Responses to Globalisation (Edexcel IGCSE Geography): Exam Questions

Exam code: 4GE1

38 mins11 questions
1
2 marks

Study Figure 12a, which shows the continents of origin of refugees entering the USA between 1990 and 2010.

Bar chart showing refugees from 1990 to 2010 by region: Europe, Asia, Central and South America, Africa. Europe has the highest numbers initially.

Suggest one issue resulting from refugees entering developed countries like the USA.  

2
2 marks

State one reason why a government might want to encourage sustainable tourism.

3
2 marks

State two ways countries manage migration.

4
1 mark

Identify the best strategy to make tourism more sustainable.

  • increasing the number of flights

  • increasing international investment

  • limiting information on the tourist sites

  • limiting numbers of tourists

5
2 marks

State two geographical characteristics that influence a nation's geopolitical influence.

6a
1 mark

Study Figure 8a.

World map showing tourism as a percentage of GDP in 2019, with countries coloured from light peach to dark brown indicating increasing percentage.

Identify the labelled country with the highest percentage of GDP from tourism.

6b
2 marks

Compare the patterns shown for Asia and for South America.

6c
2 marks

Suggest one possible impact of the global pattern shown.

6d
2 marks

Explain why the data shown in Figure 8a might be a good indicator of a global economy.

1
4 marks

Explain two impacts of international migration on the countries migrants have left (donor countries).

2
4 marks

Explain two positive impacts of migration for destination areas.

3
4 marks

Explain how geopolitical relationships between countries can affect trade and tourism.

4
4 marks

Explain how geopolitical relationships between countries can affect migration.

5a
2 marks

Study Figure 8a.

World map depicting internet non-usage in 2019, with colour-coding from 0-25% to 76-100% non-users. Notable countries are labelled.

Identify the country with the highest and lowest percentage of the population who do not use the internet.

5b
4 marks

Suggest two possible reasons for the pattern shown in Figure 8a.