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Unit Exam Review: IB Geo Paper 1

Unit Exam Review: IB Geo Paper 1. IB Geography I. Test Day Specifics. Paper 1 is worth 40% of your total IB Grade. Paper 1 is 1 ½ hours long Paper 1 is divided into Section A and B. Section A: worth 45/60 marks Section B: worth 15/60 marks. Section A Tips.

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Unit Exam Review: IB Geo Paper 1

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  1. Unit Exam Review: IB Geo Paper 1 IB Geography I

  2. Test Day Specifics • Paper 1 is worth 40% of your total IB Grade. • Paper 1 is 1 ½ hours long • Paper 1 is divided into Section A and B. • Section A: worth 45/60 marks • Section B: worth 15/60 marks

  3. Section A Tips • answer ALL short-answer questions about the four core themes • Populations in Transition • Disparities in Wealth and Development • Patterns in Environmental Quality and Sustainability • Patterns in Resource Consumption • 45 marks, approximately 17 minutes per section • Use the space they give you and only that space

  4. Section B Tips • Students are required to answer one extended response question from a choice of three.

  5. Section B Tips • The questions require a broad treatment of the content and may integrate multiple topics across the core: • Populations in Transition • Disparities in Wealth and Development • Patterns in Environmental Quality and Sustainability • Patterns in Resource Consumption

  6. Section B Tips • The questions require knowledge and understanding, application and analysis, and synthesis and evaluation. • The command terms used in each question indicate the depth required. • Review all Case Studies • Approx. 23 minutes

  7. Study Guide: The CoreContent

  8. Populations in Transition • Population Change • Responses to High and Low Fertility • Migration • Gender and Change

  9. Population Change • Population Momentum • Development Diamonds • Birth Rate/Death Rate (Crude) • Infant Mortality/Child Mortality • Population Pyramids • Population Projections

  10. Responses to High and Low Fertility • Dependency Ratio • Ageing Population v. youthful population • Population Policies (anti-natalist v. pro-natalist)

  11. Migration • Voluntary v. Forced Migration • Push v. Pull Factors • Internal Migration v. International Migration • Lee’s Model • Refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced people • Remittances • Impacts of Migration

  12. Gender and Change • Gender and Social Norms • Gender Gap Index • Relationship between Status and Fertility • Gender and Education, Employment, Culture/Status, Income, Land Tenure, Health/ Life Expectancy, Migration

  13. Disparities in Wealth and Development • Measurements of Disparities • Origins of Disparities • Disparities and Change • Reducing Disparities

  14. Measurements of Disparities • GDP, GNI, GNP, PPP • Development Gap • Human Development Index/Human Development Report • MEDC/LEDC/NIC • Disparities in Income, Education Nutrition, Marginalization

  15. Origins of Disparities • Gini Coefficient/Lorenz Curves • Cumulative Causation • Core/Periphery • Slums and the Urbanization of Poverty • Formal/Informal Sectors • Factors that Result in Disparities: Ethnicity, income, education, land ownership

  16. Disparities and Change • Theories used to Explain Global Development Gap • Patterns and Trends in Life Expectancy, Education, and Income • MDGs

  17. Reducing Disparities • FDI • NGOs • Free Trade/Fair Trade (Access to markets) • Effectiveness of aid • Top Down/Bottom Up • Remittances, Microcredit, Debt Relief

  18. Patterns in Environmental Quality and Sustainability • Atmosphere and Change • Soil and Change • Water and Change • Biodiversity • Sustainability

  19. Atmosphere and Change • Review all vocabulary • Climate Change/Global Warming • Greenhouse Effect • Tipping Point • Causes/Consequences of climate change • Greenhouse Gases • Positive Feedback

  20. Soil and Change • Review all vocabulary • Soil Degradation • Causes, Consequences, Patterns of Soil Degradation • Management Strategies • Sustainable Agriculture

  21. Water and Change • Review all vocabulary • Water stress v. Water scarcity • Potable Water • Patterns and Trends in Water use • Environmental v. Human Factors affecting water scarcity • Physical v. Economic scarcity • Conservation measures • Water footprint • Virtual Water • Factors that affect access to safe drinking water • Quantity v. Quality debate

  22. Biodiversity • Review all vocabulary • Biodiversity hotspots • Tropical rainforests • Ecological/Cultural/Economic Value • Changes in the Amazon: Logging, Mining, etc.

  23. Sustainability • Environmental Sustainability • Business-as-usual • Green Technology • ESI • Ecotoursim/Destination Footprint • Environmental Impact Assessment • Pro-poor strategies

  24. Patterns in Resource Consumption • Patterns of Resource Consumption • Changing Patterns of Energy Consumption • Conservation Strategies

  25. Patterns of Resource Consumption • Ecological Footprint • Biocapacity • Population Resource Debate (Neo v. Anti Malthusian) • 3 Agricultural Worlds • Green Revolution (pros and cons)

  26. Changing Patterns of Energy Consumption • Patterns and Trends in Oil Production and Consumption (MEDC/NIC/LEDC) • Peak Oil • Geopolitics and Oil

  27. Conservation Strategies • Changing Importance of Other Energy Sources (Renewables) • Recycling, Reusing, Reducing • Quotas, Subsidies, Rationing • Overfishing • Landfill • Product Stewardship • Substitution

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