The exam paper

• The Leaving Cert Higher Level Geography course is worth 500 marks in total. The marks are divided into two parts – the Geographical Investigation (100 marks) and the written exam (400 marks).

• The Geographical Investigation will be completed and submitted to your teacher by 26 April, 2019. This project will be worth 20% of your overall grade in the subject.

• The written paper has two parts.

π Part 1: Short Questions

➤ There are 12 short questions in total.

➤ Your best 10 will be marked so answer all 12. ➤ Each short question is worth 8 marks. ➤ Answer these questions in the spaces provided.

π Part 2: Structured and Essay Questions

➤ Section 1: Core

• You must answer one question out of three from Core Unit 1

• You must answer one question out of three from Core Unit 2

➤ Section 2: Electives and Options

• You must answer one question out of three for your chosen elective – Human or Economic

• You must answer one question out of three for your chosen option – there are four choices

➤ Each section will have a choice of three questions. Make sure you read them all carefully before choosing one!

➤ Each question is worth 80 marks.

What is a significant relevant point (SRP)?

• When answering an essay-style question, examiners

award marks for SRPs.

• Each SRP is worth 2 marks, i.e. 15 SRPs are needed to

get full marks in a 30-mark question.

• An SRP is a single piece of factual information that is related to the question being answered. One SRP is usually one or two sentences in length.

• An SRP may be awarded for pieces of information

such as: o A geographical term and its explanation o A development of a point o A statistic and a development on this.

• By looking at past marking schemes, you will also notice that SRPs can be awarded for examples and diagrams.