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Victorian Certificate of Education
2002
STUDENT NUMBER

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GEOGRAPHY
Written examination
Thursday 14 November 2002
Reading time: 11.45 am to 12.00 noon (15 minutes)
Writing time: 12.00 noon to 2.00 pm (2 hours)

QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK
Structure of book
Number of questions Number of questions to be answered

Number of marks 4

4

60

• Students are permitted to bring into the examination room: pens, pencils, highlighters, erasers, sharpeners and rulers.
• Students are NOT permitted to bring into the examination room: blank sheets of paper and/or white out liquid/tape.
• No calculator is allowed in this examination.
Materials supplied
• Question and answer book of 14 pages.
• A data book.
Instructions
• Write your student number in the space provided above on this page.
• All written responses must be in English.
At the end of the examination
• You may keep the data book.
Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other electronic communication devices into the examination room.
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GEOG EXAM

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Instructions
Answer all questions in the spaces provided in this book. Refer to the data book as indicated.
The marks allotted to each question are indicated at the end of the question.
Suggested times for each question are indicated at the end of the question.

Question 1
Use Figure 1 on pages 2 and 3 of the data book when responding to Question 1a and Question 1b.
a.

The Recreation Reserve centred on grid reference 552725 is a human resource. Classify this resource in one other way. Justify your classification.
i.

Classification

ii.

Justification

1 + 1 = 2 marks
(suggested time: 4 minutes)

b.

Describe one way the recreation reserve might spatially interact with one other human resource shown in the map region.

2 marks
(suggested time: 4 minutes)

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Use Figure 1 on pages 2 and 3 of the data book when responding to Question 1c.
c.

The letters A, B, C, D and E, above the cross-section shown in Figure 1 (d) of the data book, represent natural and human features on the line X–Y shown on the map extract. Identify one natural feature and one human feature shown on the cross-section and insert this information into the table below. An example is completed for you.
Letter of the feature marked on the cross-section

Natural feature

Example: A

Hill with trees

Human feature

2 marks
(suggested time: 4 minutes)

d.

One geographic characteristic of the town of Coolah is that it is growing to the northwest.
Using evidence from the map, outline either one economic factor or one social factor that could encourage this growth to take place.

2 marks
(suggested time: 4 minutes)

e.

Using evidence from the map, outline either one physical factor or one environmental factor that could prevent the growth of the town of Coolah to the southeast.

2 marks
(suggested time: 4 minutes)

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f.

4

i.

Mark and identify on the map outline opposite two features that enable movement in the area largely between the 500 metre contour lines, the town of Coolah in the north and the southern edge of the map.

ii.

Complete the map using the following conventions: orientation, legend (key), title, scale and source.
2 + 2 = 4 marks
(suggested time: 8 minutes)

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500

0

50

500

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Question 2
Use Figure 2 (a), (b), (c) and (d) on page 4 of the data book when responding to Question 2a and Question 2b.
The geographic characteristics of reclaimed land in the Netherlands have changed over time.
a.

Identify and describe one way in which the location of reclaimed land in the 20th century differs from the location of