Global-Issue Choice and Evidence
Preserve the six-option structure and apply a common evidence-to-explanation routine to the two issues studied.
How to study National 5 Geography
Start from located evidence, identify the geographical process, develop each causal link and test management against the people and environments affected.
Core concepts
Concept 1
The published options are climate change, natural regions, environmental hazards, trade and globalisation, tourism and health.
Exam cue: Prioritise the two issues taught by the centre instead of revising all six equally.
Concept 2
Candidates study two issues and answer two Section 3 questions; this guide maps all six only to support different centre choices.
Exam cue: Use issue-specific processes and place evidence rather than generic global claims.
Concept 3
Effective answers use mapped, numerical, graphical or written evidence and develop causal links, impacts, contrasts and management evaluation.
Exam cue: Match each management strategy to the cause or impact it addresses.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Assuming every candidate answers the same two issue questions.
Guardrail: Check the command word, option, scale, location, time period and whether the evidence supports every link in the answer.
Using an unstudied option because its question looks familiar.
Guardrail: Revise and answer only the prescribed Physical pair and two Global Issues taught by your centre; check the live paper rubric.
Listing impacts or solutions without developed links.
Guardrail: Check the command word, option, scale, location, time period and whether the evidence supports every link in the answer.
Memory anchors
Global options
Climate, regions, hazards, trade, tourism and health.
Study requirement
Prepare two of the six Global Issues.
Paper requirement
Answer two Global Issues questions for 20 marks.
Evidence routine
Pattern, precise evidence, geographical explanation.
Impact chain
Event or process → exposure → effect on people or environment.
Management test
Target, mechanism, benefit, limitation.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
How many Global Issues questions does a candidate answer?
How many Global Issues options are published?
Answer all questions to submit.
Next step personalized recommendations
Continue learning
Move forward only after this module is stable.
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