*** Leaving Cert Geography 2014 ***

adamcahill

do you reckon language as a cultural indicator will come up? it has come up as a question every second year since 2006?

Dylan_1996

I just need to get a d3 if im being perfectly honest, I know a few things in detail, but some will just be waffle, ill be hoping to get everything right in the short q's, with a few good detailed essay questions, the short q's and the project would i squeeze a d3 out of the exam?

AmbiiSmiley

ANYONE HAVE ANY HOT DESERT BIOME SAMPLE ANSWERS?! I am in dire neeeed and I have a feeling I am gonna be up all night with the stress of geography

HassanNat95

brazil anyone? culture etc

feckin priests

Half one and I've learned characteristics of brown earth soils and rainforest biomes completely. I have sample answers for soils if anyone needs them. And colonialism for Brizil as i seen someone asking about there

oncex

Can't sleep fml fml fml

Kyro

Just did characteristics of a biome. If that doesn't come up I'll cry. Covered a few things in physical - will do one or two more and move into regional. Hoping I'll be alright for the elective as one of the B parts is normally just settlement patterns on the map and I'll just have to give the C part a go.

And I've done nothing for maths yet.

It's going to be a long night.

Kyro

Bullet points or essay style for the geoecology question?

oncex

Kyro wrote: »

Bullet points or essay style for the geoecology question?

Essay style. Did you sleep? I only got an hour and I'm freaking out. Brain doesn't work on no sleep
How do ye prepare for short questions?

Kyro

oncex wrote: »

Essay style. Did you sleep? I only got an hour and I'm freaking out. Brain doesn't work on no sleep
How do ye prepare for short questions?

Nope I haven't slept and I still only managed to get a small amount done. There's just too much.

oncex

Kyro wrote: »

Nope I haven't slept and I still only managed to get a small amount done. There's just too much.

As long as physical and geoecology are covered we'll be okay. Regional and elective can be winged to an extent. Good luck

Poliana.xo

I only slept an hour and have a headache now, ugh ( Still need to go over all the regional and elective... why do I find this so much more stressful than english p2..

Hotale.com

You guys weren't joking when you said you'd be cramming like mad.....

Poliana.xo

I need an A and I feel like I won't get it if what I want doesn't come up.. Hotmale, are you ready for the elective?

Hotale.com

Poliana.xo wrote: »

I need an A and I feel like I won't get it if what I want doesn't come up.. Hotmale, are you ready for the elective?

Kind of.

I've 3 essays out of 15 learned off to 80 mark standard, about 7 to 60ish marks. If the other 5 come up I'm going to hurt myself.

oncex

Can I just learn central place theory? Or do I need one of burgess/Hoyt etc??

Poliana.xo

I only know central place

Hotale.com

How do you apply central place theory to a map? Just using common sense?

Poliana.xo

I usually have an intro kinda thing about central place and that high-order services are provided only in large settlements, the town seems to be the only large settlement on the os map, it seems to fulfill the functions of a central place etc.
Then I talk about commercial services it provides, high order transport services and educational.. And always bring it back to the fact that it provides these services for the hinterland

Hotale.com

Poliana.xo wrote: »

I usually have an intro kinda thing about central place and that high-order services are provided only in large settlements, the town seems to be the only large settlement on the os map, it seems to fulfill the functions of a central place etc.
Then I talk about commercial services it provides, high order transport services and educational.. And always bring it back to the fact that it provides these services for the hinterland

Okay, so how many different services would I have to mention and describe?

Poliana.xo

Depends how many you see really, in the last one I did there was only CBD and something that looked like a shopping centre for commercial, then I just named the roads for transport and waffled about how people who travel would have to travel through the town.. Really just wing it if there isn't enough info. My teacher said even if say for educational you have 3 schools, 1 in the town and 2 in the hinterland you can interpret that the 2 in the hinterland would be primary, and the main one would in in the town, etc :P As long as you talk a lot about high order services and hinterland youll be grand

Hotale.com

Just realised my geometry set has an Irish map on it's case... Surely they'll leave me bring it in...? :pac:

Hannah098

Hotale.com wrote: »

Just realised my geometry set has an Irish map on it's case... Surely they'll leave me bring it in...? :pac:

Nope they'll consider it cheating you can only have ear plastic pencil cases/bags or just bring in what you need separately !

accountname

Don't forget the colours lads :P

Best of luck everyone! So jealous of everyone who didn't do this heart-breaking subject and actually get a chance to study Maths!

Hotale.com

Hannah098 wrote: »

Nope they'll consider it cheating you can only have clear plastic pencil cases/bags or just bring in what you need separately !

We don't need them, we just use our own....


I'll just throw all the stuff into my pencil case :P

Hollister11

My geography teacher last year told us to get a maths set with Ireland on it.

Poliana.xo

Good luck everyone, hope we get a nice paper :P

Hotale.com

Good luck everyone! If you hear anything of a lad from Cork who had a nervous breakdown in the exam centre it's probably me :rolleyes:

EoghanIRL

Hannah098 wrote: »

Nope they'll consider it cheating you can only have ear plastic pencil cases/bags or just bring in what you need separately !

This isn't true . Plenty of people bring in their pencil cases .

pixiedustx

Cramming since 6am and am now watching cat videos because I'm about to lose my mind with stress