Year 11: Possible Extended Questions Population Dynamics 1. Using examples explain why it is difficult to predict future population growth. 2. Explain why the future growth of world population is hard to predict. 3. Explain why global population growth rates are slowing down. 4. Explain how population growth rates and population structure change as a country develops. 5. Describe the social and economic challenges of an ageing population. 6. Describe the challenges faced by a country with a youthful population. 7. Outline the issues faced by countries with an ageing/youthful population. 8. Describe the tensions that may arise from different population policies. 9. With reference to examples explain how governments may try to manage the population growth. 10. Describe the methods governments can use to control population size. 11. With reference to examples outline why governments may try to manage their populations. 12. Evaluate the success of population policies in different countries. 13. With reference to examples explain why countries may need to control migration. 14. Explain why migration policies vary from country to country. 15. Using named examples explain why some countries choose to increase immigration but other chose to reduce it. 16. Outline the issues that may arise as a result of migration policies.
Consuming Resources 1. For a named resource describe the inequalities in its consumption. 2. Explain why the supply and consumption of different resources change. 3. Describe factors that can affect the supply and consumption of different resources. 4. Describe how supplies of resources lead to a world of have and have nots as countries have different levels of resources base. 5. Describe how the demand for resources is linked to a countries level of development. 6. For a named non-renewable energy resource, describe the reasons for the variations in its supply and consumption. 7. In the future it is likely that there will be more pressure on energy supplies. Explain the pressure that could result from global and economic growth, and changing international relations. 8. Explain the differences in the theories of Malthus and Boserup about the relationship between population and resources. 9. Explain why Boserup suggests that population growth might be a good thing. 10. Describe how technology might solve the problem of resources shortages. 11. Explain how technology might fix problems of declining resources. 12. Explain why using renewable resources is more sustainable than using non-renewable resources. 13. Describe ways in which resource consumption can be made more sustainable. 14. Explain how national and local government policy can help to reduce resource consumption. 15. Describe how renewable resources or new technologies might solve the problem of resource shortages.
Globalisation 1. Describe the changes in employment that take place as a country develops. 2. Describe how the balance of employment sectors changes with a countries development. 3. With reference to examples describe how working conditions may change as a country develops. 4. Compare the importance of different employment sectors in 2 countries at different stages of development. 5. Compare the working conditions of 2 countries and different stages of development and the reasons for different working conditions. 6. Describe the institutions/groups/organisations that are involved in creating a more global economy. 7. Describe how international organisations contribute to globalisation 8. Examine the positive and negative impacts of globalisation on different groups of people. 9. Explain why international trade/foreign direct investment has grown rapidly in the last 50 years. 10. Describe how trade and foreign direct investment help the growth of the global economy. 11. Describe how the growth of TNC s drive the processes of globalisation. 12. Describe how TNC s have driven the process of global shift. 13. Describe how mergers and state-led investment have led to an increase in trade in the last 50 years. 14. Using an example, outline how and why one TNC in the secondary sector operates in different parts of the world. 15. Using an example, outline how and why one TNC in the tertiary sector operates in different parts of the world.
Development Dilemmas 1. Describe ways in which development can be measured. 2. Explain the usefulness of different ways of measuring development. 3. Explain why there are differences in the level of development between countries. 4. With reference to an example describe possible barriers a country may face to progress. 5. With reference to an example describe recent developments within a country and barriers that could limit further progress. 6. Examine why levels of development vary between rural and urban areas in the developing world. 7. Describe why there may be regional differences in terms of development in a country. 8. Using examples explain how Rostow s theory helps us to understand how countries develop. 9. Using a named example, examine the impact of a top-down development project on different groups of people. 10. Using examples compare the characteristics of a top-down project to a bottom-up project.
Changing Settlements in the UK 1. For two contrasting rural regions in the UK, examine the reasons for the differences in their levels of deprivation. 2. What are the challenges faced by people in rural areas? 3. With reference to examples describe how processes have changed urban areas. 4. With reference to 2 examples explain how processes have resulted in differences in the quality of living of urban areas. 5. With reference to examples describe how different types of rural settlements have developed. 6. For one named urban area describe why there is an increasing demand of people wanting to live there. 7. For one named urban area explain the impacts of a rising demand for residential areas. 8. What are the economic, social and environmental impacts of the demand for more living space in a named urban area. 9. Using named examples, examine the success of urban regeneration and rebranding strategies. 10. Describe strategies to improve the quality of settlements in rural regions. 11. Describe strategies to make rural areas more sustainable. 12. With reference to examples, describe strategies to stimulate the economy and slow down out-migration from rural areas. 13. Evaluate the success of planning policies which conserve the landscape whilst allowing economic development in rural areas.
The Challenges of an Urban World. 1. Explain the rapid growth of cities in developing countries in recent years. 2. Using named examples, compare the challenges facing cities in the developed and developing worlds. 3. For a named city in the developed world, examine the success of attempts to develop more sustainable transport. 4. Contrast the economic activities, spatial growth and population of megacities in the developed and developing world. 5. Using examples describe the social and environmental challenges resulting from rapid growth of cities in the developed world. 6. Using examples describe the challenges facing cities in the developing world. 7. Explain why the eco-footprints of cities vary around the world. 8. Describe how one city in the developed world has tried to reduce its eco-footprint. 9. For one named city in the developed world examine its success at trying to reduce its ecofootprint. 10. Explain how the environmental impact of cities in the developed world can be measured by their eco-footprint and how this can be reduced. 11. Evaluate the success of strategies to improve the quality of life in cities in the developed world. 12. Explain how self-help schemes, urban planning and NGO s can help to manage challenges in cities in the developing world. 13. Describe how cities in the developing world have tried to improve the quality of life in cities. 14. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of attempts to develop less polluted cities.