VCE Geography 2016-2020 - Sample Questions

VCE GeographyWritten examination – End of yearSample questionsQuestion 1 (4 marks)Using specific examples, define land use change land cover change. VCAA 2016 – Version 3 – April 2016Page 1

GEOGRAPHY (SAMPLE)Use Figure 1 on pages 2 and 3 of the data book when responding to Question 2.Question 2 (4 marks)The area outlined in red in Figure 1 is suitable for a fieldwork investigation into the processes of land usechange.Consider the following list of investigative methods: interviews with existing site owners and workers a series of ground photographs taken every two weeks constructing annotated transects before and after the start of land use changes conducting research for the site on the internet use of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) to record site characteristicsWhich investigative method would you find most suitable for this task? Explain your choice. VCAA 2016 – Version 3 – April 2016Page 2

GEOGRAPHY (SAMPLE)Question 3 (9 marks)Name the location and the land use change for the selected area of fieldwork that you conductedduring the year.a.Describe one strength and one weakness of the main technique that was used to collect theprimary data for your selected area of fieldwork.4 marksb.Discuss how one geographical characteristic of your selected area of fieldwork has influencedthe change in land use.5 marks VCAA 2016 – Version 3 – April 2016Page 3

GEOGRAPHY (SAMPLE)Question 4 (10 marks)Tr o p i c o f Ca n c e rEquatorTr o p i c o f Ca p r i c o r nN02000 kma.Use the outline map above to map the distribution of the process of desertification at thepresent period.3 marksb.Indicate and name on the outline map above a place where the process of desertification ispresently occurring.2 marksc.Describe the distribution of the process of desertification with reference to world regions andthe specific location you have indicated in part b.5 marks VCAA 2016 – Version 3 – April 2016Page 4

GEOGRAPHY (SAMPLE)Use Figure 2 on page 4 of the data book when responding to Question 5.Question 5 (10 marks)a. Describe the global distribution of forests.5 marksb.5 marksExplain why deforestation is occurring at one location shown in Figure 2. VCAA 2016 – Version 3 – April 2016Page 5

GEOGRAPHY (SAMPLE)Use Figure 3 on page 5 of the data book when responding to Question 6.Question 6 (10 marks)a. Describe the overall trend in the change in global glacier thickness between 1960 and 2005.b.To what extent do volcanic eruptions, such as El Chichón in March 1982, appear to have hadan impact on the overall trend in global glacial thickness? VCAA 2016 – Version 3 – April 2016Page 65 marks5 marks

GEOGRAPHY (SAMPLE)Question 7 (8 marks)a. For one location, describe the impacts of either melting glaciers or melting ice sheets on thelocal environment.b.Using an appropriate criterion, evaluate the effectiveness or likely effectiveness of a globalresponse to the impacts described in part a. VCAA 2016 – Version 3 – April 2016Page 74 marks4 marks

GEOGRAPHY (SAMPLE)Question 8 (6 marks)Describe how a spatial technology has been used to assess changes in land cover using a specific locationexperiencing one of the following processes: deforestation desertification melting glaciers and ice sheets VCAA 2016 – Version 3 – April 2016Page 8

GEOGRAPHY (SAMPLE)Use Figure 4 on pages 6 and 7 of the data book when responding to Question 9.Question 9 (10 marks)‘The global distribution of the human population is uneven and is likely to remain so in the future.’Discuss the statement above. VCAA 2016 – Version 3 – April 2016Page 9

GEOGRAPHY (SAMPLE)Use Figure 5 on pages 8 and 9 of the data book when responding to Question 10.Question 10 (11 marks)‘There is a strong spatial association between the source and destination of China’s internalmigrants and the level of gross domestic product (GDP) per capita.’a.To what extent do you agree with the statement above? Justify your answer.b.Apart from GDP per capita, outline one push factor and one pull factor that could help explainrural-to-urban movements. Use specific examples from at least one other part of the world inyour answer.6 marksPush factor and locational examplePull factor and locational example VCAA 2016 – Version 3 – April 2016Page 105 marks

