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GEOGRAPHYWritten examination
Friday 13 November 2009 Reading time: 11.45 am to 12.00 noon (15 minutes) Writing time: 12.00 noon to 2.00 pm (2 hours)
QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK
Structure of bookNumber of questions
Number of questions to be answered
Number of marks
5 5 60
• Students are permitted to bring into the examination room: pens, pencils, highlighters, erasers, sharpeners, rulers, coloured water-based pens and markers.
• Students are NOT permitted to bring into the examination room: blank sheets of paper and/or white out liquid/tape.
• No calculator is allowed in this examination.
Materials supplied• Question and answer book of 11 pages.• A data book.
Instructions• Write your student number in the space provided above on this page.
• All written responses must be in English.
At the end of the examination• You may keep the data book.
Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room.
© VICTORIAN CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY 2009
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2009 GEOG EXAM 2
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Question 1
Use Figure 1 on pages 2 and 3 of the data book when responding to Question 1.
a. Name one region of Australia with a population density of more than 10 per square kilometre that was likely to be adversely affected by the 2006 rainfall.
1 mark
b. ‘Victoria and New South Wales were likely to be under considerable pressure from water shortages due to the amount of rainfall received in 2006.’
Provide one piece of evidence supporting this statement.
2 marks
c. Justify one piece of additional information, not shown in Figure 1, that you would need to support your answer to part b.
1 mark
Total 4 marks
InstructionsAnswer all questions in the spaces provided. Refer to the data book as indicated.
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Question 2 – continued
Question 2There are many conflicts over the use of water in the Murray-Darling Basin region. Your answers to the following questions must relate to one specific conflict within the Murray-Darling Basin region.a. On the map below, accurately locate and name the water resource involved in your chosen conflict.
200 km0
N
Murray-Darling Basin region boundaryRiver, permanentRiver, intermittent
Key
2 marks
b. Outline the conflict over the use of water at the location you have mapped above.
2 marks
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c. Describe the viewpoints of two groups or organisations involved in your chosen conflict.
4 marks
d. Discuss a strategy that has been developed to manage your chosen conflict.
4 marks
e. Evaluate the sustainability, or likely sustainability, of the water resource identified in part a. as a result of the implementation of the management strategy discussed in part d.
4 marksTotal 16 marks
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Question 3 – continued
Question 3Use Figure 2 on pages 4 and 5 of the data book when responding to Question 3.
Identify a local resource for which you have collected data in the field.
a. Paradise Beach could be classified as a high-density seasonal recreational resource. In what way is a classification of your local resource similar or different to Paradise Beach?
2 marks
b. Spatial interaction describes the strengths of the relationships between phenomena and places in the environment, and the degree to which they influence or interact with each other over space.
Explain how an example of spatial interaction operates within the region of your local resource.
2 marks
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c. Below is a sketch outline of Figure 2c that appears on page 5 of the data book. Annotate the sketch outline to show how an example of spatial interaction could operate in the Paradise Beach local area.
2 marks
d. On the sketch outline of Figure 2c above, annotate and describe an example of management of the local resource of Paradise Beach.
2 marks
e. Identify and justify a management strategy that has operated successfully within your local resource.
2 marks
Total 10 marks
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Question 4 – continued
Question 4
Use Figure 3 on pages 6 and 7 of the data book when responding to Question 4.
a. Identify and quantify one similarity between the 1984 global distribution pattern of birth rates and the 2009 distribution of birth rates.
2 marks
b. Identify and quantify one difference between the 1984 global distribution pattern of birth rates and the 2009 distribution of birth rates.
2 marks
c. i. Which of the age-sex structures, A, B or C, best fits a falling birth rate for the period illustrated by the two maps?
ii. Give a reason for your choice.
1 + 2 = 3 marks
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d. Describe two reasons why the birth rate for a national population can vary.
Reason one
Reason two
4 marks
e. Name a country you have studied. __________________________________ In relation to this country, discuss i. an impact of changing birth rates on either people or the environment
ii. the response of the relevant national government to this impact.
2 + 2 = 4 marks
Total 15 marks
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Question 5 – continued
Question 5a. i. Use the outline map provided below to map the distribution of a global phenomenon you have studied.
Do not use the phenomenon of human population. ii. On your map, mark the location of one place in the northern hemisphere and one place in the southern
hemisphere. These places must be relevant to your mapped global phenomenon.
