About Higher Geography
Split into four sections: Physical, Human, Global Issues and Geographical Skills.
Exam is worth about 73% of final grade. The other 27% is for your SQA assignment which you will complete during the year.
What do I need to know?
| Physical Environments (Paper 1) (50 marks) |
| Lithosphere |
| · Explain formations of coastal features (wave cut platform, headland/bay, cave,arch,stack,spit,bar,tombolo). |
| · Explain formations of glaciated features (corrie, arete,pyramidal peak, U shaped valley, hanging valley, ribbon lake, drumlin, esker, terminal moraine). |
| Biosphere |
| · Characteristics (soil profile) and formation processes for brown earth, podzol and gley soils. |
| Hydrosphere |
| · Explain formations of hydrological features (meander, oxbow, V shaped valley, waterfall) |
| · Explain movement of water through a drainage basin (hydrological cycle) |
| · Describe and explain hydrographs |
| Atmosphere |
| · Global heat budget – why do we not receive 100% of solar energy? |
| · Variations in energy – why surplus at equator by deficit at poles? |
| · Redistribution of energy by atmosphere and ocean currents |
| · Intertropical Convergance Zone (ITCZ) – characteristics, how does it influence places it passes over? |
| Human Environments (Paper 1) (50 marks) |
| Population |
| · Methods and problems of population data collection |
| · Consequences of population structure (over/under population) |
| · Causes and impacts of forced (Syria-Europe) and voluntary (Mexico-USA) migration |
| Rural |
| · Impact of desertification in the Sahel |
| · Managing desertification in Sahel (explain and evaluate) |
| · Land Use Conflicts in Lake District – causes and managing it (explain and evaluate strategies) |
| Urban Change and Management |
| · Developed World City (Edinburgh) and Developing World City (Rio): Causes and Management (explain and evaluate) of Traffic Congestion in CBD |
| · Developed World City (Edinburgh) and Developing World City (Rio): Causes and Management of housing decline (explain and evaluate) – Leith Regeneration v Improving Rochina Favela |
| Global Issues (Paper 2) (40 marks) |
| Development and Health |
| · Validity of Development Indicators – single indicators v combined indicators (HDI) |
| · Differences in levels of development between developing countries (uneven development) |
| · Causes, impacts and management (including evaluate strategies) of malaria |
| · Explain and evaluate primary healthcare strategies |
| Climate Change |
| · Physical and Human causes |
| · Local and Global Effects |
| · Management Strategies (explain and evaluate) |
| Geographical Skills (Paper 2) (20 marks) |
| · Using map evidence, discuss suitability of site for scenario given. |
| · Using map evidence, explain possible social, environmental and economic impacts of scenario. |
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