YEAR 9 (13+) SCHOLARSHIP February 2014 for entry in September 2014 GENERAL PAPER Your Name: Your School: Time allowed: 1 hour 15 minutes (including 5 minutes reading time) Equipment needed: Map and photograph inserts, pen, pencil, lined paper, and eraser. Information for candidates: 1. Write your name and school on this page. 2. Write your answers on the separate paper provided. Please put your name on all the sheets of paper you use. 3. There are two parts to this paper (Geography and History). Answer both parts, beginning each part on a separate piece of paper. 4. The paper will be marked out of 60. The Geography part is worth 30 marks and the History paper is worth 30 marks. Marks available are shown in square brackets [ ]. 5. A summary of marks and time available for the various sections is shown overleaf.
STRUCTURE OF PAPER The paper will begin with 5 minutes reading time, during which you are not permitted to write or mark your paper. PART 1: GEOGRAPHY Total time: 35 minutes Total marks: 30 Section A: Section B: 15 marks - Answer all parts of the question in this section. The recommended time for the section is 15 minutes. 15 marks - Answer one question in this section. The recommended time for the section is 20 minutes. PART 2: HISTORY Total time: 35 minutes Total marks: 30 Answer one question from this section.
PART 1 GEOGRAPHY Section A (Map skills) Answer all parts of the question in this section. The section is worth 15 marks and the recommended time for the section is 15 minutes. 1. Study the map extract for La Ferme Reservoir, Mauritius. The scale is 1:25 000. a) (i) Height above sea level is shown by contour lines. What is the difference in height between the contours on this map? Tick one answer below. 1m 10m 20m 50m 100m Tick (/) [1] (ii) 1km2 10km2 20km2 50km2 100km2 The map has grid lines which make squares. What area of land does one grid square show? Tick one answer below. Tick (/) [1] 1
b) Fig. 1 shows some of the features in the north east part of the map extract. Study Fig. 1 and the map extract, and answer the questions below. Fig. 1 Using the map extract, identify the following features shown on Fig. 1: (i) The type of road at A; (ii) feature B; (iii) the land use at C; (iv) the type of land at D; 2
(v) feature E; (vi) feature F; (vii) the type of boundary at G. c) Fig. 2 shows an area in the south east of the map extract. Fig. 2 Describe the relief of the area shown in Fig 2. [4] 3
d) Look at the straight part of the Riviere Noire road from the southern edge of the map to the bend at 874935 at the settlement at Bambous. (i) Measure the distance along the straight part of the road. Give your answer in metres. metres [1] (ii) What is the compass direction along the road from the southern edge of the Map to Bambous? [Total: 15 marks] 4
Section B Answer either question 1 or 2 in this section. Each question is worth 15 marks and the recommended time for the section is 20 minutes. 1. Coasts a) Study Photograph A (Insert) which shows an area of coastline. (i) Identify the coastal landform shown by Photograph A. Underline the answer which you choose. cliff delta natural arch sand spit [1] (ii) Using only evidence from Photograph A, describe two features of this coastal landform. 1 2 (iii) Show how erosion affects coastlines like the one shown in Photograph A. To do so you should complete the sentences below by using arrows to match the correct beginnings and endings. [2] Hydraulic action Corrasion Corrosion Attrition erodes the coast when the materials carried by the waves hit the rocks makes rocks smaller as they hit each other in the waves wears away the rocks by the weight and power of the waves dissolves the rocks by chemical reactions 5 [4]
(iv) Explain how headlands are formed along some coasts [3] (v) For a named area which you have studied, describe the impacts of a tropical storm. Name of area _ [5] [Total: 15 marks] 6
2. Economic activity a) Study Photographs B, C and D (inserts), which show primary, secondary and tertiary industries. (i) Complete the table below to match Photographs B, C and D with a type of industry. Type of Industry Primary Secondary Tertiary Photograph [3] (ii) Suggest three reasons why a greater percentage of people in Ghana (LEDC) work in primary industry than in Spain (MEDC). 1 2 3 [3] (ii) Choose one of Photographs B, C or D. For the photograph you have chosen, suggest how this industry may benefit local people but may also threaten the natural environment. Photograph chosen A. How may this industry benefit local people? 7
[4] B. How may this industry threaten the natural environment? [5] [Total: 15 marks] 8
PART 2 HISTORY Answer one question from this section. You have 35 minutes. You should spend 10 minutes thinking about and planning your answer. 1. Assess the methods used by any ruler you have studied to deal with the problems they faced during their rule. 2. Explain the impact of any one idea or invention on a period of History you have studied. 3. The main cause of war is competition for scarce resources. How far do you agree? You may write about one war, or several wars. 4. It is impossible to write an accurate history of the lives of ordinary people who lived before the twentieth century. How far do you agree? You may write about one period of History you have studied, or several. [Total: 30 marks] 9