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CSEC Geography June 2016 P1
CSEC Geography June 2016 P1
I This test consists of 60 items. You will have I hour and 15 minutes to answer them.
2. In addition to this test booklet, you shourd have an answer sheet.
3 Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item
you ile about to answer and decide which choice is best.
4 On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and
shade the space
having the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the sample
item below.
Sample Item
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1. Which island is located at 14'N 61"W? 4 An aeroplane leaves Port of Spain, Trinidad,
for Kingston, Jamaica. In which general
(A) Trinidad direction should it fly?
(B) Barbados
(c) Saint Lucia (A) Northeast
(D) Saint Mncent (B) Northwest
(c) Southeast
(D) Southwest
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8. The feature labelled S is situated in grid 10. The feature passing through Q is a
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(A) road
(A) 2728 (B) river
(B) 2793 (c) canal
(c) 9327 (D) railway
(D) 9394
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(B) Isolated
(c) Dispersed
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11 Which of the following types of settlement will MOST likely develop between y andZ?
(A) Linear
(B) Isolated
(C) Dispersed
(D) Nucleated
Items 13-16 refer to the following contour sketch map (contours in metres) showing Points X and
W, and Area Y (shaded).
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(B) 34s4ts
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(B) 135"
(c) 22s,
(D) 315"
(A) 20m
(B) 40m
(c) 60m
(D) 80m
(A) hill
(B) ridge
(c) valley
(D) spur
Items 17-19 are based on the following table showing average rainfall and temperature figures for a
certain location.
Month J F M A M J J A S o N D
Temp ("C) 26 26 26 27 28 27 25 25 25 26 26 27
Rainfall (mm) 155 160 22s 275 2t0 t25 100 150 180 260 2s0 2t0
17. The annual temperature range is 19. The climatic type indicated is described as
Items 20-21 refer to the following table which provides data for four Caribbean countries for the
year 200O.
20 Based on the data in the table, how many 21 Based on the data in the table, which of the
persons per square kilometre did Barbados following statements about the country with
have? the LOWEST population density is true?
Items 22-23 refer to the following map of an island showing the number of persons per square
kilometre.
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over 300
201-300
101-200
Sea 0-100
22. which part of the island (I, II, III or IV) has the SMALLEST population?
(A) I
(B) il
(c) ilI
(D) IV
(A) change
(B) density
(C) movement
(D) distribution
Items 24-25 refer to the data in the following table regarding world production of aluminium
(million tonnes) in selected countries for 2003.
24. Which country produced just over one-tenth of the aluminium in the world in 2003?
(A) USA
(B) Russia
(C) Canada
(D) Argentina
(A) 1 200
(B) 12 000
(c) 120 000
(D) l 200 000
Items 26-27 refer to the following block 29 Potholes will tend to form on the bed of a
diagram showing the movement at a plate river if the river has a
margin.
(A) low volume and flows over a steep
gradient
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\ (c) highvolume andflows over a steep
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gradient
high volume and fl ows over a gentle
gradient
+ Direction of Movement
30. Which of the following statements
explains how vegetation contributes to the
26. Which of the following plate margins is development of soils?
shown?
(A) Decaying vegetation produces a
(A) Divergent habitat for earthworms.
(B) Transform (B) Vegetation decomposes to produce
(c) Convergent the organic matter in the soil.
(D) Conservative (C) Roots, twigs and leaves are washed
downwards to increase the dePth
of soil.
27. The features shown at R are (D) Vegetation provides the parent
material which helPs in the
(A) volcanoes formation of soil structure.
(B) fold mountains
(c) block mountains
(D) lava plateaux 31. Which of the following statements may
explain why some areas in Caribbean
territories are sparsely settled?
28. Avolcanic spine can develop when
I. They are hilly and forested.
(A) the lava is viscous
II. They have no mineral resources.
(B) a caldera is present
III. Transport links are generally poor.
(c) the explosion is violent
(D) ash and cinder are ejected
(A) I and II only
(B) I and III only
(C) II and III only
(D) I, II and III
32. Which ofthe following factors is the MOST 35 Which ofthe following factors may increase
important contributor to the growth ofcities the rate of soil erosion?
in the Caribbean?
I. Afforestation
(A) Rural-urban migration II. Very intense rainfall
(B) Urban-rural migration m. Poor cultivation techniques
(c) lnternational migration
(D) Changes in the urban boundaries (A) I only
(B) I and III only
(c) II and III only
33 Which of the following conditions is a (D) I, II and III
problem in urban areas of the Caribbean?
Items 37-38 are basedon the following graphwhich shows therelative value forexports ofprimary
and manufactured products from four Caribbean territories in one year.
02 55 07 5 100%
Barbados
Guyana
Jamaica
Trinidad and Tobago
37 Forwhich ofthe following territories was the 38 In which of the following territories
value of manufactured products exported was there the GREATEST difference
GREAIER thanT5Yo of the total exports? in value between primary products and
manufactured products?
(A) Barbados
(B) Guyana (A) Barbados
(c) Jamaica (B) Guyana
(D) Trinidad and Tobago (c) Jamaica
(D) Trinidad and Tobago
Item 39 refers to the following diagram of 40. Which of the following factors causes
a coastal area. temperatures to be high in the Caribbean?
(A) Rainfall
(B) Altitude
(C) Latitude
Sea
(D) Wind direction
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Sea x
41. Which of the following industries is
classified as tertiary?
(A) Fishing
(B) Tourism
39. The feature X is MOST likely the result of (c) Oil refining
(D) Food processing
I. longshore drift
II. wave deposition
UI wave erosion
42 Which of the following situations have 46. Which of the following plates is/are being
resulted from the setting up of secondary pushed under the margin of the Caribbean
industries in the Caribbean? plate?
51. The type of soil related to the equatorial s4 Which ofthe following practices may help
climate is called to reduce problems ofpollution created by
household waste?
(A) alluvium
(B) latasol (A) Depositing in the sea
(c) chernozem (B) Piling up in secluded spots
(D) terra rosa (c) Dumping along water courses
(D) Burying and covering with soil
(A) Air
(B) Noise
(c) Land
(D) Industrial
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