TEST CODE OI225OIO

FORM TP 2017070 MAY/JUNE 2OI7

CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDU.CATION CERTIFICATE@
EXAMINATION
GEOGRAPHY
Paper 01 - General ProficiencY
I hour 15 minutes
08 JUNE 2017 (a.m.)

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.& READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

This test consists of 60 items. You will have I hour and I 5 minutes to answer them.

2. In addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet.

3. Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item
you are about to answer and decide which choice is best'
On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and shade the
space
4.
having the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the sample item below'

Samole Item
Hurricanes in the Caribbean area are MOST I

likely to occur during Sample Answer

(A)
(B)
February-APril
April-June
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(C) July-September
(D) October-February
The correct answer to this item is "July-Septernber", so (C) has been shaded.

5. If you want to change your answer, erase it cornpletely before you fill in your new choice.
6. When you are told to begin, turn the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can. If
you cannot answer an item, go on to the next o,ne. You may return to that item later.

7. You may use a silent, non-programmable calc ':lato(to answer items.

8. The use of geometrical instruments is permitted'

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Items 1-8 refer to the following map showing some rslands of the Eastern Caribbean. Five islands are labelled
I, II, III, IV and V.
640 620 600

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I In which direction should an airplane fly 5. St Martin is located on the line of latitude
on leaving Marie-Galante to go to Saba? that is approximately
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(A) Northeast (A) l8"N
(B) Southeast (B) l8"S
(C) Southwest (c) 63"8
(D) Northwest (D) 63. W

2 The grid bearing of Sint Eustatius from 6 The straight-line distance, in kilometres,
Marie-Galante is between Saba and Marie-Galante is
approximately
(A) 045"
(B) I 35" (A) t75
(c) 225" (B) 240
(D) 3 15. (c) 280
(D) 320

3 What is the location of the island labelled

II? 7. To which of the following groups do the
islands labelled lt, III and IV belong?
(A) l4oN,6l"E
(B) l4oN,6l.W (A) Greater Antilles
(c) 61"N, l4"W (B) Leeward Antilles
(D) 6l oN, 140 E (C) Leeward lslands
(D) Windward Islands

4. The name of the island labelled I is l

8 The island labelled V is closest to which of

(A) Antigua the following regions?
(B) Grenada
(c) Dominica (A) North America
(D) Saint Lucia (B) South America
(C) Central America
(D) Western America

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I@2refers to the following diagram oi a river.

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9. In what general direction is the river flou ing?

(A) East to West

(B) North to South
(C) Southeast to Northwest
(D) Southwest to Northeast

10. Which of the following phrases refers to Eastings?

(A) Vertical lines that decrease in value eastwards

(B) Vertical lines that increase in value eastwards
(C) Horizontal lines that increase in nalue northwards
(D) Horizontal tines that decrease in value northwards

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Items 11-12 refer to the following map extract of the Black River area, Jamaica

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11. The feature labelled X(at257412) is a

(A) confluence
(B) distributary
(C) river capture
(D) deferred junction

12. The general direction of flow of the Black River is

(A) SE
(B) NE
(c) NNE
(D) SSw

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Item 13 refers to the following graph which shows the percentage of the total population employed
in agriculture in 1950 and 2000 in som,: Caribbean territories.

l@x r9so @B 2000

The Bahamas
Barbados

Cuba
Dominican
Republic
I
Guadeloupe

Haiti
Jamaica

Martinique
Puerto Rico
Trinidad and
Tobago
0 l0 20 30 40 50 60 70 E0 90 ("/"

13. Which country had the LARGEST percentage decline in people employed in agriculture?

(A) Haiti
(B) Maninique
(C) Trinidad and Tobago
(D) Dominican Republic

14. A relationship between longitude and time is that the time changes by

(A) I hour for 20"

(B) I minute for 4"
(c) 4 minutes for I "
(D) 24 hours for I 80"

15. The factor explaining the difference between weather and climate is

(A) time
(B) rainfall
(C) location
(D) temperature

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16. Atravellermadethefollowingobservations. Items I &-1 9 refer to the fol lowi ngdiagram.

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"lt was hot and rained heavily every day;
the trees grew very tall and there was little
undergrowth."

Which of the following forest vegetation

types was the traveller describing?

(A) Montane
(B) Equatorial
(c) Deciduous
(D) Semi-evergreen

18. The feature at M is a

Item 17 refers to the following statement.
(A) lev6e
"The temperature sudden ly drops and wind (B) terrace
speed increases; the sky gradually becomes (c) waterfall
overcast and there is a slight drizzle." (D) flood plain

t7 What type of weather system is being t9 Which of the following features forms in
described? the area marked N?

