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P250/2
GEOGRAPHY WORLD PROBLEMS AND
DEVELOPMENT
PAPER 2
3 HRS

UGANDA ADVANCED CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION

INTERNAL MOCK EXAMINATIONS 2017
S.6 GEOGRAPHY
WORLD PROBLEMS AND DEVELOPMENT
P250/2
TIME: 3 HRS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
- The paper consists of two sections, A and B.
- Answer FOUR questions in all.
- Section A is compulsory.
- Answer THREE questions from section B. Any additional question(s)
attempted will not be marked.
- Credit will be given for use of relevant sketch maps and diagrams.

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SECTION A:

1. Study the table below showing overnight stays of foreign tourists in selected
regions of Switzerland in 2010 in 000’s and answer the questions that follow.

Tourist Region Overnight stays in 000’s

Graubiinden 2,855
Zurich 3,528
Neuchatel 297
Basel 927
Bern 690
Geneva 2,208
Ticino 1,091
Valais 2,211

Adapted: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO).

(a) Using the base map provided, draw quantitative repeated symbols to portray
the information in the table above. (10mks)

(b) State the merits and demerits of the method used in (a) above.(5mks)
(c) Account for the variations in overnight stays in the tourist regions.(4mks)

(d) What is the significance of the tourist industry to the economic development
of Switzerland? (6mks)

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SECTION B

2. Examine the factors limiting the transformation from subsistence livestock

farming to a modern commercial level in many developing countries.
(25mks)

3. To what extent have physical factors favoured the exploitation of the

temperate coniferous forests in either Canada or Finland? (25mks)

4.(a) What factors are responsible for the rapid population increase in any one
developing country? (15mks)

(b) Explain the steps being taken to solve this problem in the selected country in
(a) above. (10mks)

5. Examine the contribution of the fishing industry to the economic

development of either the North-East Atlantic or South-East Pacific fishing
grounds. (25mks)

6. Discuss the effects of industrialization on the environment in either the Rand

of the Republic of South Africa or the Great Lakes region of USA. (25mks)

7. Assess the significance of inland water transport to the economic

development of either North America or Europe. (25mks)

8.(a) Account for the growth and development of either Cape town or New York
port? (15mks)

(b) Outline the problems faced by the port in (a) above. (10mks)

9. Discuss the factors responsible for the persistence of famine in the Sahel
region of Africa. (25mks)

END

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