GCSE Geography Revison Guide

Liz Taylor

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• Handy A5 format
• Coverage of both tiers
• Applicable to all syllabuses
• Accessible text
• Clear layout and helpful illustrations

Help your students, department and school

GCSE results really matter – to students, their parents, teachers and schools. Providing your students with one of our guides will help to secure them the grade they need.

Makes for effective revision

This guide covers both tiers, can be used alongside all syllabuses and concentrates on core topics. It is highly accessible with appropriate language, attractive and well-labelled diagrams, a clear structure and an emphasis on skills development and confidence building questions and tests.

Well structured – an ideal companion

Ideal for use both at home and at school, the guide offers:

• Explanations of geographical terms
• Questions within each section plus tests and answers
• Summaries of key case studies
• A helpful checklist of topics
• Labelled, test-yourself diagrams
• Tips on exam technique
• Highlighted essential vocabulary.

Contents

Introduction

Skills

• Tips for technique in Geography Exams
• Using and revising case studies
• Decision-making exercises in exams
• Drawing sketch maps and diagrams
• Map skills
• Grid references
• Scale
• Height and relief
• Statistical maps
• Describing maps
• Graphs

Economic activities

• Employment structure
• World trade
• Farming (Agriculture)
• Manufacturing Industry
• Hi-tech industry
• Industry in LEDCs
• Tourism

Ecosystems and environmental issues

• How ecosystems work
• Food webs
• Biomes
• Tropical rainforests
• Forest management
• Savannas
• Desertification
• The effects of energy production
• Acid rain
• Global warming

Population & development

• Global population distribution
• Population change
• World population
• Population structure
• Migration
• Development
• Aid

Settlement

• Classifying settlements
• Location of settlements
• Settlement functions
• Settlement patterns
• Global urbanisation patterns
• Urban settlements
• Urban issues - MEDCs
• Urban issues - LEDCs
• Rural settlements in MEDCs

Tectonic hazards and rocks

• Tectonic hazards
• Living with tectonic hazards
• Rocks and landscapes

Water landforms & systems

• The water cycle
• River landforms and processes
• Coastal landforms and processes
• Water and people

Weather and climate

• Weather
• Climate
• Weather hazards

Answers