Marks
5. (a) Draw a sketch-map of the relief of your local area (extent 50-100 square
miles). 4
(b) Describe the climate of this area, quoting statistics to illustrate your
account, and give some indication of the actual extremes of temperature
and rainfall which may be experienced throughout the year. 12
(16)
6. (a) Show that in lowlands within the tropics rainfall, both in its amount and
in its seasonal incidence, is of greater importance than temperature in
deciding the pattern of vegetation. Refer to specific examples. 12
(b) In what ways does relief modify the pattern and alter the character of the
vegetation. 4
(16)
SECTION C
7. (a) What factors contribute to the growth of heavy industries in an area ? 6
(b) Select any two of the following areas and point out similarities and
differences in the development of their heavy industries:—
South Wales; Pittsburg area; Damodar valley; Donetz Basin. 10
(16)
8. (a) What is meant by plantation agriculture, shifting agriculture, and
pastoralism ? 5
(b) Select one of these and for any one area in which it is practised give an
account of the land utilisation in some detail. 11
(16)
9. In the past towns located on the banks of large rivers have tended to grow
up at certain critical points. Explain where these points tended to be, giving
sketch-maps of particular examples to illustrate each of the locations mentioned. (16)
10. (a) Underdeveloped ” and “ overpopulated ” are frequently used today to
describe parts of the modern world. What do these terms mean ? 4
(b) Select three of the following areas and state, with reasons, whether you
consider them to be underdeveloped, overpopulated, or neither or both:—
Peninsular Italy; Japan; Amazon Basin; Lower Ganges Valley. 12
(16)
(a) Explain the difference between any three of the following:—
Moslem; Hindu; Arab; Bantu; Negro. 12
(b) Describe the present world distribution of any one of the people
enumerated. 4
(16)
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