Leaving Cert Geography 2021

The 2021 Leaving Cert Geography exam papers and official marking scheme, free below as direct PDF links from the State Examinations Commission archive.

Higher Level

Part 1 Part 2 Marking Scheme

What's in the 2021 Higher Level paper?

Q1 ordnance survey maps, surface processes, seismic activity · 80 marks
Q1 landscape identification, ordnance survey maps · 8 marks
Q2 coastal landforms, landscape development, human interaction · 80 marks
Q2 plate tectonics, physical geography · 8 marks
Q3 physical environment, erosion and weathering · 8 marks
Q3 volcanoes, fluvial processes, igneous rock · 80 marks
Q4 rocks, geology · 8 marks
Q4 map skills, secondary economic activity, european union · 80 marks
Q5 fishing, tertiary economic activity, urban development · 80 marks
Q5 plate tectonics, volcanic activity · 8 marks
Q6 regional geography, concept of a region · 8 marks
Q6 disposable income, primary economic activity, dynamics of regions · 80 marks
Q7 map skills, ordnance survey maps · 8 marks
Q7 aerial photographs, multinational companies, renewable energy · 80 marks
Q8 aerial photographs, ordnance survey maps · 8 marks
Q8 international trade, colonialism, economic activity location · 80 marks
Q9 aerial photographs, land use change · 8 marks
Q9 tourism, eu policy, conflict of interest · 80 marks
Q10 weather, rainfall · 8 marks
Q10 aerial photographs, population dynamics, migration · 80 marks
Q11 population change, urban problems, urban settlement · 80 marks
Q11 statistics, agriculture · 8 marks
Q12 urbanisation, graphical interpretation · 8 marks
Q12 population dynamics, urban land use, overpopulation · 80 marks
Q13 global interdependence, desertification, deforestation · 80 marks
Q14 sustainability, global interdependence · 80 marks
Q15 development, global interdependence · 80 marks
Q16 soil formation, geoecology · 80 marks
Q17 soil development, geoecology · 80 marks
Q18 biomes, geoecology · 80 marks
Q19 political conflict, culture and identity · 80 marks
Q20 language, culture and identity · 80 marks
Q21 culture and identity, irish culture · 80 marks
Q22 temperature distribution, atmosphere · 80 marks
Q23 precipitation, atmosphere · 80 marks
Q24 climate types, atmosphere · 80 marks

Ordinary Level

Part 1 Part 2 Marking Scheme

What's in the 2021 Ordinary Level paper?

Q1 karst, physical geography · 10 marks
Q1 ordnance survey map, volcanoes, rocks · 100 marks
Q2 coasts, erosion, deposition · 10 marks
Q2 plate tectonics, surface processes, rock cycle · 100 marks
Q3 mass movement, physical geography · 10 marks
Q3 surface processes, weathering, earthquakes · 100 marks
Q4 physical processes, landforms · 10 marks
Q4 regions, secondary economic activity, sketch map · 100 marks
Q5 forestry, urban regions, primary economic activity · 100 marks
Q5 regions · 10 marks
Q6 european union, agriculture, regional problems · 100 marks
Q6 ordnance survey map, map skills · 10 marks
Q7 energy, multinational companies, european union · 100 marks
Q7 ordnance survey map, map skills · 10 marks
Q8 aerial photograph, environmental pollution, developed economy · 100 marks
Q8 aerial photograph, map skills · 10 marks
Q9 weather, weather charts · 10 marks
Q9 human development index, ordnance survey map, colonialism · 100 marks
Q10 aerial photograph, migration, overpopulation · 100 marks
Q10 economic activities, graph skills · 10 marks
Q11 population distribution, developing world city, urban settlement · 100 marks
Q11 weather statistics, graph skills · 10 marks
Q12 satellite imagery, map skills · 10 marks
Q12 population density, urban functions, rural settlement · 100 marks