IB Geography

Summary

Paper 1
Is 1 hour 30 minutes
On Wednesday 17th May
Contains questions from the 4 core
topics
Is out of 60 marks
3/4 short questions from each topic
1 essay from choice of 3 (15 marks)
Mock dates to be sorted

Paper 1
Populations in Transition
Disparities in wealth and
development
Patterns in environmental quality and
sustainability
Patterns in resource consumption

Paper 2

SL 1hr 20 mins; HL 2 hours

Is on Thursday 18th May
Contains the 2 or 3 optional units studied
40 minutes per topic (approx)
Out of 40 (SL) or 60(HL)
You have a question choice for EACH topic
Contain 2 or 3 short answer questions and
1 10 mark essay question for EACH topic
Often have accompanying maps/ pictures
to analyse

Paper 2
Geography of food and health (option
F)
Urban Environments (option G)
Leisure, Sport and Tourism (option E
HL only)

Paper 3

Is 1 hour
For HL only
Is on Thursday 18th May
Contains the HL extension global
interactions
Is out of 25 marks 2 essays
You have a choice of 3 (but need to
do both essay questions in your one
choice)

Paper 3
Lots of overlap, but main topics are:
Measuring global interactions
Changing space and the shrinking
world
Economic interactions and flow
Environmental Change
Sociocultural exchanges
Political outcomes
Global interactions at local level

Vital!
Case-study examples, for every topic (use case
study booklet for exact detail)
Structuring essays
Describing and analysing graphs
Meanings of command terms
Ability to draw diagrams
Able to interpret maps
Use of geographical vocabulary
Place knowledge!
Contemporary information use website(s)
Never write in bullet points

Term 2 Final
Will involve a full practice Paper 2
Standard Level students will only get
1hr 20m
Therefore revision at this stage
should focus on
Food and Health
Urban Environments
Leisure, Sport and Tourism (HL)

Food and Health revision

To cover the early part of this, in
twos choose ONE of the following
topics
Variations in and measuring health
The global availability of food
Areas of food sufficiency/ deficiency
Food production/ food shortages and
solutions

For your topic

Prepare a presentation to teach this to
the class
Ensure to include the main aspects and
terminology from the topic
You can use PowerPoint/ OHTs
Try and come up with an exercise for
the class to do
Finish it with an IB style question and
sample answer based on the topic