(A) Cold front (A) A lev6e

(B) Hurricane (B) A plateau
(c) Tropical wave (c) A flood plain
(D) Intertropical Convergence Zone (D) An alluvial fan

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Items 20-21 refer to the following map.

KEY
atr
Bulldings Y
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Sand I

40 m
a x
Contours Centre
V.I40 m
-rr rr w
a

1: 50 000
Scale: 2 cm:l km

20. The features found at T on the map are 21. A contour sketch from Point R to Point X
would look like
(A) a bay and beach
(B) a headland and bay Height
(C) cliffs and coral reefs (A) (m)
(D) a beach and headland 120

R Distance x
Height
(B) (m)
I
80
40

R Distance x
Height
(c) (m)
120
80
40
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R Distance x
Height
(D) (m)
120,
80

R Distance x

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Items22-2,6 refer to the following diagram of a Caribbean weather system

22. The line labelled X rePresents 25 The rainfall depicted by the station model
behind the line X can BEST be described
(A) a trough as
(B) an isobar
(C) a tropical wave (A) drizzle
(D) thelntertropicalConvergenceZone (B) light rainfall
(tTCZ) (c) heavy rainfall
(D) intermittent showers

23. The line labelled Y rePresents

26. The c loud cover shown on the station model
(A) an isobar behind the line X can BEST be described
(B) a cold front as
(c) a warm front
(D) a tropical wave (A) high and clear
(B) low and clear
(c) high and totally overcast
24 The station model behind the line X shows (D) low and totally overcast
the wind blowing from the

(A) northwest at 15 knots a', When magma emerges on the surface, it

(B) southeast at I 5 knots may lead to the formation of
(C) northwest at 20 knots
(D) southeast at 20 knots (A) sills
\ (B) dykes
(C) laccoliths
(D) lava flows

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28. Which of the following weather systems 30. How does vegetation contribute to the
does NOT affect the Caribbean during thc development of soils?
summer in the northern hemisphere?
(A) It provides the parent material.
(A) Cold fronts .
(B) It decomposes to form humus.
(B) Anticyclones (C) It increases the depth of soil.
(C) Easterly/Tropical waves (D) Itdecomposestoproduceinorganic
(D) The Intertropical Conveipen. e' matter.
Zone (ITCZ)

31 The slow downhill movement of debris

29 As one climbs a mountain, the surrounding and soil underthe influence of gravity may
temperature BEST be described as

(A) decreases (A) landslide

(B) increases (B) soil creep
(C) fluctuates (c) soil erosion
(D) remains constant (D) mass wasting

Items 32-33 refer to the following popul,rtion density map of Island P

I Inhabitants
per km2
N
KEY
Im > 400

20v399
100-199
0-99
POPULI\TION DENSITY OF ISLAI\D P

32. Which of the following statements is true? 33 Which of the following areas has the
SMALLEST population?
(A) Thepopulationisevenlydistributed.
(B) The area of highest density is in the (A) I
south. (B) rr
(C) The population density increases (c) rrr
outward from Area l. (D) rv
(D) The population density decrease3,
outward from Area I.

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Items 34-35 refer to the following graph 3s. What was the approximate size of the
showing the population size of a country population in the year 2OOO?
for the years 1850 to 2025.
(A) r s00 000
(B) 2 000 000
O (c) 2 500 000
o (D) 3 000 000
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36 Which of the following phrases defines

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exfoliation?
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o (A) Peeling off of the outer layers of
o rocks
c)
N I (B) Splitting of rocks into rectangular
U)
blocks
(c) Movement ofrocks due to the action
1 1900 1950 2000 2050 of rivers
Years (D) Disintegration of rocks by root
penetration into crevices
34. In which of the following periods was the
population growth constant?

(A) l8s0-r e00

(B) 1900-te2s
(c) tg2s-teso
(D) teso-197s

Item 37 refers to the following diagram of the hydrologic cycle.

irl
<-
ll Rainfall
I

x Sea

37. In the diagram, X represents

(A) percolation
(B) evaporation
(C) transpiration
(D) precipitation rt )

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Item 38 refers to the following diagram. 4l Which of the following features is an

example of intrusive vulcanicity?
Thibuteries
(A) Sill
(B) Crater
(C) Caldera
(D) Lava plateau
I

-d Item 42 refers to the following diagram of

Rive. a coastal area.

