Geography Cramming!!!

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Anyone else really worried for geography. I've never been in this much worry with an exam. I know my elective questions and most physical. I have to learn geoecology and regional tonight though :O Really worried.....

DancingQueen:)

I'm a tad nervous, it all depends on the paper. I know tons of Geography but if I can't answer the geo ecology question then that's 80 marks gone :eek: Also the timing is awful, really wish we had more time.

dyeti

Having Maths straight after it is really annoying...

I don't know how I'll have the time to study both tonight after coming home wrecked from Eng II

H2student

I should be but I'm not. If you're aiming for a B or an A, then yes you would need a lot of info. However, if you're just aiming for a C or a low B, then if you look at the papers, there's a lot of predictable questions. Unless you're really unlucky, by learning 10 essays, you should be able to get at least a C (I got a C2 by learning 6 essays I predicted and getting 50% at short questions).

Kersmash

I used be really good at geography but there's so much of it I'm kinda lost. Know my Physical, most of Regional and a bitta Geoecology. Gotta cram my elective tonight. I literally have no idea how to answer the questions.

gant0

Haven't ever worried about geography but now seeing all of ye worrying im kinda starting to worry too:o

robbie_998

having done the LC Higher level geogphry paper last year I can safely say that it was the easiest exam in the LC and most of it is common sense.

Do not be nervous !

Shanotheslayer

robbie_998 wrote: »

having done the LC Higher level geogphry paper last year I can safely say that it was the easiest exam in the LC and most of it is common sense.

Do not be nervous !

I heard its hard to do well. But easy to pass

robbie_998

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

I heard its hard to do well. But easy to pass

Section 1 will be a doddle for anybody. (short questions - very straight forward)

section 2 Long questions just require a bit of effort.

Compton

Yeah I find geography pretty easy with no study. Got 70 in the mocks - no study.

Just wondering what the elective is? I probably know it but our teacher has a strange way of teaching!

callaway92

I am absolutely screwed for the Biome question...oh lord im screwed

callaway92

shblob wrote: »

Yeah I find geography pretty easy with no study. Got 70 in the mocks - no study.

Just wondering what the elective is? I probably know it but our teacher has a strange way of teaching!

its the extra question at the end of the exam paper and is exclusive to higher level

Kersmash

shblob wrote: »

Yeah I find geography pretty easy with no study. Got 70 in the mocks - no study.

Just wondering what the elective is? I probably know it but our teacher has a strange way of teaching!

Mine was Patterns and Processes of Economic Geography or something. All about Colonialism, MNCs, globalisation etc.

The other one is patterns and process of human something.. I'm not too sure really.

callaway92

Kersmash wrote: »

Mine was Patterns and Processes of Economic Geography or something. All about Colonialism, MNCs, globalisation etc.

The other one is patterns and process of human something.. I'm not too sure really.

BIOME

KnifeWRENCH

callaway92 wrote: »

its the extra question at the end of the exam paper and is exclusive to higher level

No, you're thinking of the "Option" question.

The Elective question is either Human Geography (basically, studying population models and such) or Economic Geography (globalisation, MNC's etc.). Both are on the paper, you study and answer one. They come up at both HL and OL.

The Option question is the one exclusive to HL. This is where you write an essay on either Geoecology, Global Interdependence, Atmosphere/Ocean Enviornment or Culture and Identity.

Shanotheslayer

After everybody expecting boland for english I can't help but wonder, if the expected Main char's of a biome Q wont come up now ;/

MyHair

As if I didn't have enough to study! :mad:
Now I have to study Higher geography AND higher maths tonight:(

fufureida

I have to learn the entire course tonight. Hoorah.

iWeeze

fufureida wrote: »

I have to learn the entire course tonight. Hoorah.

This. I'm fairly ****ed.

UpTheSlashers

Anyone reckon isostacy could come up?

Compton

yes - it came up on my mocks.

shocxxxxxx

I'm actually sh*ttin a pair of bricks for geography.......BUT..and its a big but...the 2 papers i thought i knew nothin for were english paper 2 and geography nd english didnt actually seem too bad today so im just gona remain hopeful about geog too...:) xXx

chaoticmess

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

After everybody expecting boland for english I can't help but wonder, if the expected Main char's of a biome Q wont come up now ;/

This is what I've been worried about too. I've been worried the past two days that only soil questions will come up.... and I've tried and failed multiple times to learn anything about soils!

xemmsx

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

After everybody expecting boland for english I can't help but wonder, if the expected Main char's of a biome Q wont come up now ;/

omg i think i would die a thousand deaths right there in the middle of the exam hall if a biome Q didnt come up.... they could never be that cruel could they? I mean that 1/5th of the exam gone!!:eek::eek::eek:

Victoria.

Come on this stuff here!!:

Physical:
Landform dvlp
Earthquakes and tectonics
Sedimentary and resulting landscape
Igneous formation
Humans and natural processes
Humans and rock cycle

Regional
Culture India
Culture Belgium
Italy - Farming, tourism
India - primary, secondary, expansion
Dublin - expansion, tertiary
Paris - Tourism, primary
Ireland and EU

Human
2 land use models
Population growth developed
Population growth developing
Urban problems
Historic settlement
Ireland and EU
Settlement patterns
Migration
Overpopulation

Geoecology
Characteristics of soil
Biome human
Biome characteristics

29 things.
This has to be ok?
I knew all this at one time, now to get it back! Better get to it.

Compton

Yes, but you can waffle about certain topics further on in the geoecology section.

hdaniel

can anyone recomend some topics that will be must studys?
before biomes of course

H2student

@ victoria, more than I've "prepared" in the last 2 months. I have forgotten about 20 of those essays by now.

If biomes doesn't come up, I'll look at all the other options and hope I can waffle at least half a page for something.

starryeyes122

H2student wrote: »

I should be but I'm not. If you're aiming for a B or an A, then yes you would need a lot of info. However, if you're just aiming for a C or a low B, then if you look at the papers, there's a lot of predictable questions. Unless you're really unlucky, by learning 10 essays, you should be able to get at least a C (I got a C2 by learning 6 essays I predicted and getting 50% at short questions).

never really worried bout geog as i always passed it.. but now im kinda worried...

H2student

Here's what I think:

If you want to have a good cram tonight, and you feel you might fail. Then do the following (if you haven't already):

Physical: - Human influence on natural processes (river, coastal etc.) and influence on rock cycle (quarrying etc.)
- development of one landform (mine is waterfall)

Regional:
- secondary on sub-continental (brazil for me)

<-- not very confident about regional, better off studying the other sections imo

Elective: (human)
I believe first quesiton part C is always something to do with the OS map or aerial photo, and you can get half marks with common sense basicaly

Option:
- Biomes ? if not then, like the friend of that guy on the other thread. "See you same place, same time next year".

shocxxxxxx

Hi! Im kinda worried now...i though human impacts or characteristics was garenteed every year but it didnt come up in 2007? i dont know anything else so should i be worried about 2moro?