Advanced Higher Geography Question Paper

Questions assess candidates’ mapping skills techniques and their ability to use map evidence to support a response. Candidates use a 1:25,000 scale OS map and other supplementary items.

Questions assess candidates’ knowledge and understanding of gathering and processing techniques in the context of research and/or fieldwork, and their analysis and/or evaluation of data which might be obtained as a result of using those techniques. Questions may use the supplementary items supplied with the question paper.

Questions assess candidates’ interpretation and analysis of a given set of data, including statistical data, to evaluate techniques used and their effectiveness in explaining geographical relationships. Questions use the supplementary items supplied with the question paper.

The question paper contains two or three questions. Students attempt all questions.

Questions draw on the skills, knowledge and understanding described in the ‘Skills, knowledge and understanding for the course assessment’ section and require students to integrate their geographical skills in order to explain, analyse and evaluate information. Questions may focus on one particular skill or they may integrate more than one skill area.

In addition to the OS map, supplementary items are provided with the question paper. These are in the form of one or more of the following:

• maps or map-based diagrams

• tracing overlay

• photographs

• sketches

• graphical information

• outline drawings

• drawings based on photographs, data tables and written text about the area