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Pearson Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9–1)
Friday 6 June 2025
Afternoon (Time: 1 hour 30 minutes) Paper
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Geography A 🟐 🟐
PAPER 2: The Human Environment
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Resource Booklet (enclosed)
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PEARSON EDEXCEL LEVEL 1/LEVEL2 GCSE GEOGRAPHY PAPER 2:
THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT QUESTIONS JUNE 2025
Instructions
•• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
centre number and candidate number.
•• InIn Section
Section A
C and Section
answer answer all
all ofB Question questions.
3 and one question from either Question 4 or
• Answer
Question 5.
the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
• Where asked you must show all your working out with your answer clearly
identified at the end of your solution.
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•• The total mark for this paper is 94.
The marks for each question are shown in brackets
• The marks available for spelling, punctuation and grammar are clearly indicated.
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
Advice
•• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
Check your answers if you have time at the end.
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, SECTION A
Changing Cities
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Answer ALL questions in this section.
Write your answers in the spaces provided.
Some questions must be answered with a cross in a box . If you change your mind about an
answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross .
1 (a) Identify the correct definition for the term de-centralisation.
(1)
A movement of people from rural areas to the Central Business District
B shift of economic activity away from the Central Business District
C greater inequality within the Central Business District
D growth in the number of factories in the Central Business District
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, (b) Study Figure 1a below.
Percentage (%) of the
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world’s urban population
55
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
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15
10
5
0
Africa Asia Europe America Oceania
(North and South)
Area
Key
1950
2015 DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
2050 (predicted)
Figure 1a
Percentage (%) distribution of the world’s urban population by area
(i) Complete Figure 1a by plotting the data in the table below.
(1)
Area Year Percentage (%)
Africa 1950 6
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Candidate surname Other names
Centre Number Candidate Number
Pearson Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9–1)
Friday 6 June 2025
Afternoon (Time: 1 hour 30 minutes) Paper
reference 1GA0/02
Geography A 🟐 🟐
PAPER 2: The Human Environment
You must have: Total Marks
Resource Booklet (enclosed)
Calculator, ruler
PEARSON EDEXCEL LEVEL 1/LEVEL2 GCSE GEOGRAPHY PAPER 2:
THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT QUESTIONS JUNE 2025
Instructions
•• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
centre number and candidate number.
•• InIn Section
Section A
C and Section
answer answer all
all ofB Question questions.
3 and one question from either Question 4 or
• Answer
Question 5.
the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
• Where asked you must show all your working out with your answer clearly
identified at the end of your solution.
Information
•• The total mark for this paper is 94.
The marks for each question are shown in brackets
• The marks available for spelling, punctuation and grammar are clearly indicated.
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
Advice
•• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
Check your answers if you have time at the end.
Turn over
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BLANK PAGE
2
, SECTION A
Changing Cities
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Answer ALL questions in this section.
Write your answers in the spaces provided.
Some questions must be answered with a cross in a box . If you change your mind about an
answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross .
1 (a) Identify the correct definition for the term de-centralisation.
(1)
A movement of people from rural areas to the Central Business District
B shift of economic activity away from the Central Business District
C greater inequality within the Central Business District
D growth in the number of factories in the Central Business District
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DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
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, (b) Study Figure 1a below.
Percentage (%) of the
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world’s urban population
55
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
15
10
5
0
Africa Asia Europe America Oceania
(North and South)
Area
Key
1950
2015 DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
2050 (predicted)
Figure 1a
Percentage (%) distribution of the world’s urban population by area
(i) Complete Figure 1a by plotting the data in the table below.
(1)
Area Year Percentage (%)
Africa 1950 6
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