Geography · Stage 6

People, Patterns and Processes

Population, migration, economic activity and the spatial patterns they produce.

Dot points
7
Module
2 of 5
Course
Geography
01What this module asks of you

The 7 syllabus dot points in People, Patterns and Processes

These are the statements the Geography syllabus makes about People, Patterns and Processes. Dux records each one against the questions you answer, so you can see which of them you have actually been tested on and which have never been asked.

  1. 01

    People, Patterns and Processes

    Population distribution, structure and change, and the processes that produce them.

  2. 02

    Population Structure and Change

    Age-sex pyramids, dependency ratios and demographic transition.

  3. 03

    Migration and Mobility

    Push and pull factors, refugee flows and the spatial consequences of both.

  4. 04

    Economic Activity and Location

    Primary to quaternary sectors and the locational factors that matter to each.

  5. 05

    Globalisation and Trade

    Supply chains, trade patterns and the regions that gain and lose from integration.

  6. 06

    Cultural Diffusion and Identity

    How culture spreads, hybridises and resists, and the places where that is visible.

  7. 07

    Development and Inequality

    Measures of development, their limitations, and the spatial inequality they reveal.

02How it is examined

What a People, Patterns and Processes question asks you to do

HSC Geography - Examination Shape is 100 marks in 180 minutes. Questions on People, Patterns and Processes are not one shape repeated: the command word decides what the marker is looking for, and the mark value decides how much of it. These are the ones Geography uses.

analyse3–6assess3–5design3–6discuss3–5evaluate3–5evaluate8–10explain3–6identify1interpret1justify3–5

Dux writes practice for this module in exactly these shapes, so the drill is the same task the paper sets — not a general knowledge quiz with the module name on it.

03Where this module sits

People, Patterns and Processes in the Geography course

People, Patterns and Processes is module 2 of 5 in Geography. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.

Find the People, Patterns and Processes dot points you have never been asked

Dux diagnoses Geography dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.