Cambridge (CIE) O Level Geography Exam Questions By Topic

Hydrological Characteristics, River Characteristics, River Landforms

River Hazards & Opportunities, River Flooding, Detailed Specific Example: Ganges/Brahmaputra, River Pollution, Detailed Specific Example: Nairobi River, Rivers:Additional Detailed Specific Examples

Coastal Processes, Costline Formation, Landforms of Coastal Erosion, Landforms of Coastal Deposition

Coasts Hazards & Opportunities, Coastal Management, Tropical storms, Detailed Specific Example: Nassau County, Florida, Coral Reefs & Mangroves, Detailed Specific Example: Great Barrier Reef

What are Ecosystems?, Characteristics of the Antarctic Ecosystem, Threats to the Antarctic Ecosystem, Managing Threats to the Antarctic

Characteristics of the Tropical Rainforest, Threats to the tropical rainforest, Detailed Specific Example: Malaysian Rainforest, Rainforest: Additional Detailed Specific Examples

Characteristics of the Earth's structure, Processes and Features of Earthquakes & Volcanoes

Impacts of Tectonic Hazards, Managing the Impacts of Tectonic Hazards, Detailed Specific Example: Türkiye-Syria, Detailed Specific Example: Cumbre Vieja, Tectonic Hazards: Additional Detailed Specific Examples

Causes of Climate Change, Impacts of climate change, Detailed Specific Example: Bangladesh

Population Growth & Decline, Population Policies, The Demographic Transition Model

Factors influencing population structures, Youthful and ageing populations, Detailed Specific Example: Japan

Types of migrant, Causes of migration, Impacts of migration, Strategies to manage international migration, Detailed Specific Example: Mexico -USA

Urban growth rates, Rapid urban growth rates in LICs

Opportunities of urban living, Opportunities and challenges of rapid urban growth, Housing, Urban sprawl

Strategies used to manage urban growth, Detailed Specific Example: Mumbai, India

Indicators of development, Use of indicators to compare level of development

Levels of development, Global pattern of development

What is sustainable development?, Strategies to achieve sustainable development, Evaluation of strategies to reduce uneven development, Detailed Specific Example: Botswana (MIC)

Classification of different industries, Changing employment structures, Factors affecting industry location

Globalisation, The role and impact of transnational corporations (TNCs), Detailed Specific Example: Dubai, UAE

Growth of tourism as an industry, Benefits and problems of tourism, Sustainable tourism, Case study: The Maldives

Types of farming, Farms as a system

Factors affecting food supply, Problems caused by food insecurity, Strategies used to increase food supply, Strategies used to manage soil erosion and desertification, Detailed Specific Example: Yemen

Energy types

Advantages and disadvantages of energy types, Strategies to increase energy supplies, Detailed Specific Example: Norway

Cartographic Skills, Types of map

Graphs, Charts, Diagrams

Image skills, Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Mathematical skills

Fieldwork Skills