Population Structure Variation (Edexcel A Level Geography)

Topic Questions

1a
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a)
Study Figure 3 in the Resource Booklet.

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Figure 3

Information about four urban places compared to the UK average, 2018

i)
Suggest one reason the percentage of foreign-born people differs between urban places.

(3)

1b
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b)

Study Figure 3 in the Resource Booklet.

Suggest why urban places have different population growth rates.

(6)

1c
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c)

You have studied your local place and a contrasting place.

Explain the changes in the cultural characteristics of one of these places.

(6)

Location of your chosen place:

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2a
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Study Figures 4a and 4b in the Resource Booklet.

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Figure 4a and Figure 4b

Population pyramid and non-UK born data for Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North East England and for Northumberland, North East England

a)
Suggest one reason why the population structures of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Northumberland differ.

(3)

2b
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b)

Suggest reasons for the different levels of cultural diversity between Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Northumberland.

(6)

2c
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c)

Explain how regional and national influences have shaped the demographic characteristics of your local place.

(6)

Name of local place: ...........................................................

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Study Figure 3 in the Resource Booklet.

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Figure 3

Distribution of international migrants and asylum seekers

Suggest one reason why the distribution of international migrants varies across the UK.

(3)

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Study Figure 2.

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Figure 2:
A map showing ethnic segregation in part of Chicago, (USA)

i)
Suggest one reason why recently-arrived Asians tend to live in the area indicated.

(3)

ii)
Suggest why some areas in Chicago have a greater degree of ethnic segregation than others.

(6)

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