AQA A-Level Geography Paper 2 2021 Question Paper

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A-level
GEOGRAPHY
Paper 2 Human Geography


Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
Materials For Examiner’s Use
For this paper you must have:
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 a ruler.
You may use a calculator. B

Instructions C
 Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
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 Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
 Answer all questions in Section A and Section B.
 Answer either Question 3 or Question 4 or Question 5 in Section C.
 You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside the box around each
page or on blank pages.
 If you need additional extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of this book.
Write the question number against your answer(s).
 Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.

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 The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
 The total number of marks available for this paper is 120.




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Answer all questions in this section.



Question 1 Global systems and global governance

0 1 . 1 Outline the spatial organisation of one transnational corporation (TNC) you have
studied.
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Figures 1a and 1b are in the insert. box



Figure 1a shows UN peacekeeping forces involved in active service in different
regions between 1955 and 2016.

Figure 1b shows the origin of UN peacekeeper forces in 1995 and 2016.

0 1 . 2 Analyse the data shown in Figure 1a and Figure 1b.
[6 marks]

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Figure 2 shows the destination of China’s biggest exports by total value in 2018. box



Figure 2

Netherlands Norway Finland
Sweden Estonia
Denmark Latvia Russia
UK Lithuania Mongolia DPR Korea
Canada Belarus
Ireland Belgium Germany Poland Kazakhstan
Czech SlovakiaUkraine
Rep. Uzbekistan
France Hungary Hong Kong South
Austria Kyrgyz Rep.
Switzerland Slovenia Romania (SAR) Korea
Bulgaria Tajikistan
USA Portugal
Spain
Croatia Georgia
Turkey Pakistan
Greece
Italy Lebanon Syria Japan
Iraq Iran
Malta Jordan Nepal Myanmar
Cuba Tunisia Libya Israel Kuwait
Bahrain
Mexico Dominican Morocco Egypt Saudi Qatar India Vietnam Taiwan
Republic Mauritania Algeria Arabia
Guatemala
Senegal Guinea Sudan Yemen UAE Laos
Costa Rica Panama Togo Djibouti Oman Bangladesh Cambodia Philippines
Liberia
Venezuela Ethiopia
Colombia Cote d’Ivoire Nigeria Sri Lanka Thailand
Ghana
Ecuador Benin Cameroon Kenya Malaysia Brunei
Brazil DR Congo Marshall Is.
Peru Tanzania Darussalam
Paraguay Angola Mozambique
Chile Uruguay Madagascar Singapore
Indonesia
South Africa
Argentina

Australia
New Zealand

Key
China’s exports, 2018
$100 billion or more
$50 billion – $99.9 billion
$10 billion – $49.9 billion
$1 billion – $9.9 billion
Only countries where China has $1 billion or more in exports are shown.
The size of the country is proportional to the value of imports from China.



0 1 . 3 Using Figure 2 and your own knowledge, assess the importance of geographical
location in trading relationships between major economies such as China and
smaller less developed economies.
[6 marks]

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