3 + 1 = 4 marks
b. Describe the distribution of your global phenomenon including references to the specific places you have marked on your map.
4 marks
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c. ‘Social factors are the most important factors to explain the distribution of global phenomena.’ Evaluate this statement in reference to your mapped global phenomenon.
4 marks
d. Discuss the effectiveness of one particular response from a government or nongovernment organisation to your global phenomenon.
3 marks
Total 15 marks
END OF QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK
Victorian Certificate of Education 2009
GEOGRAPHYWritten examination
Friday 13 November 2009
Reading time: 11.45 am to 12.00 noon (15 minutes) Writing time: 12.00 noon to 2.00 pm (2 hours)
DATA BOOK
Directions to students
• 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 electronic devices into the examination room.
© VICTORIAN CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY 2009
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Figure 1 Water as a resource
Figure 1a: Australia’s population distribution
Darwin
Perth
Adelaide
Melbourne
Hobart
Canberra
Sydney
Brisbane
5000
50 and above
Number of persons per km2 State/Territoryboundary
river
1000 km
N
10–50 1–10 Less than 1
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Figure 1b: Australia’s rainfall, 2006
5000
belowaverage
Rainfall, 2006
1000 km
N
very muchbelow average
loweston record
aboveaverage
average very muchabove average
higheston record
Figure 1c: Australia’s water consumption, by regions
5000
1250 to 1830
Water consumption, gigalitres
1000 km
N
910 to 1250 350 to 910 160 to 350 Less than 160
Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Source: Experimental Estimates of Regional Water Use, Australia
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Fanari
New Port
Airport
Argyraina
Old Port
Chora
Tourlos
Ano Mera
LakeMarathiou
LakeFokos
Metallia
Tagou
Paradise Beach
Super Paradise
Marathi
Mykonos
Key
ports beaches ParadiseBeach
airport main road minor road Choratown centre
0 5 km
N
Figure 2 Local Resources
Figure 2a: Location of Paradise Beach, Mykonos, Greece
Figure 2b: Background Information
ANTARCTICA
AFRICA
ASIA
AUSTRALIAAND OCEANIA
SOUTHAMERICA
NORTHAMERICA
EUROPE
Mykonos,Greece
Mykonos is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea, part of the larger Mediterranean Sea. It has become one of the most popular tourist destinations for the local Greek population together with visitors from other countries. It is renowned for its beaches and clear sea water which are backed by steep, rocky mountains. Together with boutique shopping and a vibrant night life, more than one million people visit Mykonos in a year, mostly during the warmer months from April through to October. The island has a
permanent population of around 11 000 including 4 000 foreign residents.
Paradise Beach is one of many beaches on Mykonos. It is well serviced with a restaurant, bus stop and car park. The beach is carefully managed with cleaning taking place every morning before the day visitors arrive. Visitors pay a fee for lounge chairs and shade.
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Figure 2c: Paradise Beach, Greece
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Figure 3 Human Population
Figure 3a: Birth rates, 1984
Figure 3b: Birth rates, 2009
Key to Figures 3a and 3b
0 2500 km1250
N
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
Arctic Circle
0 2500 km1250
N
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
Arctic Circle
Source: US Census Bureau, International Data Base
Source: US Census Bureau, International Data Base
less than 1818–2728–3637–45more than 45Birth rates per 1000 people
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Figure 3c: Age-sex structure for selected countries, 2009
0–4
0
population (in millions)
12345 543210
5–910–1415–1920–2425–2930–3435–3940–4445–4950–5455–5960–6465–6970–7475–7980+
age groupmale female
Source: US Census Bureau, International Data Base
A
0–45–9
10–1415–1920–2425–2930–3435–3940–4445–4950–5455–5960–6465–6970–7475–7980–8485–8990–9495–99100+
020406080100120140
Source: US Census Bureau, International Data Base
12010080604020
population (in thousands)
1400
age groupmale femaleB
0–45–9
10–1415–1920–2425–2930–3435–3940–4445–4950–5455–5960–6465–6970–7475–7980–8485–8990–9495–99100+
Source: US Census Bureau, International Data Base
age groupmale female
0
population (in millions)
0.51.01.52.02.5 2.52.01.51.00.50
C