2. (i) Examine the table. Match the region type with the example in Europe that best matches it, by writing the correct letter in each case, in the space provided.
Letter A B C D
Region Type
Climatic region Urban capital
Geomorphological region Language region
Example in Europe
The Central Plain of Ireland Wallonia Mediterranean Berlin
(ii) Briefly define each type of region listed below: Peripheral region Administrative region
LONG QUESTIONS
1. Examine the cause and impacts of industrial decline with reference to any regions that you have studied.
Cause identified 2m Impact identified 2m
Examination 13 SRPs @ 2m each Award valid sketch with SRP
2015 Q4B 30M
2. Examine how socio-economic factors can be used to define regions, with reference to examples that you have studied.
Socio-economic factors named 2m + 2m Examples of regions named 2m + 2m Examination 11 SRPs @ 2m each
2013 Q4C 30M
Four correctly matched @ 1m each Two definitions @ 2m each
2012 Q6 8M Letter
Up until now, all questions you have answered have related to the physical and geographical skills sections of the geography course. From this chapter onwards, we look at regional geography: how areas can be distinguished and defined by their different characteristics.
The processes that affect physical geography are for the most part constant – sedimentary rock is formed in the same way and waterfalls are formed in the same way – regardless of when they occur.
In contrast, regional geography is always changing. For example, areas which were once core economic regions can decline and become peripheral; the violence seen in Northern Ireland has greatly reduced since the times of the Troubles and the focus is now largely on peace. It is important that you realise this when looking at past exam papers. One of the major changes that has occurred during your lifetime was the global economic recession, which began in 2008. This has had a large impact on the core and peripheral regions of Europe.
