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M14/3/GEOGR/BP2/ENG/TZ0/XX/RE

Monday 19 May 2014 (morning)

GEOGRAPHY

HIGHER LEVEL AND STANDARD LEVEL

PAPER 2 – RESOURCES BOOKLET

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Do not open this resources booklet until instructed to do so.

Use the resources as appropriate to the questions in paper 2.

© International Baccalaureate Organization 2014

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Optional Theme A — Freshwater – issues and conflicts

1. The satellite image shows the area around theAustralian city of Rockhampton flooded by the Fitzroy River in 2011.

vegetation

water

edge of city

airport runways

Bruce Highway

normal channel of Fitzroy River

airport

park

Key to colours:

[Sourceofunderlyingimage:www.earthobservatory.nasa.gov]

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Optional Theme B — Oceans and their coastal margins

4. The photographs A and B show two coastal areas.

Photograph A

[Source:©InternationalBaccalaureateOrganization,2012]

Photograph B

[Source:www.bgs.ac.uk]

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Optional Theme C — Extreme environments

5. The map extract shows a glaciated area of South Island, New Zealand. The scale of the map

is 1:250 000. The contour interval is 100 m.

B

A

N

45

44

43

42

19 20 21 22

19 20 21 22 23

5 km

2 mi

[Source:ThisworkisbasedonLINZ’sdatawhicharelicensedbyLandInformationNewZealand(LINZ)forre-useundertheCreativeCommonsAttribution3.0NewZealandlicence.]

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State highway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Four lanes or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Two lanes (includes passing lanes). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Narrow road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Vehicle track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Foot track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ROADS AND TRACKS

Residential area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Large buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Isolated building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Homestead, stockyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

MISCELLANEOUS

Index contour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Intermediate contours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Perennial snow and ice contours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Supplementary contour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Depression contours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Shallow depression, small depression or shaft. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Beaconed trig station (with trig identification code) . . . . . . . . .

Elevation in metres. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cliff, terrace, slip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Rock outcrops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Stopbank, cutting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

RELIEF FEATURES

Coastal rocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Shoal or reef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sand and mud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Shingle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Swamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Boat ramp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Breakwater, wharf, jetty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Slipway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Marine farm, seawall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

WATER FEATURES

Native forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Exotic coniferous forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Exotic non-coniferous forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Scrub. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

VEGETATION FEATURES

Key:

[Source:ThisworkisbasedonLINZ’sdatawhicharelicensedbyLandInformationNewZealand(LINZ)forre-useundertheCreativeCommonsAttribution3.0NewZealandlicence.]

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Optional Theme C — Extreme environments

6. ThemapofAustraliashowsregionsthatareathighriskofdesertification.

N

Key:

Existing deserts

Areas with a high risk of desertification

Rivers

5°S

10°S

15°S

20°S

25°S

30°S

35°S

40°S

45°S

50°S

110°E 115°E 120°E 125°E 130°E 135°E 140°E 145°E 150°E 155°E 160°E

Tropic of Capricorn

WESTERN

AUSTRALIA SOUTH

AUSTRALIA

NORTHERN

TERRITORY

QUEENSLAND

NEW

SOUTH

WALES

VICTORIA

Scale:

0 650 km

[source: adapted from Philip’s Australian School Atlas,page20]

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Optional Theme D — Hazards and disasters – risk assessment and response

7. Themap shows the track of Hurricane Charley inAugust 2004 and changes in the intensity of the storm. Dates are also shown.

Saffir-Simpson Scale

TROPICAL DEPRESSIONTROPICAL STORMCATEGORY 1CATEGORY 2CATEGORY 3CATEGORY 4CATEGORY 5

9 August

10 August

11 August

12 August

13 August

14 August

15 August

Florida

Cuba

Gulf of

Mexico

Atlantic Ocean

Jamaica

Haiti

40°N

30°N

20°N

10°N

60°W70°W80°W90°W

50°N

[Source:adaptedfromCIMSSimageathttp://tropic.ssec.wise.edu]

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Optional Theme E — Leisure, sport and tourism

10. The map shows participating teams for one international sport.

Englandand

Wales

Australia

New Zealand

India

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

Bangladesh

South Africa

Zimbabwe

GuyanaWest Indies

Tropic of Cancer

Equator

Tropic of Capricorn

Full members

Key:

Pri

me

Mer

idia

n

[Source:Copyright©www.mapsofworld.com]

Optional Theme F — The geography of food and health

11. Themapshowsthespreadofadiseasebetween2005and2009.

[Source:UsedwithpermissionfromtheCDC.]