CSEC Geography Paper 3 May/June 2015 - Free CXC Past Paper with Answers

(a)

During your investigation, you collected the information in Table 1. Use this information to answer the questions that follow.

Economic Activity	Number of Businesses	Types
Farming	24	Large cattle farms (2), small vegetable plots (8), medium sized flower farms (3), small mixed farms (11)
Commerce	12	Supermarket (1), pharmacy (1), street vendors (5), small shops (4), gas station (1)
Services	6	College (1), school (2), post office (1), hair dressing (1), dressmaking (1)
Other	6	Bank (1), block making (2), guest houses (3)

In the space below, draw a pie chart to illustrate the number of businesses by economic activity.

[3 marks]

(b)

Using the information in the table, prepare a report on the results of the survey.

[6 marks]

Your research also provided information about the movement of people into a new housing scheme. This is summarized in Tables 2 and 3.

Reasons for Living in the Scheme	Number of Residents
Proximity to job opportunities	66
Affordable housing	123
Returning resident	25
The quietness of the community	15
Other reasons	71

(a)

Using the grid on page 9, construct a bar graph to illustrate the data on professionals, casual labourers and farmers given in Table 3.

[3 marks]

(b)

Provide a title for the diagram.

[1 mark]

(c)

Summarize and comment on the data presented in both tables.

CSEC Geography Paper 3 May/June 2015 Questions