Lesson Y9-U06-L10

Y9-U06-L10 The Geographer's Verdict: Assessment Preparation Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 18

20 questions

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Lesson Y9-U06-L10, The Geographer's Verdict: Assessment Preparation: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 18: Year 9: Contested Worlds: Resources, Conflict and Geopolitics, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What does 'synoptic' mean in a geography question?

    • Writing a short summary of a single map or chart
    • Looking at one single lesson in great detail on its own
    • Drawing a sketch of a place from memory during fieldwork
    • Joining ideas from across the whole unit to answer one big question

  2. What does the command word 'evaluate' ask you to do?

    • List every fact you know about the topic
    • Weigh both sides, then reach a justified judgement
    • Say what something is like, with no reasons given
    • Draw a diagram that shows the whole process clearly

  3. What does the 'J' in PEEL-J stand for?

    • Jot: write down the page numbers of your sources
    • Judge: weigh both sides and reach a verdict
    • Join: connect two separate maps together
    • Justify: list the instruments you used in the field

  4. Which command word asks for reasons why something happens?

    • Name
    • Label
    • Describe
    • Explain

  5. Which command word asks you to say what something is like, with no reasons?

    • Justify
    • Evaluate
    • Describe
    • Explain

  6. Name one case study from this unit that shows resources being contested.

    • A town in which the local council builds a new library
    • A school in which pupils study fieldwork on their own
    • The Arctic, where several countries claim the same seabed resources
    • A park where visitors go for a walk on Sunday

  7. Define the development gap.

    • The gap between two lessons in a school timetable
    • The difference in wealth and quality of life between richer and poorer countries
    • The gap between the top of a mountain and the sea below, measured in metres each year
    • The gap in the market between two competing shop prices

  8. Which lesson covered a shared river and water disputes?

    • L03, Water Security and a Shared River
    • L05, The Geopolitics of the Arctic
    • L08, Aid, Trade and Closing the Gap
    • L02, Food Security: Can We Feed Everyone?

  9. Give one phrase that signals you are reaching a conclusion in an evaluation.

    • One piece of evidence is that...
    • First of all, the data shows that...
    • For example, in the Nile basin...
    • On balance, the judgement is that...

  10. Why does an evaluation need both sides, not just one?

    • Because the question asks you to judge, which needs strengths and weaknesses
    • Because the examiner only marks answers that have two sides
    • Because one side is always wrong and can be ignored entirely when the answer is written
    • Because a single side is always easier to write than two

  11. Give one reason fair management of resources is difficult.

    • There is no global police to enforce shared rules
    • Management is only needed for resources that never run out
    • Resources are always found in exactly the same places in the world
    • Every country already has an identical share of the world's resources

  12. Use one case study to explain how the world can be made more fair.

    • Nile countries built a new airport to attract more tourists
    • Nile countries moved their capital cities to the river's source
    • Nile countries stopped all trade and fishing on the river
    • Nile countries signed water-sharing agreements, which reduce conflict

  13. Which of these is a point that helps fairness when the world shares rivers, resources and rules?

    • No global police to enforce the rules
    • Powerful countries can take more of the resources
    • Progress on the global goals has stalled
    • Shared rules, such as river-sharing agreements

  14. Which of these is a 'limits fairness' point?

    • Aid and fairer trade help to narrow the development gap
    • Powerful countries can take more of the shared resources
    • Shared river agreements have been signed by several countries
    • Global goals have been agreed by all countries together

  15. What does a weak paragraph most often lack in PEEL-J?

    • A title, because every paragraph must start with one
    • A conclusion, because paragraphs never end with one
    • A map, because paragraphs must always contain one
    • Evidence, such as a named place and a figure

  16. Which two case studies would support an argument about fairness in this unit?

    • Development indicators (L07) and the Global Goals (L09) only
    • The enquiry cycle (L01) and the Cyprus map (L06) only
    • A shared river (L03) and aid and trade (L08)
    • The population graph (L01) and the Arctic (L05) only

  17. Why must strong evidence directly support a claim?

    • Strong evidence is always longer than weak evidence in every case, so it is easy to spot
    • Evidence is only needed if the answer contains a map
    • Weak or misleading evidence can be picked apart and makes the judgement untrustworthy
    • Evidence is only needed in exam answers and never in real life

  18. Which is the best way to tell whether evidence really proves a point?

    • Ask whether the evidence was written by a famous author
    • Ask whether it proves the point, or only seems to support it at first glance
    • Ask whether the evidence is the most recent item available
    • Ask whether the evidence is printed in black and white ink or in full colour on paper

  19. Evaluate in one sentence: is fairness limited more by lack of resources or lack of cooperation?

    • Neither matters, because fairness is decided by chance alone
    • Only cooperation matters, because resources are always plentiful
    • Only resources matter, because cooperation never changes who is poor
    • Both matter, but cooperation and fair rules can share resources more fairly

  20. Why does a synoptic answer draw on the whole unit rather than one lesson?

    • The question asks for ideas that connect across the unit
    • The question is only about the final assessment alone
    • The unit is shorter than each lesson, so it must be used whole
    • The examiner wants the same answer copied from one single lesson

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