Global Perspective on Development Issues (WJEC Eduqas GCSE Geography B): Exam Questions

Study Figure 1.2. Fair Trade products are often seen in shops and online.

Complete the pie chart to show the following products.

Explain why trade can help to reduce global inequalities.

Multinational companies (MNCs) locate all over the world. One example is Unilever. Study Figure 1.3.

MNCs, like Unilever, bring more advantages than disadvantages to the countries they locate in.

How far do you agree?

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Your ability to spell, punctuate and use grammar and specialist terminology accurately will be assessed in your answer to this question.

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Explain why using data to measure development has limitations.

Study Fact File 1

The Great Sea Wall will be built with aid from The Netherlands (a HIC).

Give two reasons why there are advantages to High Income Countries (HICs) that donate aid.

The government of Jakarta is working with The Netherlands to build the Great Sea Wall.

Give two advantages that working with a HIC may bring for the government of a NIC.

International migration is one feature of globalisation.

Tick (√) one box below to give the correct definition of the term ‘international migrant’.

Study Figure 1.1 below.

Circle the correct answer in each of the following sentences.

Between 1995 and 2020 the total number of international migrants increased by

( 84 million / 89 million / 98 million ) people.

Between 2010 and 2020 the proportion of the world’s population who are international migrants

( decreased / slightly increased / rapidly increased ).

The lowest percentage of international migrants are

( males aged 70–74 / females aged 65–69 / males aged 0–4 ).

The difference between male and female international migrants aged 30–39 is

( 0.8% / 1.1% / 1.7% ).

Give four push factors which can lead to international migration.

Give two reasons why international migration can have social consequences.

Emergency aid is sometimes needed when a disaster occurs. Countries that send aid are called ‘donor countries’.

Describe two advantages for a donor country when short-term emergency aid is given.

Explain why short-term emergency aid was needed in an LIC (Low Income Country) you have studied. [4] Name of country

Name one social indicator, other than the Human Development Index (HDI), that is used to measure human development.

Study Figure 3.

Many of the people employed in the primary industry in Grottole are farmers. They export a lot of their products.

What does export mean?

Study the development indicators in Figure 4 Compare Grottole’s region with Italy as a whole.

Figure 4 – Some development indicators comparing Grottole’s region, Italy and UK (2018)

Suggest what these indicators do not tell us about the level of development in Grottole?

Multinational companies [MNCs] have invested in Grottole because it is part of a trading bloc, the European Union (EU).

Give one reason why governments benefit from investment by MNCs.

Governments sometimes offer industries help to move to an area.
Explain one problem this might cause.

Study Figure 1.

Identify one similarity and one difference between the location of Nissan and Mercedes car factories across the world.

Figure 1 uses initials to list countries at different levels of development, i.e. LIC, NIC and HIC.

What do these initials stand for?

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

LIC..................................................................

NIC.................................................................

HIC.................................................................

List four factors that attract multinational companies to LICs or NICS.

Explain why there are both advantages and disadvantages for the host country where an MNC has built a new factory or office.

Some countries, such as Malaysia, have been very successful in attracting MNCs into their country.

Study Figure 2

The Malaysian Government explained that it introduced a tax on all foreign-made cars.

What is the correct name for a tax which is charged on goods entering a country? Tick (√) the correct answer.

Give two reasons to explain why tariffs may not be popular.

Study the graph below. It shows changes in car production in Malaysia since 1990.

Describe the trend shown on the graph from 1990 to 2020. Use data from the graph to support your answer.

The rate of growth from 2020 to 2025 is predicted to be the same as for 2010 to 2020.

Complete the graph to show the predicted growth up to the year 2025.

MNCs started to build new car factories in Malaysia as early as 1995.

Suggest why car production remained low for the next five years.

Study Figures 3.1 – 3.6. which give information about Egypt, Kenya and Nigeria.

Identify which country is best described by each of the four descriptors below.

Write the name of the country in the box. One country will be named twice.

Economic data is often used to measure development.

Explain why it is important to also use human/social data when measuring development.

Explain one push factor that causes people to migrate to cities in HICs.

Desalination plants are rarely found in LICs (low income countries) and NICs (newly industrialised countries). They may seek help from MNCs (multi-national companies) to develop such infrastructure.

Give one reason to explain why these countries might need investment from MNCs.

When MNCs are prevented from expanding in an area, they are likely to move to other locations.

Explain why social problems can occur in areas that lose major employers.

Study Figure 1 and Figure 2.

Use the information to Tick (√) the three correct statements in the table below.

Describe one way that the map in Figure 1 could be adapted (changed) to more clearly show migration flows in Kenya.

Study the data in Figure 6. It shows development indicators comparing the lives of residents who live in Nairobi.

Explain why life expectancy varies between the slums and more wealthy areas.

Suggest why it is sometimes difficult to reach firm conclusions when investigating links between two data sets such as those shown on the scatter graph. You should refer to Haiti in your answer.

Study Figure 8. It gives information about a self-help work creation project.

Explain why people who borrow from a charity to start their own business need three years to pay back the loan.

Study Figure 9 . It gives information about a small-scale education project.

Explain why a more educated population is likely to attract multi-national companies into countries such as Kenya.

Suggest why free school meals and uniforms are given to slum children.

The scatter graph below compares two sets of data. The aim was to see if there is a link between life expectancy and vaccination rates in different countries.

On the graph, draw the line of best fit to show the relationship between the two variables.

Identify two conclusions you can reach about the relationship between the two variables.