SPECIMEN ASSESSMENT MATERIAL
A-level AQA
GEOGRAPHY
Paper 2 Human geography
Specimen Question Paper Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
a pencil
a rubber
a ruler.
You may use a calculator.
Instructions
Answer all questions in Section A and Section B.
Answer either Question 3 or Question 4 or Question 5 in Section C.
Information
The total number of marks available for this paper is 120.
Advice
For the multiple-choice questions, completely fill in the circle alongside the appropriate answer.
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
, 2
DO NOT WRITE ON THIS PAGE
ANSWER IN THE SPACES PROVIDED
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Section A
Global systems and global governance
Answer all questions.
0 1 . 1 Explain how one transnational corporation (TNC) has contributed to the globalisation
of the world’s economy.
[4 marks]
Question 1 continues on the next page
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Figures 1, 2 and 3 show climatic statistics for three places in Antarctica.
Figure 1
Temperatures (degrees Celsius)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Mean
Annual
temperature
1 32 44 58 65 66 65 67 68 66 57 43 42 -56
2 28 41 54 57 57 58 60 60 60 51 38 28 -49
3 0 6 14 17 19 19 22 23 21 16 7 1 -14
1 = Vostok (78 degrees S - near to the 'Pole of Inaccessibility' - the point on Antarctica
that is furthest from the sea in any direction). Height 3448 metres
2 = Amundsen-Scott (90 degrees S - the base at the South Pole). Height 2880 metres
3 = McMurdo (79 degrees S - on the coast of the Ross Sea). Height 24 metres
Figure 2
Precipitation (mm water equivalent)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
1 0.1 0 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 4.1
2 0.2 0.3 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0.1 0.8
3 15 21.2 24.1 18.4 23.7 24.9 15.6 11.3 11.8 9.7 9.5 15.7 200.9
Specimen assessment material
A-level AQA
GEOGRAPHY
Paper 2 Human geography
Specimen Question Paper Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
a pencil
a rubber
a ruler.
You may use a calculator.
Instructions
Answer all questions in Section A and Section B.
Answer either Question 3 or Question 4 or Question 5 in Section C.
Information
The total number of marks available for this paper is 120.
Advice
For the multiple-choice questions, completely fill in the circle alongside the appropriate answer.
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
, 2
DO NOT WRITE ON THIS PAGE
ANSWER IN THE SPACES PROVIDED
Specimen assessment material
, 3
Section A
Global systems and global governance
Answer all questions.
0 1 . 1 Explain how one transnational corporation (TNC) has contributed to the globalisation
of the world’s economy.
[4 marks]
Question 1 continues on the next page
Specimen assessment material
Turn over
, 4
Figures 1, 2 and 3 show climatic statistics for three places in Antarctica.
Figure 1
Temperatures (degrees Celsius)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Mean
Annual
temperature
1 32 44 58 65 66 65 67 68 66 57 43 42 -56
2 28 41 54 57 57 58 60 60 60 51 38 28 -49
3 0 6 14 17 19 19 22 23 21 16 7 1 -14
1 = Vostok (78 degrees S - near to the 'Pole of Inaccessibility' - the point on Antarctica
that is furthest from the sea in any direction). Height 3448 metres
2 = Amundsen-Scott (90 degrees S - the base at the South Pole). Height 2880 metres
3 = McMurdo (79 degrees S - on the coast of the Ross Sea). Height 24 metres
Figure 2
Precipitation (mm water equivalent)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
1 0.1 0 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 4.1
2 0.2 0.3 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0.1 0.8
3 15 21.2 24.1 18.4 23.7 24.9 15.6 11.3 11.8 9.7 9.5 15.7 200.9
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