2007 Hsc-Geography 07

2007
H I G H E R S C H O O L C E R T I F I C AT E
E X A M I N AT I O N
Geography
Total marks 100

General Instructions
Reading time 5 minutes
Working time 3 hours
Write using black or blue pen
Board-approved calculators may
be used
A Stimulus Booklet is provided
with this paper
Write your Centre Number and
Student Number at the top of
pages 9, 11 and 15
Section I
Pages 25
15 marks
Attempt Questions 115
Allow about 25 minutes for this section
Section II
Pages 915
25 marks
Section III
Page 17
60 marks
Allow about 1 hour and 50 minutes for this section
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Section I
15 marks
Refer to the Stimulus Booklet
Use the multiple-choice answer sheet for Questions 115.
Refer to Source A to answer Questions 1 and 2.

1
What is the name of this type of map?

(A) Cadastral
(B) Choropleth
(C) Isopleth
(D) Precis
Which of these suburbs had the lowest population density in 2001?

(A) Maple Ridge
(B) Port Coquitlam
(C) Richmond
(D) Vancouver
Refer to Source B to answer Question 3.

3
Which regions, ranked in descending order, provided the greatest number of immigrants
to Canada in 2001?
(A) Eastern Asia, South East Asia, Southern Asia
(B) Eastern Asia, United Kingdom, Southern Asia
(C) Eastern Europe, Southern Asia, South East Asia
(D) South East Asia, Southern Europe, Eastern Asia
Refer to Source C to answer Question 4.

4
Approximately what percentage of immigrants to Vancouver came from Eastern Asia

in 2001?
(A) 13%
(B) 26%
(C) 31%
(D) 36%
Refer to Source D to answer Questions 57.

5
What is the bearing of Hood Point (GR 278174) from Point Atkinson (GR 281164)?
(A) 18
(B) 162
(C) 198
(D) 342
What is the general direction of flow of Sisters Creek in AR 2817?

(A) NNE
(B) NNW
(C) SSE
(D) SSW
What is the average gradient between Hollyburn Mountain (GR 286173) and the
navigation light (GR 306165)?
(A) 1 : 1.8
(B) 1 : 2.3
(C) 1 : 4.6
(D) 1 : 5.2
Refer to Source E to answer Questions 8 and 9.

8
What is the approximate area, in square kilometres, of Stanley Park, north of Northing 60?
(A) 0.75
(B) 2.5
(C) 3.5
(D) 4.75
What is the shortest distance, in kilometres, by road from the Sportsplex (AR 9264) to
the hospital (AR 9562)?
(A) 3.2
(B) 4.2
(C) 5.2
(D) 6.2
Refer to Sources E and F to answer Questions 10 and 11.

10
What is the location of the building labelled A ?

(A) GR 920594
(B) GR 922593
(C) GR 937592
(D) GR 951595
11
In what direction was the photographer facing when the photograph in Source F
was taken?
(A) NE
(B) NW
(C) SE
(D) SW
Refer to Sources E and G to answer Question 12.

12
At approximately what time of day was this photograph taken?

(A) 9 am
(B) 12 noon
(C) 3 pm
(D) 7 pm
Refer to Sources H, I and J to answer Question 13.

13
What is the average January temperature in the tundra?

(A) Between 0C and 8C
(B) Between 8C and 0C
(C) Between 24C and 16C
(D) Between 40C and 24C
Refer to Sources I and J to answer Question 14.

14
What vegetation is found at the Arctic Circle?

(A) Hemlock
(B) Mosses
(C) Oak
(D) Pines
Refer to Sources H, I, K and L to answer Question 15.

15
Which of the following explains the difference in precipitation patterns between

Vancouver and Saskatoon?
(A) Vancouver is higher in elevation.
(B) Saskatoon is located inland and at a lower latitude.
(C) Saskatoon is influenced by high pressure cells in July.
(D) Vancouver is a coastal city and experiences orographic precipitation.
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Board of Studies NSW 2007
2007 HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFIC ATE EXAMINATION
Geography
Centre Number
Section II
25 marks
Student Number
Use the Stimulus Booklet and your knowledge of geography to answer Questions 1618 in the
spaces provided.
Marks
Question 16 (8 marks)
Refer to Source D on page 2 of the Stimulus Booklet to answer parts (a)(b).
(a)
Name and locate an ecosystem that could be investigated using fieldwork.
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(b)
Formulate a geographical question to investigate the ecosystem identified

