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Geography, History and SS (Geog)
Paper 1: 22/10
Section A and B: Coasts and Global Tourism
Coasts key questions
How and why are coastal environments different and dynamic?
Explain the dynamic nature of coastal
environments
Waves
Tides
Geology
Human activities
Ecosystem type: mangrove and coral
Definition of coast – The area where the land meets the sea
Keywords
Coast
Dynamic coastal
Environment
Waves
Tide
Currents
Geology
Ecosystem
Currents
Explain how waves are generated and the factors influencing wave energy
Waves are generated when there is a transfer of energy from wind to water surface
Wave energy depends on
Fetch
Wind speed
Wind duration
Explain wave refraction and the processes which occur when waves break
Wave refraction and associated concentration and dissipation of wave energy
Processes which occur when waves break
Describe the different types of waves and their associated coastal environments
Why are coastal areas valuable? (Focus is on tropical coasts)
How can we manage coastal areas in a sustainable manner?
Global Tourism key questions
How does the nature of tourism vary from place to place?
Why has tourism become a global phenomenon?
Developing tourism at what cost?
Paper 2: 2/11
Section B: Food Resources and Health and Diseases
Food Resources key questions
How and why have food consumption patterns changed since the 1960s?
What are the trends and challenges in the production of food crops?
How can the problem of food shortage be addressed?
Health and Diseases key questions
What are the global patterns of health and diseases?
What influences the spread and impact of infectious diseases? (Focus is on malaria and HIV/AIDS)
How can we manage the current and future spread of infectious diseases?
Section A: Living with Tectonic Hazards and Variable Weather and Changing Climate
Living with techtonic hazards key questions
Why are some areas more prone to tectonic hazards?
What landforms and associated tectonic phenomena are found at plate boundaries?
How do people prepare for and respond to earthquakes?
Variable Weather and Changing Climate key questions
Why do different places experience different weather and climate?
What is happening to the Earth’s climate?
Is the weather becoming more extreme?
Other
GI
How to answer questions
History
Paper 2: 20/10
Section B: Structured-Essay Questions
(a) Explain events and/or issues [8m] (b) Evaluate and make judgment on events and/or issues [12m]
The World in Crisis: World War II in Europe and the Asia–Pacific
Reasons for outbreak of WWII in Europe
Weaknesses of the League of Nations
○ Hitler’s aggressive foreign policy
○ Policy of appeasement
Reasons for outbreak of WWII in the Asia–Pacific
○ Economic crisis in Japan
○ Japan’s expansionist foreign policy
○ Weaknesses of League of Nations
○ Japan’s worsening relations with the USA
Reasons for the defeat of Germany
○ USA’s entry into WWII
○ Over-extension of Hitler’s army on many fronts
Reasons for the defeat of Japan
○ Allied victory in Europe
○ Economic and military might of USA
○ Over-extension of Japanese empire
Bi-Polarity and the Cold War: Cold War and the bi-polar world order
Reasons for the Cold War in Europe
○ Post-WWII rise of USA and USSR as superpowers: collapse and decline
of old European powers
○ US-Soviet mistrust and rivalry: breakdown of wartime alliances, division of
Europe after WWII, differences in ideology,
Reasons for the end of the Cold War
Impact of World War I
Peace Settlement Aims and terms of the Treaty of Versailles and its immediate impact on Germany
Attempts at collective security by the League of Nations - Successes and failures of the League of Nations in the 1920s and 1930s
Section A: Source-based Questions
Rise of authoritarian regimes and its impact in the interwar years
Case study of Communist Russia
Reasons for the rise of Stalin in Russia
Circumstances after Lenin’s death
Stalin’s manipulations
Impact of Stalin’s rule on Russia
Political: Stalin’s dictatorship, culture of fear, persecution and personality cult
Economic: modernisation of Soviet industry and agriculture
Social: controlled society, culture of fear, policies on minorities
Case study of Nazi Germany
Reasons for the rise of Hitler in Germany
Weaknesses of the Weimar government
Hitler’s leadership
Impact of Hitler’s rule on Germany
Political: consolidation of power, one-party rule
Economic: Recovery and Nazi control of the economy, and militarisation
Social: controlled society, culture of fear, persecution of Jewish people and other minority groups
Manifestation of the Cold War outside Europe
Case study of Korean War, 1950–53
Partition of Korea after World War II
○ Emergence of communist China
○ Role of external powers in the conflict: USA, USSR and China
Case study of Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
Cuba’s strategic importance to USA
○ Tensions between USA and Cuba: Castro’s policies and American
responses
○ Role of external p
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