S4 Revision Topics

S4 Homework and Exam Prep, October Break


Write up the report on land use issues in glaciated areas (as issued on Monday 2nd October). You will have Monday 23rd to check that all parts of the report are completed and checked. Report must be handed in on Tuesday 24th October.
Read thoroughly chapters 1 and 2 of Standard Grade Study Mate, (C Clarke) to familiarise yourself with the type of questions you will get in the Exam. This is extremely important-take time to read and take summary notes. (Linear or Mind Map format)

What’s In the Prelim?

Ø Map Skills
o Recognition of landforms, eg corrie, valley, spur
o Land use patterns (eg woodland, farmland, settlement)
o Interpretation of transects (Eg as in the Braemar map exercise)
o Evaluating information, eg:-
§ Location of a new factory/supermarket/tourist centre

Ø Glaciated landscapes
o Erosion-corries, pyramidal peaks, U shaped valleys
o Deposition-Glacial and Fluvio-Glacial
o Land uses
§ Upland-climbing, ski-ing, forestry, sheep, walking
§ Lowland-sand/gravel pits, settlements, farmland
o Land use conflicts
§ Footpath erosion, litter, parking
§ Ski-ing v Environment
§ Holiday homes v traditional character of a place

Ø River landscapes (will be covered after the Holiday)
o Upper, Middle, Lower course of a River
§ Waterfall
§ V shaped valley
§ Ox Bow lake
o Land uses
o Case Study-The Rhine



Ø Environmental Issues
o Rain Forest
§ Deforestation; habitat loss
o Deserts
§ Developments, eg oil, mining, water schemes
o Tundra
§ Oil exploration
§ Alaskan Highway
o Seas and Oceans
§ Pollution, waste
§ Over fishing; whaling
Ø Climate

o Rain Forest
o Desert
o Tundra
o Mediterranean

Ø Trade and Aid

o Globalisation-all countries interlinked by trade
o Trading Alliances
§ The EU (enlargement)
o Export and Import patterns
§ Contrast EMDCs and ELDCs
o Uneven pattern of global trade
o Multinationals dominate world economy
§ Nike, Coke; IBM, Microsoft
o Overdependence on one/two exports (eg many African/South American countries)
o Price changes
o Aid
§ Emergency/Disaster Relief
§ Bilateral
§ Multilateral
o Self Help Schemes
o Intermediate Technology

Ø Population

o Population distribution
§ Crowded areas-Europe, Eastern China, Ganges Delta
§ Sparely populated-mountains, extreme climates, few resources/wealth
o Birth and death rates
§ Difference between EMDCs and ELDCs
§ Interpret population pyramids

o Migration
§ Push-Pull factors
§ Impact on people and places
§ Recent Immigration into Scotland
o Indicators of development, eg::-
§ GNP-wealth
§ Literacy-education,
§ Girls/Boys in Primary/Secondary education
§ Car ownership-wealth
§ %age employed in agriculture-high in poorer countries