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Sardinia
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Apennine Mountains A3 motorway Volturno River
Sicily (2 marks)
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Parts B and C are 30-mark questions that require short essay-style answers. Each answer requires 15 SRPs worth 2 marks each. Marks will also be awarded for relevant named examples (2 marks each). Part B and C answers should take approximately 13 minutes.
Example: 2015, Part Two, Q4B – Industrial Decline (30 marks)
Examine the causes and impacts of industrial decline with reference to any region(s) that you have studied.
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The command word is ‘Examine’: the examiner wants you to look closely at something and discuss its effects in a balanced way in order to come to a conclusion.
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The factors being examined are the causes and impacts of industrial decline.
30 marks are allocated to this questions, which means 15 SRPs worth 2 marks each are required: ƒzIdentifying the cause = 2 marks; ƒzIdentifying the impact = 2 marks; ƒzExamination of the causes and impacts = 13 SRPs × 2 marks; ƒz1 SRP will be awarded if a second cause is listed. All other causes need to be explained in detail to receive marks;
ƒz1 SRP will be awarded if a second impact is listed. All other causes need to be explained in detail to receive marks;
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Be careful here – this answer require discussion of both causes and effects. Answers with causes only would receive a maximum of 16 marks out of a possible 30. There doesn’t have to be a 50/50 split of causes and impacts, but you do need to look at both.
