Free GCSE Geography Question and Answers

Question 1

What are the top priorities for expenditure in a developed economy?

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Health and Education

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Controlling internal conflicts

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Paying off debts

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Military expenditure

Question 2

How will the birth and mortality rates alter as economies advance?

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Birth rates will go down and average life expectancy will go up

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Birth rates and average life expectancy will both go down

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Birth rates will go up and average life expectancy will go down

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Birth rates will go up and average life expectancy will go down

Question 3

Why is wealth disparity a key indicator of a nation's economic development?

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Inequality can hinder growth as the poorer members of society struggle with poverty

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Inequality is a minor measure in economic growth

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A society is more advanced if everyone has equal wealth

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The greater the inequality, the faster the economy can grow due to very rich individuals

Question 4

The annual increase in prices of products, services, and wages is known as inflation. Why does high inflation indicate that the economy is still in its infancy?

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High inflation shows the government does not have control of the economy

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High inflation means that the GDP is going up rapidly

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If rapid inflation occurs the goods will become cheaper for people to buy

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Only newly formed economies show high levels of inflation

Question 5

Which of the data listed below would you least expect to get from a GIS?

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The names and addresses of all the vicars in Cambridgeshire

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The services available in a town

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The population of a village

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The area of a parish

Question 6

GIS is short for...

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Geographical Information System

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Geographical Information Satellite

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Geodesic Information System

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Geodesic Information Series

Question 7

Which of the following pages in an atlas might be labelled with a picture of a hot desert?

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North Africa, Middle East

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Philippines and Indonesia

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Antarctica

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Russia, Japan

Question 8

Which of the following uses of a GIS is not appropriate?

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Navigating using a map and compass

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GPS mapping

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Crime and surveillance

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Construction and urban design

Question 9

What does Human Development Index mean?

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A measure of the non-economic aspects of a country's economy

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The measure of how a government treats its population

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The factors that lead to deaths and influence life expectancy

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A measure of how an individual human can help the economy grow

Question 10

Which of the following is not a sustainable logging practice?

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Growing monocultures of fast-growing trees that are removed in one single occurrence. Often these faster-growing trees are conifers and similar

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Mimicking natural disasters such as forest fires, tornados and land-slides in areas where the ecosystems have adapted to this occurrence

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Trees are removed individually using traditional methods such as pony logging. These trees are often removed to improve the overall health of the forest

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Trees are only felled when they reach a particular height. This allows young trees a guaranteed life span and the forest will regain full maturity after around 30-50 years