plumiPopulation, economic activities and settlements are key elements of the human landscape: Edexcel GCSE Geography B questions
Every Edexcel GCSE Geography B exam question on 5.1 Population, economic activities and settlements are key elements of the human landscape, 2018–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 11 questions on Population, economic activities and settlements are key elements of the human landscape, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q5(c) (2 marks): Explain one difference between the population structure of urban areas and rural areas. (2)
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q7 (8 marks): Analyse the information in Figure 6 which includes the different age structures of the urban and rural populations of England, in 2020. Age (years) 90 to 94 90
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q5(a)(i) (1 mark): Identify which one of the following regions had the smallest percentage (%) fall in its GDP. (1) A North West B East Midlands C East of England D London
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q5(a)(ii) (1 mark): Calculate the median percentage fall in GDP for English regions. (1)
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q5(a)(i) (1 mark): Identify which one of the following is the most accurate description of sex inequalities. (1) A they are most extreme for those under 30 B they are most extreme
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q5(a)(ii) (2 marks): Explain why median income is a better measure than mean income when comparing places. (2)
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q7 (8 marks): Analyse Figure 7, which shows information about the source of the UK’s carbon emissions (in MtCO2 – metric tonnes of carbon dioxide) by region and sector, in 20
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q7(a) (8 marks): Analyse the information in Figure 7 which shows variations in gross disposable income (GDI) per head in 2017, between UK regions and within those regions. Regio
- June 2019, Paper 2, Q5(a)(i) (1 mark): Identify which one of the countries of the UK is dominated by Generation X. (1) A Northern Ireland B England C Scotland D Wales
- June 2019, Paper 2, Q5(a)(ii) (2 marks): Calculate the percentage of areas dominated by ‘Baby Boomers’. Answer to one decimal place. You must show your working in the space below. (2)
- June 2019, Paper 2, Q5(a)(iii) (2 marks): State two reasons for the distribution of the areas dominated by Generation Y. (2)
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