AS & A Level Geography · Syllabus 9696

AS & A Level Geography syllabus

The whole syllabus on one page, in Cambridge’s own structure. Every topic links to its revision page, where it is explained, diagrammed and then tested with self-marked exam questions. 14 topics and 109 questions, all free.

Cambridge 9696 · 14 topics · 109 exam-style questions
Assessment

What you actually sit

Read this before you revise. The paper you are entered for decides which content is examined, so the wrong revision plan wastes weeks.

PaperTimeMarksWhat it tests
Paper 1 - Physical Geography1 h 30 min60 marksSection A (45 marks): structured questions on hydrology, river processes and hazards, atmospheric processes and global climate change, and earth processes and mass movements. Section B (15 marks): one essay from a choice of three. 50% of the AS Level, 25% of the A Level.
Paper 2 - Human Geography1 h 30 min60 marksSection A (45 marks): structured questions on population and migration, water resources and management, and urban areas and management. Section B (15 marks): one essay from a choice of three. 50% of the AS Level, 25% of the A Level.
Paper 3 - Global Environments1 h 30 min60 marksCandidates choose two of the four topics - tropical, coastal, hazardous and arid environments. Each topic has one compulsory structured question (10 marks) and a choice of one of two essays (20 marks). 25% of the A Level.
Paper 4 - Global Themes1 h 30 min60 marksCandidates choose two of the four themes - climate change, environmental issues, trade and aid, and disease. Each has one compulsory structured question (10 marks) and a choice of one of two essays (20 marks). 25% of the A Level.

AO1 is recall and understanding. AO2 is applying it to a context. AO3 is practical and investigative skills. The mark schemes on every topic page tag each question AO1 or AO2 so you can see which one you are practising.

Topic list

Every topic, in order

Work down the list, or jump to whatever your teacher set tonight. Each link opens the topic page with the teaching, the diagrams and the questions.

Area 1 · Physical Geography

Paper 1 of the 9696 syllabus - hydrology, river processes and hazards, atmospheric processes and global climate change, and earth processes and mass movements.

  1. Hydrology, river processes and hazards
  2. Atmospheric processes and global climate change
  3. Earth processes and mass movements

Area 2 · Human Geography

Paper 2 of the 9696 syllabus - population and migration, water resources and management, and urban areas and management.

  1. Population and migration
  2. Water resources and management
  3. Urban areas and management

Area 3 · Global Environments

Paper 3 of the 9696 syllabus - tropical, coastal, hazardous and arid environments, each examined as a system of processes, landforms and people.

  1. Tropical environments
  2. Coastal environments
  3. Hazardous environments
  4. Arid environments

Area 4 · Global Themes

Paper 4 of the 9696 syllabus - climate change impacts and governance, environmental issues and management, trade, aid and tourism, and disease and geography.

  1. Climate change impacts and governance
  2. Environmental issues and management
  3. Trade, aid and tourism
  4. Disease and geography
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Three ways to work through this syllabus

AS & A Level Geography course home

The same topics with progress tracking, so you can see what you have covered and what is left.

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Question bank

Every question on the site in one place. Filter by topic, command word or marks, then mark yourself.

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Quick 10

Ten random questions and a score breakdown by area, for when you have twenty minutes and no plan.

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