in part (a) and state TWO primary sources that could be used to collect
relevant data.
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Question 16 continues on page 10
374a
Marks
Question 16 (continued)
Refer to Source D on page 2 of the Stimulus Booklet and this cross-section to answer
parts (c)(d).
Elevation (metres)
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
GR 299176
Coliseum Mountain
(c)
Croker Island
GR 320176
Calculate the vertical exaggeration of the cross-section.
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(d)
Name a water source which would be suitable as part of Vancouvers water

supply. Justify your answer.
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End of Question 16
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Geography
Centre Number
Section II (continued)
Student Number
Please turn over
374b
11
Marks
Refer to the ternary graph to answer parts (a) and (b).
Awaiting copyright
(a)
Which ethnic group comprised the greatest percentage of Montreals population

in 1971?
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(b)
How does the ethnic pattern of Montreals population differ from that of the
industrial cities of Ontario and Western Canada?
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Question 17 continues on page 13
12
Marks
Question 17 (continued)
Refer to Sources B and C on page 1 of the Stimulus Booklet to answer part (c).
(c)
Use statistics to demonstrate how immigration to Canada and Vancouver

differed in 2001.
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(d)
What is a world city? Explain why world cities, such as Vancouver, are
economically and culturally important.
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End of Question 17
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Geography
Centre Number
Section II (continued)
Student Number
Marks
Refer to Source E on page 3 of the Stimulus Booklet to answer parts (a)(d).
(a)
Identify an economic enterprise operating in Vancouver.
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(b)
State the location of this economic enterprise.
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(c)
State TWO locational factors for this economic enterprise.
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(d) Outline possible human impacts on the biophysical environment of the
economic enterprise identified in part (a).
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16
Geography
Section III
60 marks
Allow about 1 hour and 50 minutes for this section
Answer each question in a SEPARATE writing booklet. Extra writing booklets are available.
In your answers you will be assessed on how well you:
present a sustained, logical and well-structured answer to the question
communicate geographical information, ideas and issues
refer to appropriate case studies, illustrative examples and the Stimulus Booklet where
appropriate

Evaluate the impacts of, and responses of people to, environmental change, with reference to
at least ONE ecosystem at risk.
Critically analyse ONE urban dynamic of change operating in a country town OR suburb.

Describe the nature and spatial patterns of a global economic activity and predict its likely
future directions. Justify your predictions.
End of paper
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2 0 0 7 H I G H E R S C H O O L C E R T I F I C AT E E X A M I N AT I O N
Geography
Stimulus Booklet
Source A Vancouver (Canada) population density (2001)
N
W
West Vancouver
North Vancouver
Upper Levels Hwy
Coquitlam
Burrard Inlet
4913N
Kilometres
Port Coquitlam
B arnet Rd
New Westminster
Total population
for Vancouver = 1 986 965
Richmond Frwy
22 00128 500
Fr
13 00122 000
R iv
er
as
Delta
Hwy 1A & 99A
Richmond
Persons per square km
er
2 4
Maple Ridge
Pitt Meadows
Burnaby
Kin
gs
wa
y
Vancouver
Granville St
Hastings St
Tra
ns
Ca
na
da
Surrey
Hw
y 99
7 501 13 000
Hw
y
Langley
4 501 7 500
2 5014 500
501 2 500
4500
Brock University Map Library.

a y Vancouver Census Metropolitan AreaPopulation
yB
d a rCatharines, ON: Brock University Map Library, 2003.
n
Density2001 [map].
St.
u
Bo
www.brocku.ca/maplibrary/Atlas2001/Vancouver/PopDensity.pdf
12306W
Source B Immigration to Canada (2001)
Source C Immigration to Vancouver (2001)
Statistics Canada information is used with the permission of Statistics Canada. www.statcan.ca
Regions for Sources B and C
Southern Asia
Africa
United Kingdom
South East Asia
Southern Europe
Caribbean and Bermuda
Eastern Asia
Eastern Europe
Central and South America
West Central Asia and the Middle East
Northern and Western Europe
United States
Oceania and other countries
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Page 1
Source D Vancouver topographic map (1986)

28
29
30
31
18
32
18
17
17
16
16
15
15
N
W
E
S
1 : 250 000
Contour interval: 500 m
14
29
28
31
30
Source F Vancouver Harbour
14
32
Key for Sources D and E

City or municipality boundary
Reserve, park, etc boundary
Horizontal control point
Spot elevation
Marsh or swamp
Falls; rapids
Foreshore flats
Rocks; rocky ledge, rocky reef
Wharf; breakwater, pier; seawall
Ferry slip; dry dock; ramp
Wooded area
Contours
Ferry
Navigation light
Seaplane base; seaplane anchorage
Vessel anchorage: large, small
Page 2
2520
Source E Vancouver topographic map (1986)

