Leaving Cert Geography 2022

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

Higher Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2022 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 earth structure, plate tectonics · 8 marks
  • Q1 ordnance survey map, tectonic activity, rock cycle · 80 marks
  • Q2 fluvial processes, surface processes, metamorphic rocks · 80 marks
  • Q2 faulting, plate tectonics · 8 marks
  • Q3 glaciation, climate change · 8 marks
  • Q3 plate tectonics, weathering, human interaction · 80 marks
  • Q4 physical processes, ordnance survey map · 8 marks
  • Q4 map skills, regional geography, transport · 80 marks
  • Q5 karst landscapes, chemical weathering · 8 marks
  • Q5 agriculture, economic activity, population · 80 marks
  • Q6 ordnance survey map, map skills · 8 marks
  • Q6 education, agriculture, socio-economic regions · 80 marks
  • Q7 ordnance survey map, multinational companies, sustainability · 80 marks
  • Q7 ordnance survey map, elevation profile · 8 marks
  • Q8 trade, globalisation, tourism · 80 marks
  • Q8 aerial photograph, map skills · 8 marks
  • Q9 development, economic development, eu policy · 80 marks
  • Q9 regions, regional geography · 8 marks
  • Q10 weather, meteorology · 8 marks
  • Q10 aerial photograph, migration, central place theory · 80 marks
  • Q11 population density, urban functions, population change · 80 marks
  • Q11 data interpretation, forestry · 8 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

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2022 Ordinary Level paper?
  • Q1 ordnance survey, landforms, mass movement, plate tectonics · 100 marks
  • Q1 earthquakes, tectonics · 10 marks
  • Q2 coastal landforms, river landforms, ordnance survey · 10 marks
  • Q2 mass movement, surface processes, rocks · 100 marks
  • Q3 physical processes, weathering · 10 marks
  • Q3 volcanic activity, weathering, rock cycle · 100 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 european union, urban regions, tourism · 100 marks
  • Q6 economic activity · 10 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 aerial photograph · 10 marks
  • Q9 economic development, multinational company, european union · 100 marks
  • Q10 weather charts · 10 marks
  • Q10 traffic congestion, migration, development of towns · 100 marks
  • Q11 trade statistics · 10 marks
  • Q11 population dynamics, developing world city, historic settlement · 100 marks
  • Q12 aerial photograph, population dynamics, urban functions · 100 marks
  • Q12 population statistics, urban · 10 marks
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