HALF YEARLY EXAMINATIONS 2016/2017

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1 SECONDARY SCHOOL - MRIEĦEL HALF YEARLY EXAMINATIONS 2016/2017 Form 3 GEOGRAPHY OPTION TIME: 1hr 30 min Name: Class: Instructions to Candidates Answer all questions in the space provided. Write your answers neatly and in good English. Credit will be given for relevant illustrations. Section 1: Map Reading Figure 1 1. Study carefully the overlying map (Figure 1) and answer the following questions: Form 3 Geography Option page 1 of 10

2 a) Continue the following table by: i. stating the name of the symbol ii. finding the 6-figure grid reference of the following map symbols O.S. Symbol meaning of symbol 6-figure grid reference PO (8) b) What is the compass direction from: Broomhall (6423) to Milltown (6224) Clermont (6424) to Newrath (6425) (2) c) What type of settlement pattern is present at the following grid squares? (2) d) Which type of landform is present at the following grid squares? Choose from: hill bay valley floodplain (4) Form 3 Geography Option page 2 of 10

3 Section 2: Location and Places 2. Study the Map of Asia (Figure 2) and then answer the following questions: Figure 2 a) Name the countries marked by the letters A, B, C and D. (4) countries A B C D b) Name the seas marked by the letters E, F and G. (4) seas E F G Form 3 Geography Option page 3 of 10

4 c) Name the megacity marked by the letter H. (1) H megacity Section 3: Socio-Economic Human Systems 3. a) Fill in the following sentences about population density with the words below: crowded low sparsely densely Places with few people have a population density and so they are populated. Places that are have a high population density. These places are populated. b) How is the population density of a country calculated? (1) c) Complete the table below by working out the population density for Germany and Canada. (2) (4) d) From the table above, i. name the country which has the highest population density (1) ii. name the country which has the lowest population density (1) Form 3 Geography Option page 4 of 10

5 4. Define the terms: a) birth rate: (1) b) death rate: (1) 5. Answer the questions below on China s one child population policy. a) Give one reason for the introduction of the one-child policy in China. (2) b) Briefly explain the one-child policy of China. (3) c) Is this policy still in place today? Why? (2) 6. Figure 3 is a map of the World showing cities with a population of over 5 million. KEY: boundary between MEDCs and LEDCs cities of a population over 5 million Figure 3 Form 3 Geography Option page 5 of 10

6 a) Using Figure 3, how many cities with a population of over 5 million are found in the MEDCs? (1) b) Using Figure 3, which continent has the greatest number of cities with populations over 5 million? (1) c) Explain the distribution of the cities shown in Figure 3. (3) d) What is a megacity? Give an example of a megacity. (2) 7. a) What is urbanisation? (2) b) What is counter-urbanisation? (2) c) People migrate from one place to another due to push and pull factors. Put the following push and pull factors in the correct column, in the table below. (3) better housing and better quality of life. lack of services such as schools and hospitals poor air quality poor wages and shortages of jobs. attraction to bright lights and entertainment. many jobs available PUSH FACTORS PULL FACTORS Form 3 Geography Option page 6 of 10

7 d) Many people from Turkey migrate to Germany each year. i. Which is the receiving country, Turkey or Germany? (1) ii. Underline the correct answer: This type of migration is called (rural to urban, internal, international) migration. (1) iii. Give two reasons to explain why many Turks migrate to Germany. (4) iv. Mention two types of jobs done by migrant workers in Germany in the 1950s and 1960s (2) v. Why did Germany try to stop its inflow of migrant workers in the 1980s? (2) Section 4: Landforms and Processes 8. a) What type of weathering is represented in the Figure 4 below? (1) b) Describe how the rocks in Figure 4 are being broken down by weathering. Figure 4 (2) Form 3 Geography Option page 7 of 10

8 9. Figure 5 below shows the initial stage in the breaking down of rocks through physical weathering. Figure 5 ❷ ❸ a) What is this type of physical weathering called? (1) b) In the boxes provided above, draw two other diagrams to show how this type of weathering will finally break up the rock. Label each diagram correctly. (4) c) Explain how this weathering process breaks down the rock. (3) 10. The photo (Figure 6) shows the volcanic island of Stromboli in the Mediterranean. a) Which one of the three main types of rock is being formed? Figure 6 (1) b) Name an example of this main type of rock. Choose from: limestone, basalt, sandstone, clay. (1) Form 3 Geography Option page 8 of 10

9 c) Explain how sedimentary rocks are formed? Give an example of sedimentary rock. (3) 11. Examine Figure 7. a) What evidence suggests that the landscape shown is made up of sedimentary rocks? (2) Figure 7 b) Draw a diagram of the five rock layers of the Maltese Islands and label it accordingly. (6) Form 3 Geography Option page 9 of 10

10 12. Figure 8 shows a number of karstic landforms. a) Label it accurately with the following terms: impermeable rock swallow hole resurgence stalactite stalagmite cave/cavern Figure 8 (6) b) Explain why the surface stream disappears at A and reappears at B. (2) c) Which is the dominant type of weathering leading to the formation of karst landscapes? (1) << THE END>> Form 3 Geography Option page 10 of 10