haha yeah but I didnt write enough in that one

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econam

Original post by ella_chloe

what global organisations? question 3, it was like wto (world trade organisation) and another one I can't remember haha yeah but I didnt write enough in that one

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You could have said WTO, World Bank, IMF, United Nations and TNC's. I mentioned all just to be safe aha

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Reply 31

sandpitturtle

and they repeated the exact same question from sample assessment material on 1c!!

literally remembered going over the mark scheme haha, just wrote down what I remembered haha didnt expect to see that

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Reply 32

romaiseb

Original post by ella_chloe

What did you write for that question? I wrote about migration, 'baby booms', conflict + war, and some other stuff which I can't remember but I'm not sure if it's worth 6/6

Reply 33

fudgeboy989

Original post by romaiseb

What did you write for that question? I wrote about migration, 'baby booms', conflict + war, and some other stuff which I can't remember but I'm not sure if it's worth 6/6

Changing social attitudes to marriage, improved contraception, new tech that allows infertile parents to conceive, wars, pandemics, and famine due to resource shortage.

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Reply 34

sandpitturtle

Original post by romaiseb

What did you write for that question? I wrote about migration, 'baby booms', conflict + war, and some other stuff which I can't remember but I'm not sure if it's worth 6/6

6 marks would be somewhere on lines of birth rate - increase or decline
death rate - war famine conflict drought etc. and can't remember last factor its on the sample assessment material mark scheme though :smile:

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