Geography Department

GCSE Geography
Revision Book
Year 10

Settlement and People

1.
What is the difference between settlement site and settlement
situation?
2.
What six factors led to the growth of different settlement types?
3.
What is a nucleated settlement?
4.
What factors lead to the development of dispersed settlement
patterns?
5.
Draw a diagram to show settlement hierarchy.
6.
What is an areas sphere of influence?
7.
Give examples of low and high order goods.
8.
What is a hinterland? Explain central place theory.
9.
Name six functions used to classify settlements.
10.
What three factors lead to the change in function of a settlement
over time? Explain each and give an example.
11.
Draw the diagrams to show the concentric ring model (Burgess),
the sector model (Hoyt) and the multiple nuclei model (Ullman and Harris) of
urban land use.
12.
Define these terms: CBD; Zone of Transition; Gentrification;
Dormitory Village; Brown Field Site.
13.
What are the characteristics of the CBD?
14.
What is a definition of urbanisation?
15.
Give three causes of urbanisation in LEDCs?
16.
What are millionaire cities? Give an MEDC and LEDC example.
17.
What are the problems of urbanisation in a) the countryside b) the
city?
18.
What is counter-urbanisation? Is it happening in mainly MEDCs or
LEDCs?
19.
Give six reasons for counter-urbanisation.
20.
Describe the six stage process by which counter-urbanisation
changes the character of villages.
21.
What strategies are being adopted to solve the problem of traffic
congestion in MEDC cities?
22.
How can the closure of traditional manufacturing industries lead to
inner city problems?
23.
What is the doughnut effect? Use a diagram to explain and give an
example.
24.
Give two other names for shanty towns.
25.
What are two negative consequences of overcrowding in LEDC
cities?
26.
What is a conurbation?
27.
Explain why a) Greenbelts and b) New Towns are necessary.
28.
What is the Rural Urban Fringe, and what are its characteristics?

People, Work and Development Industry

1.
Write an exact definition of the four types of industry, and give two
examples of each.
2.
Place the following jobs under the correct heading: primary,
secondary, tertiary or quaternary. Nurse, electrician, farmer, research
scientist, fisherman, violin maker, double glazing salesperson, car factory
worker, coal miner, librarian, forestry worker, solicitor, taxi driver.
3.
What are: a) arable farms; b) pastoral farms; c) mixed farms?
4.
Explain what is meant by the following: a) intensive farms; b)
extensive farms; c) subsistence farms; c) commercial farms.
5.
Draw a sketch map of the UK and mark on the main areas of hill
sheep farming, mixed farming, dairying, and intensive cereal farming.
6.
What is diversification? Give examples of farm diversification.
7.
How does intensive farming destroy habitats and pollute rivers?
8.
Explain how organic and sustainable farming projects help to
protect the environment.
9.
Explain why the North of England and South Wales experienced
the most development during the Industrial Revolution.
10.
Why do ports have an important influence on industrial location?
11.
How can labour supply influence industrial location?
12.
List advantages and disadvantages of road transport.
13.
Write down reasons why traditional manufacturing has declined in
MEDCs.
14.
Describe how the pattern of employment has changed since 1945,
refer to primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary sectors.
15.
What is a footloose industry?
16.
What are the formal and informal industrial sectors in LEDCs?
17.
Give reasons why many LEDCs have problems developing their
industrial base.
18.
What are NICs? Why have the countries of the Pacific Rim
become so important to world industry?
19.
What are the advantages to TNCs (Trans National Corporations) of
having operations in different parts of the world?
20.
Draw up a table of advantages and disadvantages of TNCs to the
host country.
21.
Why is congestion a problem for MEDCs?
22.
Why is shortage of transport networks a problem for many LEDCs?
23.
How might fair trade help people in LEDCs?

People, Work and Development Tourism and Conflict

1. Name the National Parks of England and Wales.
2. List three features of a National Park.
3. Which bodies are responsible for looking after the National Park?
4. What is a honey-pot site? What problems arise in them?
5. Explain why conflicts often arise in National Parks.
6. Suggest how conflicts may be resolved.
7. Why are there many people who take more than one holiday a year?
8. What development has enabled people to take holidays abroad on a
regular basis?
9. Give reasons why specialist holidays have developed.
10.
Give three advantages that tourism brings to LEDCs.
11.
What does ecotourism mean?
12.
Explain how ecostourism limits the impact of tourists on the
environment.
13.
List three ways in which the attitudes of tourists from MEDCs are
different to those of people in LEDCSs.

Settlement IGCSE Exam Questions

1. What is meant by the term urbanization? (1 mark)
2. Draw and label Hoyts sector model of urban land use. (3 marks)
3. What are shanty towns? (2 marks)
4. Using an example you have studied, describe how shanty towns
can be improved. (4 marks)
5. How are land use zones in LEDCs different from MEDCs? (2
marks)
6. Describe the characteristics of a CBD in an MEDC. (3 marks)
7. Describe the problems caused by the decline of inner cities in
MEDCs. (4 marks)
8. Using an example you have studied, explain how inner city areas
may be improved. (6 marks)

Unit 4: Industry GCSE Exam Questions

1. What is primary industry? (1 mark)
2. How are primary and secondary industries linked? (2 marks)
3. Give two reasons why employment structures change. (2 marks)
4. For an industry you have studied, explain how raw materials, labour
and markets have influenced its location. (6 marks)
5. What is a transnational corporation? (1 mark)
6. How do governments of LEDCs influence the location of
transnational corporations? (4 marks)
7. Using an example you have studied, explain the advantages and
disadvantages of transnational corporations to LEDCs. (6 marks)
8. What can countries do to manage increasing demands for energy?
(6 marks)
9. What is ecotourism? (1 mark)
10. How can tourism be developed, while protecting the environment?
(5 marks)

GCSE Case Study Example Questions

Unit 3: People and place:
Case Study: Different types of housing in a town or city.
For a named town or city in an MEDC or an LEDC:
a) Name the town or city.
b) Describe the distribution of different types of housing.
(Draw diagrams or sketch maps if you wish).
c) Explain why different groups of people live in these
housing areas.
(8 marks)
Case Study: Improving services.
a)
Name a place where services have been improved.
b)
State whether this place is in an urban (town or city)
or rural (village or countryside) area.
c)
Describe how these services have been improved.
d)
Explain how these improvements affected different
groups of people.
(8 marks)
Case Study: A place that people have migrated away from.
a)
Name a place that people have migrated away from.
b)
State whether this place is urban (town or city) or
rural (village or countryside).
c)
Describe the factors that caused people to migrate.
Refer to push and pull factors.
d)
Explain how the area they migrated away from was
affected.
e)
place is in an urban (town or city) or rural (village
or countryside) area.
(8 marks)

GCSE Case Study Example Questions

People, work and industry:
Case Study: The location of a primary OR tertiary economic activity.
a) Name a place where you have studied a primary or
tertiary economic activity. State whether you are writing about a
primary or tertiary activity.
b) Draw a labeled sketch map to show the location of
the economic activity.
c) Explain the advantages and disadvantages of this
location now.
(8 marks)
Case Study: The effect of overseas investment on a country or region.
For a named country or region you have studied:
a) Describe how overseas investment has affected employment
opportunities.
b) Explain any social and environmental impacts that the overseas
investment has had on the country or region.
(8 marks)