GCSE Geography Edexcel B - key case study facts for paper 1

Question 1

Define “quality of life”

Answer 1

a state of wellbeing

Question 2

Name 2 TNCs that operate in India.

Answer 2

BT + VW (Volkswagen)

Question 3

Name 2 affluent (wealthy) areas in Mumbai.

Answer 3

Calarva/The malabar hills

Question 4

What is the population density in Bangladesh?

Answer 4

1115 people per kilometer squared

Question 5

Name Mumbai’s largest slum.

Answer 5

Daravi

Question 6

Name 1 source of pollution to the river Ganges.

Answer 6

leather tanneries (chromium)

Question 7

Define ‘vulnerable”

Answer 7

At risk of something

Question 8

Describe the site of Mumbai. [3 marks]

Answer 8

Mumbai is located on the west coast of India [1]
It is located on a narrow peninsula [1]
it is located on low lying land [1]

Question 9

State what is meant by Foreign Direct Investment.

Answer 9

When a TNC invest’s money and builds infastructure in another country to help it develop.

Question 10

State 2 conditions needed for tropical cyclones to form.

Answer 10

Water temperature above 26.5 degrees C
Cyclones can only form between 5-70 degrees North or South of the equator

Question 11

What type of land use is typically found in the CBD?

Answer 11

Commercial

Question 12

Name stages 1 and 3 in Rostow’s model.

Answer 12

Traditional society [Stage 1]
Take off [Stage 3]

Question 13

In what decade did the global shift take place?

Answer 13

1990s

Question 14

State 2 pieces of evidence for natural climate change.

Answer 14

Ice cores
Tree rings
Historical records
Art + literature

Question 15

Sate 1 difference between formal and informal employment.

Answer 15

Formal is taxed and regulated, informal is not.

Question 16

Describe 1 characistic of informal employment.

Answer 16

small, cheap, only effects a small group of people

Question 17

Which plate boundary involves the subduction of an oceanic plate?

Answer 17

Convergant destructive

Question 18

What is a megacity?

Answer 18

A city with a population of 10 million + people

Question 19

State 1 reason why birth rates fall as countries develop.

Answer 19

access to contraception

Question 20

Name the 2 types of volcano.

Answer 20

shield + composite

Question 21

what name is given to cities with a much larger influence than other cities?

Answer 21

primate city

Question 22

Define meternal mortality

Answer 22

the number of mothers per 100,000 that die in childbirth

Question 23

why is the inside of the earth hot?

Answer 23

radiation is emitted from the earth’s core