89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
65
65
64
64
63
63
62
62
61
61
60
60
59
59
N
W
E
58
58
1 : 50 000
Contour interval: 20 m
57
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
57
Source G Vancouver
Dual highway
1
99
Road, hard surface, more than 2 lanes
Road, hard surface, 2 lanes

Road, hard surface, less than 2 lanes
Road, loose or stabilised surface
Trail
Railway, single track; multiple track
Railway station; bridge
House; large building
Church; school
Post office; telegraph office
Elevator; tower
Cemetery; historic site
Power transmission line

Campsite; picnic site
Retaining wall: small
The Canadian Landscape - 3rd Ed, Blair, Dr E.E. Douglas Day & Bradley R. Frid, 1990, pages 106, 108 & 111, Copp Clark Pitman Ltd, reprinted
with Permission by Pearson Canada
Awaiting copyright
Awaiting copyright
Source J General pattern of vegetation along transect from X to Y (in Source I)

Cooler climates
Warmer climates
Transect
X
Tundra
Taiga forest
Boreal forest
Mixed forest
Deciduous forest
Making Connections - Canadas Geography, Bruce W. Clark,

John K. Wallace, 1999, page 149, Prentice Hall Ginn
Canada, reprinted with Permission by Pearson Canada
Grasses, mosses,
shrubs
Spruce, pines,
hemlock, cedar, etc
Source K Vancouver climate graph

Temperature
C
Elevation: 3 m
Both deciduous and

coniferous trees
Maple, oak,
beech, elm, etc
Source L Saskatoon climate graph
Precipitation
in mm
Temperature
C
25
550
25
550
20
500
20
500
15
450
15
450
10
400
10
400
350
350
300
300
Elevation: 481 m
Precipitation
in mm
250
250
10
200
10
200
15
150
15
150
20
100
20
100
25
50
25
50
30
30
F M A M J
A S O N D
The United States and Canada, the land and the

people, 1st Ed.,Getis, William C Brown Publishers,
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Page 4
F M A M J
A S O N D

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Total marks 100

Refer to Source A to answer Questions 1 and 2.

What is the name of this type of map?

Which of these suburbs had the lowest population density in 2001?

Refer to Source B to answer Question 3.

Refer to Source C to answer Question 4.

Approximately what percentage of immigrants to Vancouver came from Eastern Asia

Refer to Source D to answer Questions 57.

What is the general direction of flow of Sisters Creek in AR 2817?

Refer to Source E to answer Questions 8 and 9.

Refer to Sources E and F to answer Questions 10 and 11.

What is the location of the building labelled A ?

Refer to Sources E and G to answer Question 12.

At approximately what time of day was this photograph taken?

Refer to Sources H, I and J to answer Question 13.

What is the average January temperature in the tundra?

Refer to Sources I and J to answer Question 14.

What vegetation is found at the Arctic Circle?

Refer to Sources H, I, K and L to answer Question 15.

Which of the following explains the difference in precipitation patterns between

Board of Studies NSW 2007

2007 HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFIC ATE EXAMINATION

Name and locate an ecosystem that could be investigated using fieldwork.

Formulate a geographical question to investigate the ecosystem identified

Question 16 continues on page 10

Calculate the vertical exaggeration of the cross-section.

Name a water source which would be suitable as part of Vancouvers water

Board of Studies NSW 2007

2007 HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFIC ATE EXAMINATION

Please turn over

Refer to the ternary graph to answer parts (a) and (b).

Which ethnic group comprised the greatest percentage of Montreals population

Use statistics to demonstrate how immigration to Canada and Vancouver

Board of Studies NSW 2007

2007 HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFIC ATE EXAMINATION

Identify an economic enterprise operating in Vancouver.

State the location of this economic enterprise.

State TWO locational factors for this economic enterprise.

Board of Studies NSW 2007

2007 HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFIC ATE EXAMINATION

Question 19 (20 marks)

Question 20 (20 marks)

Question 21 (20 marks)

Board of Studies NSW 2007

Upper Levels Hwy

Hwy 1A & 99A

Persons per square km

Brock University Map Library.

Source B Immigration to Canada (2001)

Source C Immigration to Vancouver (2001)

South East Asia

Caribbean and Bermuda

Central and South America

West Central Asia and the Middle East

Northern and Western Europe

Source D Vancouver topographic map (1986)

Source F Vancouver Harbour

Key for Sources D and E

Source E Vancouver topographic map (1986)

Road, hard surface, more than 2 lanes

Road, hard surface, 2 lanes

Cemetery; historic site