From summer 2024, the total examination
time has changed.
If you intend to use this with students allow
them 1 hour 30 minutes.
AQA GCSE SPECIMEN ASSESSMENT MATERIAL
GEOGRAPHY
Paper 3 Geographical applications
Specimen Time allowed: 1 hour 15 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
• a clean copy of the pre-release resources booklet.
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the bottom of this page.
• Answer all questions.
• You must answer the questions on the spaces provided. Do not write outside the box around
each page or on blank pages.
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.
Information
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The total number of marks available for this paper is 76.
• Spelling, punctuation and grammar will be assessed in Questions 03.2 and 05.4.
Advice
For multiple-choice questions, completely fill in the circle alongside the appropriate answer(s).
CORRECT METHOD WRONG METHODS
If you want to change your answer you must cross out your original answer as shown.
If you wish to return to an answer previously crossed out, ring the answer you now wish to select as
shown.
Please write clearly, in block capitals, to allow character computer recognition.
Centre number Candidate number
Surname
Forename(s)
Candidate signature
This draft qualification has not yet been accredited by Ofqual. It is published to enable teachers to have early sight of our
proposed approach to GCSE Geography. Further changes may be required and no assurance can be given that this
proposed qualification will be made available in its current form, or that it will be accredited in time for first teaching in
September 2016 and first award in August 2018.
, 2
Section A Issue evaluation
Answer all questions in this section.
Question 1 Issue evaluation
Study Figure 1, a map showing the location of ten of the world’s top ten megacities (2014).
Figure 1
Version 1.0
, 3
0 1 . 1 On Figure 1, add the names of the two megacities to the correct boxes.
Use the information in the table below.
[1 mark]
Megacity Latitude Longitude
Lagos 6 °N 3 °E
São Paulo 24 °S 46 °W
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time has changed.
If you intend to use this with students allow
them 1 hour 30 minutes.
AQA GCSE SPECIMEN ASSESSMENT MATERIAL
GEOGRAPHY
Paper 3 Geographical applications
Specimen Time allowed: 1 hour 15 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
• a clean copy of the pre-release resources booklet.
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the bottom of this page.
• Answer all questions.
• You must answer the questions on the spaces provided. Do not write outside the box around
each page or on blank pages.
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.
Information
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The total number of marks available for this paper is 76.
• Spelling, punctuation and grammar will be assessed in Questions 03.2 and 05.4.
Advice
For multiple-choice questions, completely fill in the circle alongside the appropriate answer(s).
CORRECT METHOD WRONG METHODS
If you want to change your answer you must cross out your original answer as shown.
If you wish to return to an answer previously crossed out, ring the answer you now wish to select as
shown.
Please write clearly, in block capitals, to allow character computer recognition.
Centre number Candidate number
Surname
Forename(s)
Candidate signature
This draft qualification has not yet been accredited by Ofqual. It is published to enable teachers to have early sight of our
proposed approach to GCSE Geography. Further changes may be required and no assurance can be given that this
proposed qualification will be made available in its current form, or that it will be accredited in time for first teaching in
September 2016 and first award in August 2018.
, 2
Section A Issue evaluation
Answer all questions in this section.
Question 1 Issue evaluation
Study Figure 1, a map showing the location of ten of the world’s top ten megacities (2014).
Figure 1
Version 1.0
, 3
0 1 . 1 On Figure 1, add the names of the two megacities to the correct boxes.
Use the information in the table below.
[1 mark]
Megacity Latitude Longitude
Lagos 6 °N 3 °E
São Paulo 24 °S 46 °W
Version 1.0 Turn over
