A LEVEL GEOGRAPHY: PAST PAPER 2:
HUMAN INTERACTIONS. ALL ASSESSMENT
& MARK SCHEME CERTIFICATION
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ Spatial patterns.
Answer: ways in which people, places, and characteristics are organized on
the Earth's surface
◍ neolocalism.
Answer: seeking out the regional culture and reinvigorating it in the
response to uncertainty of the modern world. EX) In Lindsborg, Kansas,
they proclaim their town Little Sweden, USA
◍ Census tract.
Answer: Small county subdivisions, usually containing between 2,500 and
8,000 persons, delineated by the U.S. Census Bureau as areas of relatively
uniform population characteristics, economic status, and living conditions.
◍ Two purposes of a map.
Answer: As a reference tool & as a communications tool
◍ Greenwich Mean Time.
Answer: The time in that time zone ecompassing the Prime Meridian, or 0
degrees longitude
◍ Stimulus diffusion.
Answer: the spread of an underlying principle, even though a characteristic
itself apparently fails to diffuse
,◍ Expansion diffusion.
Answer: This category includes 4 types of diffusion
◍ nonmaterial culture.
Answer: beliefs, practices, aesthetics, and values of a group of people. EX)
Hutterites value marrying within their religion
◍ infantcide.
Answer: killing of infants EX) girls are killed in India because they are seen
as a burden due to dowries
◍ Western Wall Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
Answer: Jews and Christians sacred site
◍ Confucianism.
Answer: philosophy of life. Like Taoism, great impacts of Chinese Life.
Confucius was appalled by the poor and suffering and urged them to assert
themselves. Said virtues and abilities, not heritage, should determine
position in society. Altered by emperors over time
◍ Activity space.
Answer: The area within which people move freely on their rounds of
regular activity
◍ Regional Identity.
Answer: The awareness of belonging to a group of people within a region
◍ global language.
Answer: a common language of trade and commerce used around the world.
EX) like lingua franca
◍ Taoism.
Answer: traced to older contemporary of Confucius, Lao-Tsu, who
published Tao-te-Ching or "Book of Way". EX) China. Avoid competition
possession pursuit of knowledge. Evils= war, punishment, takes, and
ceremonial ostentation.
◍ animistic religion.
, Answer: centered on the belief that inanimate objects, such as mts., trees,
rivers, and boulders. posses spirits and should be revered. EX) Shamanism
◍ Data aggregation.
Answer: The process of collecting and organizing large amounts of
information
◍ Environmental determinism.
Answer: A nineteenth- and early twentieth-century approach to the study of
geography that argued that the general laws sought by human geographers
could be found in the physical sciences. Geography was therefore the study
of how the physical environment caused human activities.
◍ hajj/hadj.
Answer: the pilgrimage to Mecca (one of the 5 pillars of Islam) EX) Many
times there have been a lot of deaths due to people trampling each other.
◍ Functional/nodal region.
Answer: An area organized around a node or focal point
◍ Sustainability.
Answer: meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability
of future generations to meet their own needs
◍ GPS.
Answer: A system that determines the precise position of something on
Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers.
◍ Map projection.
Answer: the scientific method of transferring locations on Earth's surface to
a flat map
◍ proportional or graduated circle map.
Answer: Map that uses symbols of different sizes to represent underlying
numerical values.
◍ religion.
Answer: a system of beliefs and practices that attempts to order life in terms
HUMAN INTERACTIONS. ALL ASSESSMENT
& MARK SCHEME CERTIFICATION
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ Spatial patterns.
Answer: ways in which people, places, and characteristics are organized on
the Earth's surface
◍ neolocalism.
Answer: seeking out the regional culture and reinvigorating it in the
response to uncertainty of the modern world. EX) In Lindsborg, Kansas,
they proclaim their town Little Sweden, USA
◍ Census tract.
Answer: Small county subdivisions, usually containing between 2,500 and
8,000 persons, delineated by the U.S. Census Bureau as areas of relatively
uniform population characteristics, economic status, and living conditions.
◍ Two purposes of a map.
Answer: As a reference tool & as a communications tool
◍ Greenwich Mean Time.
Answer: The time in that time zone ecompassing the Prime Meridian, or 0
degrees longitude
◍ Stimulus diffusion.
Answer: the spread of an underlying principle, even though a characteristic
itself apparently fails to diffuse
,◍ Expansion diffusion.
Answer: This category includes 4 types of diffusion
◍ nonmaterial culture.
Answer: beliefs, practices, aesthetics, and values of a group of people. EX)
Hutterites value marrying within their religion
◍ infantcide.
Answer: killing of infants EX) girls are killed in India because they are seen
as a burden due to dowries
◍ Western Wall Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
Answer: Jews and Christians sacred site
◍ Confucianism.
Answer: philosophy of life. Like Taoism, great impacts of Chinese Life.
Confucius was appalled by the poor and suffering and urged them to assert
themselves. Said virtues and abilities, not heritage, should determine
position in society. Altered by emperors over time
◍ Activity space.
Answer: The area within which people move freely on their rounds of
regular activity
◍ Regional Identity.
Answer: The awareness of belonging to a group of people within a region
◍ global language.
Answer: a common language of trade and commerce used around the world.
EX) like lingua franca
◍ Taoism.
Answer: traced to older contemporary of Confucius, Lao-Tsu, who
published Tao-te-Ching or "Book of Way". EX) China. Avoid competition
possession pursuit of knowledge. Evils= war, punishment, takes, and
ceremonial ostentation.
◍ animistic religion.
, Answer: centered on the belief that inanimate objects, such as mts., trees,
rivers, and boulders. posses spirits and should be revered. EX) Shamanism
◍ Data aggregation.
Answer: The process of collecting and organizing large amounts of
information
◍ Environmental determinism.
Answer: A nineteenth- and early twentieth-century approach to the study of
geography that argued that the general laws sought by human geographers
could be found in the physical sciences. Geography was therefore the study
of how the physical environment caused human activities.
◍ hajj/hadj.
Answer: the pilgrimage to Mecca (one of the 5 pillars of Islam) EX) Many
times there have been a lot of deaths due to people trampling each other.
◍ Functional/nodal region.
Answer: An area organized around a node or focal point
◍ Sustainability.
Answer: meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability
of future generations to meet their own needs
◍ GPS.
Answer: A system that determines the precise position of something on
Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers.
◍ Map projection.
Answer: the scientific method of transferring locations on Earth's surface to
a flat map
◍ proportional or graduated circle map.
Answer: Map that uses symbols of different sizes to represent underlying
numerical values.
◍ religion.
Answer: a system of beliefs and practices that attempts to order life in terms
