IB Exam Review: Paper 1 and Paper 2

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IB Exam Review Paper 1 and Paper 2
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Paper 1
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Test Day Specifics

• Paper 1 is worth 40 of your total IB Grade.
• Paper 1 is 1 ½ hours long
• Paper 1 is divided into Section A and B.
• Section A worth 45/60 marks
• Section B worth 15/60 marks

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Section A Tips

• answer ALL short-answer questions about the four
  core themes
• Populations in Transition
• Disparities in Wealth and Development
• Patterns in Environmental Quality and
  Sustainability
• Patterns in Resource Consumption
• 45 marks, approximately 17 minutes per section
• Use the space they give you and only that space

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Section B Tips

• Students are required to answer one extended
  response question from a choice of three.

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Section B Tips

• The questions require a broad treatment of the
  content and may integrate multiple topics across
  the core
• Populations in Transition
• Disparities in Wealth and Development
• Patterns in Environmental Quality and
  Sustainability
• Patterns in Resource Consumption

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Section B Tips

• The questions require knowledge and
  understanding, application and analysis, and
  synthesis and evaluation.
• The command terms used in each question indicate
  the depth required.
• Review all Case Studies
• Approx. 23 minutes

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Paper 2
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Whats in it?

• Paper 2 is worth 35 of your total IB Grade in
  Geography
• You have 1 hour and 20 minutes to take the exam
  (40 minutes per question)
• Paper 2 examines the optional themes you have
  studied this year.
• The Geography of Food and Health
• Urban Environments

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How does it look?

• Two Optional Theme Questions.
• For each optional theme there is a choice of two
  questions.

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How does it look?

• Each question is made up of 3-4 sub-questions.

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How does it look?

• The first two or three parts add up to 10 marks,
  and the final part is a 10 mark extended response
  or essay-style question.

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How does it look?

• The final part may not be related to the first 2
  or 3 parts of the question.

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How does it look?

• The command term indicates the depth of the
  response that is required.

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How does it look?

• At least 1 of the 2 questions in each theme uses
  stimulus material

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How does it look?

• The maximum mark for each question is 20.

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Strategy

• When making the decision between which of the 2
  questions in each theme to choose, look at the
  last extended response question. This is worth
  10/20 pts, so it is in your best interest to
  answer the question where you know the extended
  response question the best.