Mark Scheme (Results)
Summer 2024
Pearson Edexcel GCE
In Geography (9GE0)
Paper 2
,Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications
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a wide range of qualifications including academic, vocational, occupational and specific programmes
for employers. For further information visit our qualifications websites at www.edexcel.com or
www.btec.co.uk. Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details on our contact us page
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they are in the world. We’ve been involved in education for over 150 years, and by working across
70 countries, in 100 languages, we have built an international reputation for our commitment to high
standards and raising achievement through innovation in education. Find out more about how we
can help you and your students at: www.pearson.com/uk
Summer 2024
Question Paper Log Number P74465A
Publications Code 9GE0_02_2024_MS
All the material in this publication is copyright
© Pearson Education Ltd 2024
,General Marking Guidance
• All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners
must mark the first candidate in exactly the same way as they
mark the last.
• Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must
be rewarded for what they have shown they can do rather than
penalised for omissions.
• Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not
according to their perception of where the grade boundaries
may lie.
• There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark
scheme should be used appropriately.
• All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded.
Examiners should always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if
the answer matches the mark scheme. Examiners should also
be prepared to award zero marks if the candidate’s response
is not worthy of credit according to the mark scheme.
• Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will
provide the principles by which marks will be awarded and
exemplification may be limited.
• When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the
mark scheme to a candidate’s response, the team leader must
be consulted.
• Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has
replaced it with an alternative response.
, Question Answer Mark
number Explain one way in which globalisation has increased flows between
countries
AO1 (4 marks)
1(a) (4)
Award 1 mark for a way in which globalisation has increased
connections and flows between countries, with up to a further 3 marks
for an explanation to a maximum of 4 marks.
For example:
• Globalisation has led to increased flow of commodities/goods (1)
through the use of containerisation (1) which are intermodal
allowing for greater speed (1) contributing to a shrinking world
effect/time-space compression. (1)
• Globalisation has also resulted in the increased spread of
information (1) as the internet has brought real-time
communication between distant places/time-space compression
(1) allowing goods and services to be bought instantaneously
(1) through the use of fibre optic cables (1).
• Globalisation has also facilitated the flows of people between
countries (1) as improved transport infrastructure such as
aeroplanes/high-speed rail (1) has reduced the friction of
distance/increased the speed of travel (1) as well as reduced
costs meaning it is accessible to a greater range of people. (1)
• Globalisation has resulted in lengthening connections between
people and places (1), as goods are sourced further away (1)
allowing people access to a great range of goods (1) and
exposure to new cultures (1).
• Globalisation has resulted in a faster speed of connections (1)
due to the growth of technologies such as Microsoft Teams
enabling communication in real time (1), as well as faster travel
between continents (1) as aircraft have become more efficient
and faster (1).
• Globalisation has led to increased flows of capital (1).
Businesses and investment banks buy and sell money in
different currencies to make profits (1). This means that the
shock of the global recession for example is felt across the world
(1) due to the interconnected nature of the world finance
markets (1).
Accept any other appropriate response.
Summer 2024
Pearson Edexcel GCE
In Geography (9GE0)
Paper 2
,Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications
Edexcel and BTEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s largest awarding body. We provide
a wide range of qualifications including academic, vocational, occupational and specific programmes
for employers. For further information visit our qualifications websites at www.edexcel.com or
www.btec.co.uk. Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details on our contact us page
at www.edexcel.com/contactus.
Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere
Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. Our aim is to help everyone progress
in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of learning, for all kinds of people, wherever
they are in the world. We’ve been involved in education for over 150 years, and by working across
70 countries, in 100 languages, we have built an international reputation for our commitment to high
standards and raising achievement through innovation in education. Find out more about how we
can help you and your students at: www.pearson.com/uk
Summer 2024
Question Paper Log Number P74465A
Publications Code 9GE0_02_2024_MS
All the material in this publication is copyright
© Pearson Education Ltd 2024
,General Marking Guidance
• All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners
must mark the first candidate in exactly the same way as they
mark the last.
• Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must
be rewarded for what they have shown they can do rather than
penalised for omissions.
• Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not
according to their perception of where the grade boundaries
may lie.
• There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark
scheme should be used appropriately.
• All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded.
Examiners should always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if
the answer matches the mark scheme. Examiners should also
be prepared to award zero marks if the candidate’s response
is not worthy of credit according to the mark scheme.
• Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will
provide the principles by which marks will be awarded and
exemplification may be limited.
• When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the
mark scheme to a candidate’s response, the team leader must
be consulted.
• Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has
replaced it with an alternative response.
, Question Answer Mark
number Explain one way in which globalisation has increased flows between
countries
AO1 (4 marks)
1(a) (4)
Award 1 mark for a way in which globalisation has increased
connections and flows between countries, with up to a further 3 marks
for an explanation to a maximum of 4 marks.
For example:
• Globalisation has led to increased flow of commodities/goods (1)
through the use of containerisation (1) which are intermodal
allowing for greater speed (1) contributing to a shrinking world
effect/time-space compression. (1)
• Globalisation has also resulted in the increased spread of
information (1) as the internet has brought real-time
communication between distant places/time-space compression
(1) allowing goods and services to be bought instantaneously
(1) through the use of fibre optic cables (1).
• Globalisation has also facilitated the flows of people between
countries (1) as improved transport infrastructure such as
aeroplanes/high-speed rail (1) has reduced the friction of
distance/increased the speed of travel (1) as well as reduced
costs meaning it is accessible to a greater range of people. (1)
• Globalisation has resulted in lengthening connections between
people and places (1), as goods are sourced further away (1)
allowing people access to a great range of goods (1) and
exposure to new cultures (1).
• Globalisation has resulted in a faster speed of connections (1)
due to the growth of technologies such as Microsoft Teams
enabling communication in real time (1), as well as faster travel
between continents (1) as aircraft have become more efficient
and faster (1).
• Globalisation has led to increased flows of capital (1).
Businesses and investment banks buy and sell money in
different currencies to make profits (1). This means that the
shock of the global recession for example is felt across the world
(1) due to the interconnected nature of the world finance
markets (1).
Accept any other appropriate response.
