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!! Geography HL 2015 - predictions, guesses and discussion ...
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If I was you i'd seriously consider adding Culture on the Indian Sub-Continent, and Tertiary Activities to your Regional. And Population Distribution in either India or the West of Ireland.
Hey Kelly,
Think you could also send me notes on: Culture and Population Dynamics on the Indian Sub-Continent & Tertiary notes on regional (if you can)
Would appreciate it
-didn't have enough posts to pm :S-0 -
Hey Kelly,
Think you could also send me notes on: Culture and Population Dynamics on the Indian Sub-Continent & Tertiary notes on regional (if you can)
Would appreciate it
-didn't have enough posts to pm :S-
No problem.
CULTURE ON THE INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT
-The main influences which have contributed to language and religion on the Indian Sub Continent include; Early Indo-European, Islam and British Colonisation.
1. LANGUAGE
-There is no common language India. The constitution recognises 18 major languages, although there are over 1600 minor languages and dialects. Schools are taught in 58 languages, and newspapers printed in 87 languages.
-Indo-European language dominate, with Hindi being spoken by 25% of the Indian population, and is the official language of India. Tibeton dominates in the Himalayes, and Dravidia in S. India.
-Bengali is spoken in W. Bengal, Kashmiri is spoken in Kashmir and Jammue, and Punjabi is the language spoken by Muslims.
-Only 2% of the population speak English, although it is regarded as important. This is a result of British Colonisation, and it is taught in some schools and universities, and thought to be the language of the business class and social 'elite'.
-The Hindi language is resented by much of the India population. As a results, many often violent rivalries exist, which hinder India's development.
2. RELIGION
-Religion makes up a major part of a country's national identity. Hinduism dominates, and this helps to shape the cultural and political nature of Indian society.
-Hindus are in the majority, except in Jammu and Kashmir where Muslims make up 65% of the population, and Punjab has a population that is 60% Sikh. Christians are located mainly in cities.
-In 1947, India became independent from Britain. It was divided into East and West Pakistan. The idea being that Muslims would live in Pakistan, and Hindus in India. Although millions of Muslims lived in India and vice versa.
-Hence there was a mass migration of Muslims to Pakistan and Hindus to India. The large number of migrants from E. Pakistan crowded into Kolkata, the result being Kolkata has a vast area of shanty towns.
-Hinduism introduced a multi-layered social system called the caste system, effectively a form of social segregation in which people are generally confined to interacting with people from their own caste.
-They are grouped according to their job. The top caste are priests, followed by military personnel, then merchants, then serfs.
-The 'untouchables' are excluded from the system, and are regarded very lowly within Indian society, often working as landless labourers, and toilet/street cleaners.
-Belonging to a caste depends on the caste in which you were born in to, and people are to only marry within their own caste.
-In urban areas this system has broken down considerably, allowing a degree of social mobility. However it still exists to a large extent in many rural areas.
-For Hindus, the cow is sacred and cannot be killed. They provide milk, fertiliser and pull carts. But many undernourished cattle roam around, and many people consider them a parasite to the economy.0 -
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Hey Kelly,
Think you could also send me notes on: Culture and Population Dynamics on the Indian Sub-Continent & Tertiary notes on regional (if you can)
Would appreciate it
-didn't have enough posts to pm :S-
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION ON THE INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT
-India has a population of approx. 1.2 billion, making it the 2nd most populated country in the world following China. This number is estimated to increased to 2b by 2040 if India continues to grow at its present rate.
-The population is distributed unevenly across the sub-continent. Rivers such as the Ganges and Brahmaputra have high pop. densities on the lower river courses of <1000 p/km².
-These areas have flat plains with fertile alluvial soils, as well as a plentiful supply of water to support intensive farming. Thus areas such as these facilitate high pop. densities.
-The coastal plains of India around the East and Wet Ghats have a pop. density of 500-100 p/km². River deltas -eg. deltas of the R. Krishna- are productive areas for commercial agriculture.
-Urban development is concentrated in the more prosperous areas of the NE, NW, S & W regions.
-The major conurbation of cities like New Delhi (10m), Mumbai (12m) and Kolkata (17m) means cities such as these have the highest pop. growth rates.
-These cities are highly congested. They have a high rate of in-migration, which contributes to the already high birth rates.
