Topic

Agriculture

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Part

Theme

Sample question.
(a) Study Fig. 1 which shows a farm in an MEDC.

Fig. 1

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(ii)
(iii)
(iv)

Is the farm in the photograph an arable or pastoral farm?

Is the farm in the photograph an intensive or extensive farm? Give a reason for your answer.
Describe three processes that the workers will need to carry out on the farm shown on the photograph.
Explain why a smaller percentage of the total workforce is employed in agriculture in MEDCs than LEDCs.

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(2)
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(b) Study Fig. 2.

Map 1 Distribution of agriculture

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Map 2 Population density

Sea

Sea

Population per km2

Vineyards
Dairying

60+ (cities)

Market gardening

1620

Beef cattle

1115

100

Map 6 Frost risk

05

200 km

Map 4 Topography

Main roads
Railway

6 10

Mixed farming (crops, livestock)

0

Map 3 Communications

Map 5 Soil composition

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High risk
Moderate

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Low
Very low

Steep slopes
Moderate slopes
Gentle slopes

Gravel outcrops
Thin mountain soils
Alluvial river deposits
Thick loam (moderate fertility)

Fig. 2

(i) Using Fig. 2, describe three features of the location of the areas used for dairying.
(ii) Using examples of different types of farming from Fig. 2, explain how physical (natural)
factors influence agricultural land use.

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(c) For a named area of small-scale subsistence farming, describe the inputs, processes and outputs.

Cambridge IGCSE Geography Part A Theme 3 Economic Development and the Use of Resources

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