GEOGRAPHY 8035/2 PAPER 2
COMPREHENSIVE SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ What does infant mortality rate indicate? Answer: The quality of
the country's healthcare system.
◉ What does doctors per 1,000 people indicate? Answer: The
amount of money the country spends of medical services.
◉ What is literacy rate? Answer: The percentage of adults that can
read and write.
◉ What does literacy rate indicate? Answer: The quality of the
country's education system.
◉ What does a high percentage of the population in access to safe
water indicate? Answer: The quality of the country's modern
infrastructure (e.g. dams / water treatment plants).
◉ What factors limit the usefulness of economic and social measures
of development? Answer: - Data could be outdated / hard to collect
,- Data may be unreliable
- They give an average so don't show regional variations
◉ What does DTM stand for? Answer: Demographic Transition
Model.
◉ What does the DTM show? Answer: The change over time of the
country's population.
◉ What is the gap between birth and death rate on the DTM called?
Answer: Natural change.
◉ What is immigration? Answer: The movement of people into a
country.
◉ What is emmigration? Answer: The movement of people out of a
country.
◉ Draw the DTM. Answer:
◉ What are some examples of communities in Stage 1 of the DTM?
Answer: Isolated rainforest tribes in Brazil and Indonesia.
,◉ What are the characteristics of communities in Stage 1 of the
DTM? Answer: - High birth and death rate which fluctuate due to
disease, famine or war
- Fairly stable population
◉ What are some examples of countries in Stage 2 of the DTM?
Answer: Yemen / Afghanistan / Palestine.
◉ What are the characteristics of countries in Stage 2 of the DTM?
Answer: - Death rate decreases
- Birth rate remains high
- Population grows
◉ What are some examples of countries in Stage 3 of the DTM?
Answer: India / Kenya / Brazil.
◉ What are the characteristics of countries in Stage 3 of the DTM?
Answer: - Birth rate drops rapidly
, - Death rate continues to slowly decrease
- Population continues to grow, but slower
◉ What are some examples of countries in Stage 4 of the DTM?
Answer: U.S.A. / France / U.K..
◉ What are the characteristics of countries in Stage 4 of the DTM?
Answer: - Low birth rate
- Low death rate
◉ What are some examples of countries in Stage 5 of the DTM?
Answer: Italy / Germany / Japan.
◉ What are the characteristics of countries in Stage 5 of the DTM?
Answer: - Very low birth rate (falls below death rate)
- Death rate increases slightly due to ageing population
- Total population starts to decrease
COMPREHENSIVE SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ What does infant mortality rate indicate? Answer: The quality of
the country's healthcare system.
◉ What does doctors per 1,000 people indicate? Answer: The
amount of money the country spends of medical services.
◉ What is literacy rate? Answer: The percentage of adults that can
read and write.
◉ What does literacy rate indicate? Answer: The quality of the
country's education system.
◉ What does a high percentage of the population in access to safe
water indicate? Answer: The quality of the country's modern
infrastructure (e.g. dams / water treatment plants).
◉ What factors limit the usefulness of economic and social measures
of development? Answer: - Data could be outdated / hard to collect
,- Data may be unreliable
- They give an average so don't show regional variations
◉ What does DTM stand for? Answer: Demographic Transition
Model.
◉ What does the DTM show? Answer: The change over time of the
country's population.
◉ What is the gap between birth and death rate on the DTM called?
Answer: Natural change.
◉ What is immigration? Answer: The movement of people into a
country.
◉ What is emmigration? Answer: The movement of people out of a
country.
◉ Draw the DTM. Answer:
◉ What are some examples of communities in Stage 1 of the DTM?
Answer: Isolated rainforest tribes in Brazil and Indonesia.
,◉ What are the characteristics of communities in Stage 1 of the
DTM? Answer: - High birth and death rate which fluctuate due to
disease, famine or war
- Fairly stable population
◉ What are some examples of countries in Stage 2 of the DTM?
Answer: Yemen / Afghanistan / Palestine.
◉ What are the characteristics of countries in Stage 2 of the DTM?
Answer: - Death rate decreases
- Birth rate remains high
- Population grows
◉ What are some examples of countries in Stage 3 of the DTM?
Answer: India / Kenya / Brazil.
◉ What are the characteristics of countries in Stage 3 of the DTM?
Answer: - Birth rate drops rapidly
, - Death rate continues to slowly decrease
- Population continues to grow, but slower
◉ What are some examples of countries in Stage 4 of the DTM?
Answer: U.S.A. / France / U.K..
◉ What are the characteristics of countries in Stage 4 of the DTM?
Answer: - Low birth rate
- Low death rate
◉ What are some examples of countries in Stage 5 of the DTM?
Answer: Italy / Germany / Japan.
◉ What are the characteristics of countries in Stage 5 of the DTM?
Answer: - Very low birth rate (falls below death rate)
- Death rate increases slightly due to ageing population
- Total population starts to decrease