GEOGRAPHY (SAMPLE)Question 11 (12 marks)Name a country whose population dynamics you studied during the year.a.Describe one major change to the total fertility rate that has occurred in the country namedabove since the 1950s.3 marksb.Discuss one major factor that has contributed to the change in the total fertility rate describedin part a.3 marks VCAA 2016 – Version 3 – April 2016Page 11

GEOGRAPHY (SAMPLE)c.Outline one issue and the related challenges that have developed as a result of the majorchange in the total fertility rate described in part a.Use Figure 6 on pages 10 and 11 of the data book when responding to Question 12.Question 12 (4 marks)Identify where Country A and Country B would be on the Demographic Transition model. Explainyour choices.Country ACountry B VCAA 2016 – Version 3 – April 2016Page 126 marks

GEOGRAPHY (SAMPLE)Question 13 (10 marks)Assess the relevance of Malthus’s ideas in meeting the challenges of a rapidly growing population today. VCAA 2016 – Version 3 – April 2016Page 13

Victorian Certificate of EducationYearGEOGRAPHYWritten examinationDay DatePReading time: *.** to *.** (15 minutes)Writing time: *.** to *.** (2 hours)SMAELDATA BOOKInstructions A question and answer book is provided with this data book. Refer to the data in this book for each question as indicated in the question and answer book. The data contained in this book is drawn from current real-world case studies.Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronicdevices into the examination room. VICTORIAN CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY 2016Version 3 – April 2016

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Figure 2Source: FAO 2010 (www.fao.org/forestry/fra/80298/en/)4

Figure 3Global glacier thickness changeannual changecumulative changes00.10–2–0.1–4–0.2–6 cumulativeglacierthicknesschange–8 (vertical metres)annualthickness–0.3change(vertical metres)–0.4–10–0.5–12–0.6Mt Agung,Feb. 1963–0.71960Mt St Helens,summer 19801970El Chichón,Mar. 1982Mt Pinatubo,June 1991199019802000–142010yearSource: Mark Dyurgerov, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder;in J Salinger, B Fitzharris, T Chinn, ‘New Zealand’s Southern Alps have lost a third of their ice’,The Conversation (website), 29 July 20145TURN OVER

Figure 4A r c t i c Ci r c l eASIAEUROPEMIDDLEEASTTr opi c o f Ca n c erAFRICAE quat o rI ndi anAUSTRALIATr opi c o f Ca p r i c ornO c eanN0500100015002000 kmFigure 4a: World population distributionKey to mapNumber of persons per square kilometre (km2)100 and over50–10010–50riverlakeinternational boundary61–10less than 1

Arc tic Oc e a nNORTHAMERICAA t l ant i cO c eanPa c ificOc e a nSOUTHAMERICANorth e24.7%190019002000Africa57.3%2050Latin America and the Caribbean8.1%13.4%1900200021.7%2050Australia and the 0020002050190020002050Figure 4b: Percentage of world population by region7TURN OVER

Figure 00 kmData: National Bureau of Statistics ChinaFigure 5a: China, number of internal migrantsKey to mapover 2 500 0001 000 000–2 500 000150 000–1 000 000major cityadministrative boundarySICHUAN name of administrative regionareas not included8

Figure 1HEILONGJIANGJILININNER MONGOLIAARNINGXIA HUIARLIAONINGXINJIANG ANGUANGXIZHUANGARGUANGDONGMACAUSARNHONG KONGSARHAINAN0500 kmData: IMF WEOFigure 5b: China, GDP per capita, US dollar, 2014Key to mapadministrative boundaryover 15 00010 000–15 0007500–9999YUNNANname of administrative regionareas not included5000–7499under 50009TURN OVER

Figure 6Country A – 2015malefemale100 ion (in millions)1.20.600age group0.61.21.82.43population (in millions)Source: US Census Bureau International Data BaseFigure 6a10

Country B – 2015malefemale100 n (in thousands)6300age group3691215population (in thousands)Source: US Census Bureau International Data BaseFigure 6bEND OF DATA BOOK11

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