Edexcel a level geography paper 2 mark scheme june 2023

Mark Scheme (Results) Summer 2023 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 or . Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details on our contact us page at 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: Summer 2023 Question Paper Log Number P72620RRA Publications Code 9GE0_02_2306_MS All the material in this publication is copyright © Pearson Education Ltd 2023 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 number Explain one reason why some locations remain ‘switched off’ from globalisation (3.3c) Answer Mark 1(a) AO1 (4 marks) Award 1 mark for one reason why locations are switched off from globalisation, with up to a further 3 marks for an explanation to a maximum of 4 marks. For example: • Countries which are landlocked/lack a coastline (1) therefore deterring inward investment from TNCs (1) who are seeking an import/export base (1) resulting in a lack of flows of trade/limited connections to the global trading market (1). • Countries with limited levels of education (1) result in populations who lack the skills or literacy levels (1) needed to attract inward investment from the TNCs (1) resulting in high reliance on subsistence farming which does not contribute to the development of the national economy (1). • Countries which are politically isolated/authoritarian government (1) have minimised trade/connections/communications with the outside world (1) instead focusing on ‘junche’/self-sufficiency (1) resulting in limited economic and social connections to the global world (1). • Countries located in regions with unfavourable climatic conditions (1) can have limited development of transport and trade connections (1) meaning the interiors of the countries are less well connected (1) resulting in unequal access to the global market (1). If more than one way is given, credit the stronger one. Accept any other appropriate response. (4) Question number Assess the positive and negative impacts of the spread of a ‘westernised’ global culture (3.6abc/3.8c) Answer 1(b) AO1 (3 marks)/AO2 9 marks) Marking instructions Markers must apply the descriptors in line with the general marking guidance and the qualities outlined in the levels-based mark scheme below. Responses that demonstrate only AO1 without any AO2 should be awarded marks as follows: • Level 1 AO1 performance: 1 mark • Level 2 AO1 performance: 2 marks • Level 3 AO1 performance: 3 marks. Indicative content guidance The indicative content below is not prescriptive and candidates are not required to include all of it. Other relevant material not suggested below must also be credited. Relevant points may include: AO1 • Culture includes a range of trait