C.3 Managing extreme environments questions for IB Geography

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  • IB Geography
  • Part of C Extreme environments
  • SL and HL

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Question 1 · GEO-00039Paper 1 · 10 marks

To what extent is the development of thermokarst landscapes the result of human activity rather than natural processes?

10 marks

Question 2 · GEO-00044Paper 1 · 10 marks

Examine the view that the unreliability of rainfall presents greater challenges for people than its low total in semi-arid environments.

10 marks

Question 3 · GEO-00047Paper 1 · 10 marks

Evaluate the extent to which remoteness, rather than climate, limits human habitation in one or more named cold environments.

10 marks

Question 4 · GEO-00048Paper 1 · 10 marks

Examine the challenges that relief and climate present for resource development in one or more named high-altitude environments.

10 marks

Question 5 · GEO-00050Paper 1 · 10 marks

Examine how inaccessibility affects the development of resources in polar environments.

10 marks

Question 6 · GEO-00162Paper 1 · 10 marks

Examine the reasons why some extreme environments support much larger populations than others.

10 marks

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