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Edexcel · A-Level · 9GE0
Geography
Active Recall Guide
3,433 questions
GeographyContents
Contents
11 topics, 239 subtopics
  1. Tectonic Processes and Hazards345
  2. Glaciated Landscapes and Change330
  3. Coastal Landscapes and Change326
  4. Globalisation273
  5. Regenerating Places392
  6. Diverse Places286
  7. The Water Cycle and Water Insecurity396
  8. The Carbon Cycle and Energy Security273
  9. Superpowers267
  10. Health, Human Rights and Intervention269
  11. Migration, Identity and Sovereignty276
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Glaciated Landscapes and ChangeQuestions
Glaciated Landscapes and Change
The cryosphere and the types of glacier
  1. What is the cryosphere?
  2. How does the cryosphere regulate Earth's albedo?
  3. In what way does the cryosphere influence global sea levels?
  4. Why is the cryosphere important for freshwater storage?
  5. How does the cryosphere affect atmospheric and oceanic circulation patterns?
  6. What would happen to global albedo if the cryosphere significantly decreased in extent?
  7. Define an ice sheet and state where they currently exist.
  8. What is an ice cap?
  9. Define a cirque glacier.
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The cryosphere and the types of glacier
  1. The portion of Earth's surface where water is frozen, including glaciers, ice sheets, ice caps, sea ice, permafrost, and snow cover.
  2. Ice and snow surfaces reflect a high proportion of incoming solar radiation back into space, helping to regulate global temperatures.
  3. Ice sheets and glaciers store vast amounts of water on land; when they melt, water is released into the oceans, raising sea levels.
  4. Glaciers and ice sheets contain approximately 69% of Earth's freshwater, acting as long-term reservoirs that release water gradually.
  5. Cold polar regions create temperature gradients that drive global wind systems and ocean currents, influencing heat distribution across the planet.
  6. Global albedo would decrease as less reflective surfaces (land, ocean) replace ice and snow, leading to greater absorption of solar radiation and further warming.
  7. A continental-scale ice mass exceeding 50,000 km², currently found only in Antarctica and Greenland.
  8. A dome-shaped ice mass smaller than an ice sheet, typically covering highland areas and flowing outward in all directions from a central point.
  9. A small glacier occupying an armchair-shaped hollow on a mountainside, often the source area for larger valley glaciers.
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Regenerating PlacesQuestions
Regenerating Places
The functions of a place and why they change
  1. What is meant by the administrative function of a place?
  2. Define the commercial function of a place.
  3. What does the retail function of a place refer to?
  4. Define the industrial function of a place.
  5. What would happen to a place's function if a major employer in manufacturing closed down?
  6. What is gentrification?
  7. How might the age structure of a place change over time?
  8. What is meant by changes in ethnic composition of a place?
  9. Explain why gentrification might lead to changes in the retail function of an area.
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The functions of a place and why they change
  1. The role a place plays in governance and public services, such as being a centre for local or national government, courts, or civic administration.
  2. The role a place plays in business activities, including offices, financial services, and professional services that generate economic activity.
  3. The role a place plays in the sale of goods and services to consumers, including shops, shopping centres, and high streets.
  4. The role a place plays in manufacturing, processing, and production activities, including factories and industrial estates.
  5. The industrial function would decline, potentially leading to shifts toward service-based commercial or retail functions, or economic decline if no replacement activities emerge.
  6. The process by which wealthier residents move into a previously lower-income area, leading to rising property values, physical improvements, and often displacement of original residents.
  7. Through processes such as ageing populations due to out-migration of young people, or youthification as students and young professionals move in, altering the proportion of different age groups.
  8. Shifts in the proportion of different ethnic groups living in an area over time, often due to migration patterns, community settlement, or demographic change.
  9. As wealthier residents move in, demand shifts toward higher-end shops, cafes, and services, replacing discount stores and traditional businesses that served the original population.
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SuperpowersQuestions
Superpowers
What makes a superpower: economy, politics and military
  1. What defines a superpower in terms of global influence?
  2. What distinguishes an emerging power from a superpower?
  3. How would you define a regional power?
  4. Why is GDP size and growth rate used as an economic indicator of power status?
  5. How does a country's share of global trade contribute to its power status?
  6. Why is control of financial institutions an economic characteristic of power?
  7. What advantage does having a reserve currency provide to a state's power status?
  8. How does hosting headquarters of major multinational corporations indicate economic power?
  9. What political advantage does permanent UN Security Council membership with veto power confer?
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What makes a superpower: economy, politics and military
  1. A superpower is a state with dominant global influence across multiple dimensions, capable of projecting power worldwide and shaping international affairs.
  2. Emerging powers are states with growing influence and increasing capacity to project power regionally or globally, but they have not yet achieved superpower status.
  3. A regional power is a state with significant influence within its geographical region but limited global reach.
  4. GDP size indicates the total economic output of a state, while growth rate shows economic dynamism; together they reflect a country's economic capacity to sustain and expand its influence.
  5. A large share of global trade indicates economic interdependence with other nations, giving the country leverage in international economic relations and the ability to influence global markets.
  6. Control of global financial institutions such as the IMF or World Bank allows states to influence lending conditions, economic policies, and development priorities of other nations.
  7. A reserve currency is held by central banks worldwide for international transactions, giving the issuing country economic stability, lower borrowing costs, and significant influence over global finance.
  8. Hosting MNC headquarters concentrates corporate decision-making, tax revenues, high-skilled employment, and economic influence within that country, extending its reach into global markets.
  9. It allows a state to block any substantive UN Security Council resolution, giving it decisive influence over international security decisions and the ability to protect its interests and allies.
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