Leaving Cert Geography 2022

The 2022 Leaving Cert Geography exam papers and official marking scheme, free below as direct PDF links from the State Examinations Commission archive.

Higher Level

Part 1Part 2Marking Scheme
What's in the 2022 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 ordnance survey map, tectonic activity, rock cycle · 80 marks
  • Q1 earth structure, plate tectonics · 8 marks
  • Q2 fluvial processes, surface processes, metamorphic rocks · 80 marks
  • Q2 faulting, plate tectonics · 8 marks
  • Q3 plate tectonics, weathering, human interaction · 80 marks
  • Q3 glaciation, climate change · 8 marks
  • Q4 map skills, regional geography, transport · 80 marks
  • Q4 physical processes, ordnance survey map · 8 marks
  • Q5 agriculture, economic activity, population · 80 marks
  • Q5 karst landscapes, chemical weathering · 8 marks
  • Q6 education, agriculture, socio-economic regions · 80 marks
  • Q6 ordnance survey map, map skills · 8 marks
  • Q7 ordnance survey map, elevation profile · 8 marks
  • Q7 ordnance survey map, multinational companies, sustainability · 80 marks
  • Q8 trade, globalisation, tourism · 80 marks
  • Q8 aerial photograph, map skills · 8 marks
  • Q9 regions, regional geography · 8 marks
  • Q9 development, economic development, eu policy · 80 marks
  • Q10 aerial photograph, migration, central place theory · 80 marks
  • Q10 weather, meteorology · 8 marks
  • Q11 data interpretation, forestry · 8 marks
  • Q11 population density, urban functions, population change · 80 marks
  • Q12 data interpretation, development indicators · 8 marks
  • Q12 population, urbanism, settlement distribution · 80 marks
  • Q13 global interdependence, development, land ownership · 80 marks
  • Q14 global interdependence, refugees, human rights · 80 marks
  • Q15 sustainable development, global interdependence · 80 marks
  • Q16 geoecology, soil development · 80 marks
  • Q17 geoecology, biomes, climate · 80 marks
  • Q18 geoecology, desertification, conservation · 80 marks
  • Q19 culture and identity, religion · 80 marks
  • Q20 culture and identity, boundaries · 80 marks
  • Q21 culture and identity, cultural identity · 80 marks
  • Q22 atmosphere, climate, economic development · 80 marks
  • Q23 atmosphere, weather patterns, depressions · 80 marks
  • Q24 atmosphere, climate change · 80 marks

Ordinary Level

Part 1Part 2Marking Scheme
What's in the 2022 Ordinary Level paper?
  • Q1 earthquakes, tectonics · 10 marks
  • Q1 ordnance survey, landforms, mass movement, plate tectonics · 100 marks
  • Q2 coastal landforms, river landforms, ordnance survey · 10 marks
  • Q2 mass movement, surface processes, rocks · 100 marks
  • Q3 volcanic activity, weathering, rock cycle · 100 marks
  • Q3 physical processes, weathering · 10 marks
  • Q4 regions · 10 marks
  • Q4 map skills, agriculture, secondary economic activity · 100 marks
  • Q5 tertiary economic activity, regions, tourism · 100 marks
  • Q5 satellite interpretation, rivers · 10 marks
  • Q6 economic activity · 10 marks
  • Q6 european union, urban regions, tourism · 100 marks
  • Q7 aerial photograph, fossil fuels, developed economy · 100 marks
  • Q7 ordnance survey, map skills · 10 marks
  • Q8 renewable energy, economic conflict, ordnance survey · 100 marks
  • Q8 ordnance survey, map skills · 10 marks
  • Q9 economic development, multinational company, european union · 100 marks
  • Q9 aerial photograph · 10 marks
  • Q10 traffic congestion, migration, development of towns · 100 marks
  • Q10 weather charts · 10 marks
  • Q11 trade statistics · 10 marks
  • Q11 population dynamics, developing world city, historic settlement · 100 marks
  • Q12 population statistics, urban · 10 marks
  • Q12 aerial photograph, population dynamics, urban functions · 100 marks

Common Level

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Plate Tectonics & Earth StructureRocks & the Rock CycleSurface Processes & LandformsWeather & ClimateGeoecology: Soils & BiomesRegional GeographyEconomic ActivitiesPopulation & SettlementGlobal InterdependenceCulture & IdentityGeographical Skills
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