plumiCities in LICs and NEEs: AQA GCSE Geography questions
Every AQA GCSE Geography exam question on Cities in LICs and NEEs, 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 19 questions on Cities in LICs and NEEs, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q01.4 (4 marks): Suggest how natural increase and migration affect the growth of LIC/NEE cities. Use Figure 2 and your own understanding. [4 marks]
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q01.11 (9 marks): Discuss how urban growth in LIC/NEE cities has created social and economic opportunities. Use Figure 6 and a case study. [9 marks]
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q01.4 (1 mark): Give one way a major city in a LIC/NEE is nationally important. [1 mark]
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q01.5 (6 marks): To what extent is managing environmental issues, such as waste disposal, a challenge in cities in LICs/NEEs? Use Figure 2 and your own understanding. [6 marks]
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q01.3 (1 mark): Complete Figure 2 using the following data. [1 mark]
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q01.4 (1 mark): Approximately how much more frequent is street robbery than business burglary? Shade one circle only. [1 mark]
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q01.5 (2 marks): Outline one reason why reducing crime is a challenge in some LIC/NEE cities. [2 marks]
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q01.6 (6 marks): To what extent has urban growth created social opportunities? Use Figure 3 and a LIC/NEE example you have studied. [6 marks]
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q01.3 (1 mark): Give one way in which a major city in an LIC/NEE is regionally important. [1 mark]
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q01.4 (6 marks): Explain how urban planning is improving quality of life for the urban poor. Use Figure 2 and an LIC/NEE example you have studied. [6 marks]
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q01.8 (1 mark): At what time of day is air pollution the highest? [1 mark]
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q01.9 (1 mark): Calculate the range in air pollution levels shown in Figure 5. [1 mark]
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q01.10 (2 marks): Outline one reason why levels of air pollution are so high in many LIC/NEE cities. [2 marks]
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q01.11 (9 marks): Assess the extent of the challenges created by urban growth in LICs/NEEs. Use a case study of a city in an LIC/NEE. [9 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q01.5 (4 marks): Suggest why sanitation systems in cities in LICs/NEEs create challenges. Use Figure 2 and your own understanding. [4 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 3, Q02.1 (6 marks): Suggest why cities in LICs and NEEs are often referred to as ‘unequal cities’. [6 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 3, Q02.2 (2 marks): Compare levels of access to piped water in urban and rural areas shown in Figure 2. [2 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 3, Q02.4 (6 marks): ‘Urban planners are finding it challenging to keep up with the growth of cities in LICs and NEEs.’ To what extent do you agree with this statement? [6 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 3, Q03 (9 marks): ‘Slums of hope or slums of despair?’ Which do you think best describes urban slums in LIC/NEE cities? Use evidence from the resources booklet and your own under
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