38 The diagram shows a mountain with Sea

tributaries leading to a river which flows
into the sea. The dotted line represents
- a'l!
Sea x

(A) a plateau '

(B) the hilltop
(C) the watershed
(D) the drainage basin
42 Which ofthe following processes is MOST
likely to result in the formation ofthe feature
39 Rapid urbanization in Caribb""n x?
USUALLY results in "ouplries
I. Longshore drift
'l
(A) housing shortages in the cities II. Wave erosion
(B) increased employment in the cities III. Wave deposition
(c) decreased foreign exchange
earnings (A) I and II only
(D) an improvement in the standard of (B) I and III only
living (c) II and III only
(D) I, II and lll

40. Deposition by a river usually occurs when

its 43 Which of the following is MAINLY
responsible for high temperatures in the
(A) volume increases Caribbean?
(B) gradient increases
(c) velocity decreases (A) Altitude
(D) channel roughness decreases (B) Latitude
(c) Rainfall
(D) Humidity

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44 Which ofthe following types ofsettlements 49 Which of the following is NOT a problem
will MOST likely develop along a main affecting industrial development in the
road? Caribbean?

(A) Linear (A) lnadequate capital

(B) lsolated (B) lnadequate markets
(c) Dispersed (c) Limited raw materials
(D) Nucleated (D) A large labour force

45. Which ofthe following is considered apoor 50 Which of the following measures do
farming practice? governments use to influence the location
of industries?
(A) Tillage
(B) Overgrazing Provision of tax incentives
(C) Strip cropping II. Offer of training programmes to
(D) Contour ploughing employees
TII Provision of the physical
infrastructure
46. ln peasant farming in the Caribbean, the
maintenance of the organic content in the (A) I and II only
soils can be ensured by the (B) I and lll only
(c) II and III only
(A) rotation of crops (D) I, II and III
(B) burning of vegetation
(C) application of manures
(D) use of chemical fertilizers 5l Which of the following features is typical
of large-scale commercial farming?

47 What word is used to describe that part of (A) Small acreage

a river's course which is wide and shallow (B) Multi-crop system
and has bars and islands around which the (C) Large labour force
river flows? (D) lntensive mechanization

(A) Braided
(B) Flooded 52 Which of the following situations
(c) Turbulent contributes MOST to pollution of the
(D) Meandering environmentofcapital cities in CARICOM
countries?

48. The process by which beach material is (A) Discharge of chemicals in the sea
moved along the coast by wave action is (B) Discharge of fish waste in the sea
called (c) Discharge of exhaust fumes from
motor vehicles
(A) solution (D) Accumulation of garbage from
(B) refraction factories
(c) longshore drift
(D) hydraulic action

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53. Which of the following statements aboufrsoil is generally true?

(A) The depth increases as moisture content increases.

(B) The acidity increases as the humus content decreases.
(C) The fertility increases as the humrrs content increases.
(D) The acidity increases as the moisr.ure content decreases

Item 54 refers to the following map.

.x .z t
!z
Key
Swamp
Contour
JSS 00^ llnes
ass
tss
Y

oW
ik iz
llt !k iz
v
Sea

,L/ Jz

54. In which of the following areas on the map would early settlers MOST likely have chosen to build
a town?

(A) w
(B) x
(c) Y
(D) Z

55. Which of the following factors is the MOST important contributor to the growth of capital cities
in the Caribbean?

(A) Availability of housing

(B) Availabil ity of services
(c) I nternational m igration

(D) Changes in the urban boundarieS

56. What is the leading foreign exchange earner in MOST Caribbean countries?

(A) Tourism
(B) Petroleum
(c) Agriculture
(D) Manufacturing

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Items 57-58 ref'er to the fbllowing diagram shorving a series of consequences from tropical
deforestation.

Tropical Great Overland Soil

--)
Flow
_>
Erosion
--) x
Deforestation

57 Which ofthe following consequences BEST 59 Which of the following are COMMON
represents X? causes ofcoastal pollution inthe Caribbean?

(A) Flooding I. Oil spi lls from ocean-going vessels

(B) Reduced rainfall II Poisonous fumes from industrial
(C) Decreased canopy plants
(D) Reduced soil fertility III Discharge of waste material into
rivers

58 What other consequence can result from (A) I and II only

trop ical deforestation? (B) I and III only
(c) II and III only
(A) Lumbering (D) I, II and lll
(B) Loss of flora
(C) lncrease in fauna
(D) Increase in underground water 60 Which ofthe following actions can be used
to reduce the emission ofgreenhouse gases?

I Increased useofch lorofl uorocarbons

(CFCs)
II lncreased use of solar power
III Reduction in the use of fossil fuels

(A) I and II only

(B) I and III only
(c) II and lll only
(D) I, II and III

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