Leaving Cert Geography 2021

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

Higher Level

Exam Paper Marking Scheme

What's in the 2021 Higher Level paper?

Q1 landscape identification, ordnance survey maps · 8 marks
Q1 ordnance survey maps, surface processes, seismic activity · 80 marks
Q2 coastal landforms, landscape development, human interaction · 80 marks
Q2 plate tectonics, physical geography · 8 marks
Q3 volcanoes, fluvial processes, igneous rock · 80 marks
Q3 physical environment, erosion and weathering · 8 marks
Q4 map skills, secondary economic activity, european union · 80 marks
Q4 rocks, geology · 8 marks
Q5 fishing, tertiary economic activity, urban development · 80 marks
Q5 plate tectonics, volcanic activity · 8 marks
Q6 disposable income, primary economic activity, dynamics of regions · 80 marks
Q6 regional geography, concept of a region · 8 marks
Q7 aerial photographs, multinational companies, renewable energy · 80 marks
Q7 map skills, ordnance survey maps · 8 marks
Q8 international trade, colonialism, economic activity location · 80 marks
Q8 aerial photographs, ordnance survey maps · 8 marks
Q9 tourism, eu policy, conflict of interest · 80 marks
Q9 aerial photographs, land use change · 8 marks
Q10 weather, rainfall · 8 marks
Q10 aerial photographs, population dynamics, migration · 80 marks
Q11 statistics, agriculture · 8 marks
Q11 population change, urban problems, urban settlement · 80 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

Exam Paper Marking Scheme

What's in the 2021 Ordinary Level paper?

Q1 ordnance survey map, volcanoes, rocks · 100 marks
Q1 karst, physical geography · 10 marks
Q2 plate tectonics, surface processes, rock cycle · 100 marks
Q2 coasts, erosion, deposition · 10 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 regions · 10 marks
Q5 forestry, urban regions, primary economic activity · 100 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, map skills · 10 marks
Q8 aerial photograph, environmental pollution, developed economy · 100 marks
Q9 human development index, ordnance survey map, colonialism · 100 marks
Q9 weather, weather charts · 10 marks
Q10 aerial photograph, migration, overpopulation · 100 marks
Q10 economic activities, graph skills · 10 marks
Q11 weather statistics, graph skills · 10 marks
Q11 population distribution, developing world city, urban settlement · 100 marks
Q12 satellite imagery, map skills · 10 marks
Q12 population density, urban functions, rural settlement · 100 marks

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