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MANGOCHI CATHOLIC DIOCESE MOCK
EXAMINATIONS
2025 MALAWI SCHOOL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION
GEOGRAPHY
Subject Number: M073/II
Thursday, 22 May 2025
Time Allowed: 2hrs
1:00 - 3:00
pm
PAPER II
(100 marks)
HUMAN AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
Instructions
1. This paper contains 9 pages. Please check. Question Tick if Do not write in
2. The paper has five questions. Answer the
number answered these columns
questions in the spaces provided.
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3. There are two sections, A and B. Answer all the
three questions in section A and any one question 2
in Section B. 3
4. The maximum number of marks for the answers 4
is indicated against each question.
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5. Write your Examination Number on top of each
page of the question paper.
6. In the table provided on this page tick against the
number of question you have answered.
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SECTION A (75 MARKS)
Answer all questions.
1. a. (i). Give any two aims of World Trade Organisation.
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(ii) State any two ways how World Trade Organisation (WTO) promotes
world trade.
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(iii) Give any two main roles of customs.
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b. (i) Give any one example of municipal wastes.
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(ii) State any two ways of disposing municipal wastes.
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c. Figure 1 is a map showing world shipping route in Africa. Use it to answer questions
that follow.
Figure 1
(i) Identify shipping routes A and B.
A: ____________________________________________(1 mark)
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(ii) State one advantage of using shipping route D over shipping route C to
European states.
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(iii) Give any two main goods transported through shipping route D.
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(iv) Describe any one reason why the following regions have low railway connectivity.
1. Central Africa
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2. North Africa
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d. Figure 2 is a type of settlement pattern. Use it to answer questions that
follow:
Figure 2
(i) Identify the settlement pattern.
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(ii) State two social features that promote development of the settlement pattern.
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(iii) Describe any two economic advantages of the settlement pattern in the figure.
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2.a. (i) Give any two conditions in which petroleum is formed.
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(ii) Describe how petroleum occurs in an anticlinal trap.
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(iii) Explain how petroleum is refined using primary distillation.
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b. Figure 3 is a diagram showing production of energy. Use it to answer questions that follow:
Figure 3
(i) Identify the energy being produced in the figure.
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(ii) Name the parts labelled A and B.
A: _________________________________________________ (1 mark)
B: _________________________________________________ (1 mark)
(iii) Explain how the energy being shown in the figure 3 is produced.
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(iv) Give any two reasons why the energy being shown in figure 3 is scarce.
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c. Figure 4 is a type of fishing net. Use it to answer questions that follow:
(i) Identify the fishing net.
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(ii) Explain how the fishing net is used to catch fish.
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(iii) Name one fish caught by using the fishing net.
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3. a. (i) Give any two international conventions on climate change.
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(ii)Explain any two social benefits of joining international conventions on
climate change.
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(iii) State any two local ways of controlling climate change.
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b. (i) Mention any two rocks in which uranium occurs.
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(ii) Give any two steps in the processing of uranium.
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(iii)State any two uses of uranium.
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c.(i) Describe any two negative impacts of energy crisis.
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(ii)Give any two ways of reducing impacts of energy crisis.
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d. (i) Mention any two countries that belong to North American industrial
region.
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(ii)Explain any two factors for growth of North Western Europe as a major
industrial area.
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Section B (25 marks)
Answer one question only from this section in the spaces provided.
4 a. (i) Describe any two social factors that encourage irrigation farming.
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(ii)Give any two challenges faced when sourcing water for irrigation in Israel.
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b. Explain how the following factors encourage irrigation in Israel:
(i) nature of the soil
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(ii) climate
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c. Figure 5 is a population pyramid. Use it to answer questions that
follow.
Figure 5
(i) Identify the type of population pyramid.
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(ii) Using the figure, describe each of the following population elements of the
country represented by the population pyramid:
1. birth rate.
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2. life expectancy.
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(iii) State two positive implications to a country having a population structure
represented by the population pyramid.
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(iv) Explain one reason why the Monsoon lands of Asia are highly populated.
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d. Explain why tea requires the following conditions for it to grow well:
(i) frost free conditions
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(ii) plateau areas
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e. Why is sifting in the processing of tea important?
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5.a. (i) Give any two reasons why lakes attract more tourists in Africa.
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(ii)Explain any two environmental problems caused by tourism in Africa.
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(iii)Mention any two eco- tourist centres in Malawi.
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(iv) State two ways in which local people benefit from eco-tourism.
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b. Figure 6 is map of the world showing world population densities. Use it to
answer questions that follow.
Figure 6
(i) Describe any two factors that have led to high population concentration in region A.
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(ii) Why does region C have low population?
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(iii) Give any two countries that are found in region C.
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(iv) Describe the population size of region B.
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(v) Give one reason for the population size of region B in 3b (iii) above.
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c.(i) Name any two examples of non-metallic minerals.
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(ii) Explain one importance of minerals.
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