Revision and Past Papers

Your IGCSE assessment is divided into 3 components:

Exam Paper 1-Geographical Themes
1 hour 45 mins (Answer 3 -25 mark questions from each section)-45%

Exam Paper 2-Geographical skills
1 hour 30 mins- (maps skills and data response questions) 27.5%

Paper 3- Controlled Coursework (completed in term 1and 2 of year 11)
A 2000 word project- 27.5%

Paper 1

Choose one question from each of the three sections

Section 1.Population and Settlement
Section 2. The Natural environment -Rivers and coasts, earthquakes and volcanoes, Climate weather and Ecosystem
Section 3. Economic Development- Industry and Agriculture, Tourism and development Energy, Water and environmental risks,
75 marks in total

Paper 2

Complete all questions

This is a Skills based paper. The first question is a Map skills question (20 marks) followed by questions on other skills - data analysis and response.(40 marks)

60 marks in total

Useful Revision documents

Topic Revision sheets

learner guide- download and edit checklist on pg 23
Case studies summary slideshow.
Case studies summary
Case study mind map templates
Case Study random facts grid
IGCSE key word glossary
Command words.
Exam tips
Revision notes example- some exemplar revision notes
levels of response paper 1
guidance on 7 mark questions

Population
Settlement
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Rivers and Coasts
Weather climate and ecosystem
Industry and Agriculture
Tourism and Development
Energy water and Environmental risks
Paper 2 Revision- skills

Past Papers

All of the following are June series exam papers paper code 0460/ 11 or 0460/12

Your actual exam code will be 0460 13 for paper 1 and 0460 23 for paper 2. These are for our time zone and you can obtain further papers on the Papa Cambridge Past paper website. Our exam region is region 3 ( hence paper 1 would be coded 0460/13) but you can practice with papers from any of the 3 regions.

Additionally you can access a wide range of exam papers, inserts and mark schemes papers for all regions from this folder.

Paper 1 practice booklet- selection of topic questions
Paper 2 practice booklet - selection of whole papers

The papers below are in your past paper practice booklet and are region 1 but you will take a region 3 exam- it doesnt matter which region you practice as they are similar- a summary of the last 10 years of region 3 papers is here