-Rural to urban migration rates are high. This is due to a reduced demand for farm labour in rural areas, which acts as a push factor. Pull factors include more plentiful job opportunities in the secondary and tertiary industry in the city.
-The growing bureaucracy of the Indian government also offers more job opportunities to those who are well educated.
-Areas of low pop. density include mountain zones along the N. border of India. The Himalayas sustain little agriculture due to their high altitude, rock slops and scarcity of roads.
-Arid regions such as the Thar Desert or 'Great Indian Desert in the NW also do not support high pop. densities. Lack of rainfall hinders farming and results in low food production.
-The hinterland of large cities such as Kolkata tend to have high pop. densities of 1000 p/km², although some areas can have a pop. density of an enormous 24,00 p/km².
-The distribution of the rural population tends to be in nucleated settlements. [This is phrased oddly, sorry!] Although settlements are divided due to the existence of the 'caste system'. Higher cast members tend to live in the core of these nucleated settlements, while lower members live on the periphery.
-Those higher up in the caste system can afford to add second or third storeys to their houses to accommodate a growing family.
-The poorer members of these communities are forced to live in small, one-storey, often make-shift houses. These houses are to shelter both livestock and animals.0 -
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Hi guys done geoecology in class, done in Mocks, got 54/80 in the Mocks on influence of climate and soil on flora and fauna in biome. However I Really hate this section, find it so boring and hate studying it. I was looking at the global interdependence section and I just seem to know so much of it already, if I picked a few topics eg. Free Trade v Aid, impacts of global trading etc, would that be a better choice for me since I would enjoy learning it? Or am I a fool, considering it's on Friday? If I was to go with it, what topics are you guys preparing? Any tips? Thanks:) 0
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Hi guys done geoecology in class, done in Mocks, got 54/80 in the Mocks on influence of climate and soil on flora and fauna in biome. However I Really hate this section, find it so boring and hate studying it. I was looking at the global interdependence section and I just seem to know so much of it already, if I picked a few topics eg. Free Trade v Aid, impacts of global trading etc, would that be a better choice for me since I would enjoy learning it? Or am I a fool, considering it's on Friday? If I was to go with it, what topics are you guys preparing? Any tips? Thanks:)
I'm doing Global Interdependence, personally I think it's a good choice because even if you BS it you'll still get some marks and a good bit of it is common knowledge combined with some depth into the matter for discussion.
What I've studied so far are:
Deforestation
Global Warming
Fair Trade
Aid Debate
Models of Development (socialism, communism etc.)
I think that if you're interested in it plus the combined factor of the pressure of the exam being soon, you will be able to at least get 2 of the above chapters done in very/fairly good detail. It depends on what else you may be cramming for. If I were you, I'd do deforestation and Aid (*my predictions)
May the odds forever be in your favour.0 -
I'm doing Global Interdependence, personally I think it's a good choice because even if you BS it you'll still get some marks and a good bit of it is common knowledge combined with some depth into the matter for discussion.
What I've studied so far are:
Deforestation
Global Warming
Fair Trade
Aid Debate
Models of Development (socialism, communism etc.)
I think that if you're interested in it plus the combined factor of the pressure of the exam being soon, you will be able to at least get 2 of the above chapters done in very/fairly good detail. It depends on what else you may be cramming for. If I were you, I'd do deforestation and Aid (*my predictions)
May the odds forever be in your favour.
Thanks for that:) Is it the benefits of Aid or Fair Trade v Direct Aid? And what sort of questions would they ask on models of development? Is it likey? I find that area really interesting 0 -
Thanks for that:) Is it the benefits of Aid or Fair Trade v Direct Aid? And what sort of questions would they ask on models of development? Is it likey? I find that area really interesting
For Aid (Aid Debate) you have to explore the arguments for and against aid e.g. ADVANTAGE: Saves lives, DISADVANTAGE: Country relies on handouts, then expand each point. I think you also need to add a bit about NGO's to bulk up the essay too.
We didn't really do fair trade so I don't know much of it apart from those stickers that are on bananas.
Models of Development is one of my favourites but I don't think it will come up, it's basically examining the views of development e.g. Socialism, Capitalism, Environmental Determinism etc. and explaining how they work and their main criticisms.0 -
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