GCSEGeography: B (1GB0)EdexcelTopic Questions5. The UK's Evolving Human Landscape5.1 Changing People and Places

Changing People and Places (Edexcel GCSE Geography: B (1GB0))

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1a5 marks
a)
Study Figure 5 which shows the employment status of men and women aged 16 and over in the UK for 2016.

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Figure 5

i)
Identify which one of the following is the total number of economically inactive men and women aged 65 and over.

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  ☐   Just over 5 million
  ☐   Just over 20 million
  ☐   Just over 10 million
  ☐   Just over 15 million

ii)
Calculate the percentage of the population aged 16 and over who were in full-time employment in 2016.

Answer to one decimal place.

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.........................................%
iii)
State two possible reasons why employment of women has grown in recent years.

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1b2 marks
b)
Explain one impact of globalisation on secondary sector employment in the UK.
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2a5 marks
a)
Study Figure 5 which shows the sources and amount of foreign direct investment into the UK between 2003 and 2013.

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Figure 5

i)
Which one of the following global regions increased its investments in the UK to over £500 billion by 2013?

(1)

  ☐ A Asia
  ☐ B The Americas
  ☐ C Europe
  ☐ D Africa

ii)
Calculate the percentage of total investment that came from the Americas in 2013.
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iii)
State two reasons why foreign direct investment (FDI) has increased in the UK.

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2b2 marks
b)
Explain one reason why secondary employment has declined in the UK.

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a)
Study Figure 5 which shows the views of some residents in a rural community in north-west Wales who have been asked to comment on the impact of English migrants.

‘A lot of English people with children have moved into the village and have bought the houses. It keeps the school going.’

‘A lot of English people moved in and are doing very well financially... if they didn’t, the place would die. They bring money with them and pay taxes.’

‘Affluent English people, especially of retirement age, have pushed up house prices, making them too expensive for local people.’

‘These people are ruining the Welsh identity and killing the Welsh language.’


Figure 5

Identify which one of the following is a positive impact of English migrants on the local community.

(1)
  ☐ A Houses too expensive for locals
  ☐ B Protection of the Welsh language
  ☐ C Keeping the school open
  ☐ D Ruining Welsh identity

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3b2 marks
b)
State two reasons why some people retire to rural areas in the UK.

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c)

Explain two reasons why transnational corporations (TNCs) have become more important to the UK economy.

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Analyse the information in Figure 7 which shows variations in gross disposable income (GDI) per head in 2017, between UK regions and within those regions.

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Figure 7

  • Gross disposable income (GDI) per head is the amount of money people have to spend or save per year after they have paid their taxes and/or received any benefits.
  • The UK mean GDI per head is just over £17,000 (the vertical dotted line).
  • The data shows the range of GDI per head values between UK regions.
  • The data also shows the range of GDI per head in each of the regions (e.g. Sunderland has the lowest mean GDI per head and Northumberland has the highest mean GDI per head in the North East).

Assess the possible impacts of these variations in gross disposable income (GDI) per head.

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55 marks

Study Figure 5 which shows which age groups are dominant (in the majority) in different areas of the UK.

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Figure 5

i)
Identify which one of the countries of the UK is dominated by Generation X.

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  ☐ A Northern Ireland
  ☐ B England
  ☐ C Scotland
  ☐ D Wales

ii)
Calculate the percentage of areas dominated by ‘Baby Boomers’.

Answer to one decimal place.

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(2)

............................................. %

iii)
State two reasons for the distribution of the areas dominated by Generation Y.
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62 marks

Explain one reason for the growth of tertiary employment in the UK.

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