Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Elective Geography 'Normal Academic' Holiday Homework 2006 Dec
Elective Geography (Normal Academic)
Instructions
1. Complete all the questions and write all answers on foolscap paper.
2. Do not copy the question, you are only required to indicate the question number on the foolscap paper.
Read the extract below carefully and use it to answer part (a).
“Oil palm plantations are large estates, covering many hectares,
in parts of Peninsular Malaysia, Most of the land is used for growing
oil palms, but in the centre of the plantation there is a series of large
buildings. Many people work on the plantations and some of them are always trying to find ways to increase the yields.”
1(a)(i) Based on the information in the extract above, identify three inputs of oil palm plantations. [3]
1(a)(ii) Capital is another input of oil palm plantations. Why do oil palm
plantations need a lot of capital? [6]
1(b)(i) Describe the problems facing the owners of oil palm plantations. [3]
1(b)(ii) How can the problems you described in (b)(i) be overcome? [3]
2(a)(i) Describe three physical and three human inputs that are required for
subsistence wet rice agriculture. [6]
2(b) Why do farmers in the southern parts of Thailand practice terracing
to cultivate wet rice? [1]
2(c) Describe with the aid of fully labeled diagram(s) how terracing can be carried out. [8]
3(a)(i) What are some benefits that locals of a tourist area get as a result of an increase in tourists visiting the area? [2]
3(a)(ii) What are some problems that tourists can bring to areas that they visit? [3]
3(b)(i) What is ecotourism? Explain and give an example of a location in Peninsular Malaysia that has used this form of tourism effectively to raise the number of tourists visiting that area. [4]
3(c) Singapore is building an integrated resort on Sentosa and another one in the Marina Bay area. What are the different advantages and disadvantages that these two developments might bring to the local population? [6]
END OF EXERCISE
Instructions
1. Complete all the questions and write all answers on foolscap paper.
2. Do not copy the question, you are only required to indicate the question number on the foolscap paper.
Read the extract below carefully and use it to answer part (a).
“Oil palm plantations are large estates, covering many hectares,
in parts of Peninsular Malaysia, Most of the land is used for growing
oil palms, but in the centre of the plantation there is a series of large
buildings. Many people work on the plantations and some of them are always trying to find ways to increase the yields.”
1(a)(i) Based on the information in the extract above, identify three inputs of oil palm plantations. [3]
1(a)(ii) Capital is another input of oil palm plantations. Why do oil palm
plantations need a lot of capital? [6]
1(b)(i) Describe the problems facing the owners of oil palm plantations. [3]
1(b)(ii) How can the problems you described in (b)(i) be overcome? [3]
2(a)(i) Describe three physical and three human inputs that are required for
subsistence wet rice agriculture. [6]
2(b) Why do farmers in the southern parts of Thailand practice terracing
to cultivate wet rice? [1]
2(c) Describe with the aid of fully labeled diagram(s) how terracing can be carried out. [8]
3(a)(i) What are some benefits that locals of a tourist area get as a result of an increase in tourists visiting the area? [2]
3(a)(ii) What are some problems that tourists can bring to areas that they visit? [3]
3(b)(i) What is ecotourism? Explain and give an example of a location in Peninsular Malaysia that has used this form of tourism effectively to raise the number of tourists visiting that area. [4]
3(c) Singapore is building an integrated resort on Sentosa and another one in the Marina Bay area. What are the different advantages and disadvantages that these two developments might bring to the local population? [6]
END OF EXERCISE
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