FÖLDRAJZ ANGOL NYELVEN

ÉRETTSÉGI VIZSGA 2008. május 15. FÖLDRAJZ ANGOL NYELVEN KÖZÉPSZINTŰ ÍRÁSBELI VIZSGA 2008. május 15. 14:00 I. Időtartam: 20 perc Pótlapok száma Tisztázati Piszkozati OKTATÁSI ÉS KULTURÁLIS MINISZTÉRIUM Földrajz angol nyelven középszint írásbeli vizsga I. összetevő

Important Information The written examination consists of two papers (Paper I and Paper II). The available time for Paper I is 20 minutes. The use of the Geography Atlas for Secondary Schools or any other help is not allowed in this part. After the time is up, hand the completed Paper I over to the supervising teacher. You can answer the questions in any order. First, read the questions carefully, think over your answer then write your answer in ink (with pen) in the appropriate place. You can correct your answer if necessary, but in the cases of equivocal or unclear corrections, cancellations or corrections made with a pencil, no points can be awarded for your answer. The total number of points and the subtotals that can be awarded for tasks are shown beside/below the tasks. Please leave the grey squares blank. írásbeli vizsga, I. összetevő 2 / 8 2008. május 15.

Paper I The use of atlas for this paper is not allowed. 1. Solve the problems after examining the outline map below. a) Name the countries labelled by numbers. 1.... 2.... 3.... b) Name the geographic locations shown in the outline map by letters. A)... (mountain) B)... (mountain) C)... (river) D)... (volcano) E)... (volcano) 3 points 5 points 8 points írásbeli vizsga, I. összetevő 3 / 8 2008. május 15.

2. Solve the problems after examining the outline map below. a) Name the mountains labelled by numbers. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 5 points b) Which mountains are made up of volcanic rocks? Put the numbers of these mountains on the dotted lines...... 3 points 8 points írásbeli vizsga, I. összetevő 4 / 8 2008. május 15.

3. Solve the problems after examining the outline map below. a) Name the towns labelled by numbers. 1.... 2.... 3.... 3 points b) Name the regions and river labelled by letters. A)... (mountain) B)... (river) C)... (island) 3 points c) Answer the questions by putting the appropriate numbers on the dotted lines. 1. It is an important industrial centre, where special administrative (economic) regions were established... 2. It is the most important Pacific coast port of Russia:.. 3. It is a territory reannexed to China in 1997:.. 3 points 9 points Total points in Paper I: 25 points írásbeli vizsga, I. összetevő 5 / 8 2008. május 15.

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No. of task Total points Student s points 1. 8 2. 8 3. 9 TOTAL 25 Examiner Date:... I. Tasks assessing topographic knowledge and skills. (Topográfiai ismeretek, készségek feladatsor) Student s points (elért pontszám) Points included in the program (programba beírt pontszám) Examiner (javító tanár) Registrar of the Board of Examiners/jegyző Date/Dátum:... Date/Dátum:... Notes: 1. If the candidate has started completing Paper 2, this table and place of signature should be left blank. 2. If the completion of Paper 1 is interrupted or not followed by the completion of Paper 2, then this table and place of signature is to be filled in. Megjegyzések: 1. Ha a vizsgázó a II. írásbeli összetevő megoldását elkezdte, akkor ez a táblázat és az aláírási rész üresen marad! 2. Ha a vizsga az I. összetevő teljesítése közben megszakad, illetve nem folytatódik a II. összetevővel, akkor ez a táblázat és az aláírási rész kitöltendő! írásbeli vizsga, I. összetevő 8 / 8 2008. május 15.

ÉRETTSÉGI VIZSGA 2008. május 15. FÖLDRAJZ ANGOL NYELVEN KÖZÉPSZINTŰ ÍRÁSBELI VIZSGA 2008. május 15. 14:00 II. Időtartam: 100 perc Pótlapok száma Tisztázati Piszkozati OKTATÁSI ÉS KULTURÁLIS MINISZTÉRIUM Földrajz angol nyelven középszint írásbeli vizsga II. összetevő

Important Information The written examination consists of two papers (Paper I and Paper II). The time allowed for Paper II is 100 minutes. The use of the Geography Atlas for Secondary Schools is allowed. A calculator can be used if necessary, but the steps of problem solving should also be presented. You can use compasses and rulers if necessary. You can answer the questions in any order. First, read the questions carefully, think over your answer then write your answer in ink (with pen) in the appropriate place. You can correct your answer if necessary, but no points can be awarded for your answer in the cases of equivocal or unclear corrections, cancellations or corrections made with a pencil. Give the most adequate answers to the questions. More answers than required (e.g. naming three examples instead of the required two) are not awarded by extra points. The total number of points and the subtotals that can be awarded for assignments are shown beside/below the assignments. Please leave the grey squares blank. írásbeli vizsga, II. összetevő 2 / 12 2008. május 15.

Paper II The use of atlas is allowed for this paper. 1. Decide whether the statements are true or false. Put T (true) next to the true statements and F (false) next to the false ones.... 1. At a given location local time can be measured by a sun dial too.... 2. At a given location the difference between local time and zonal time cannot exceed 15 minutes.... 3. The first time zone stretches from Greenwich in eastward direction covering the distance of 15.... 4. Relative to zonal time in Hungary zonal time in Moscow is 2 hours less while in London it is 1 hour more.... 5. The Earth is divided into 24 time zones each covering 15 of longitude.... 6. The boundaries of time zones may deviate from the longitudinal lines.... 7. Due to the West to East rotation of the Earth local time increases from West to East. 7 points 2. Kate and her friends left for a trip by car. Kate followed the route on the map. She noticed that they had covered a distance equal to 3 centimetres on the map in eastward direction, then they turned North and did another 4 centimetres on the map. a) What was the real distance in kilometres that they covered if the scale of the map was 1: 850 000? Do your calculations here: Distance covered:... km. b) Put the correct letter on the dotted line. The map used by Kate was.scale. 2 points a) large b) medium c) small c) Circle the correct letter. Relative to the Budapest-Győr distance the distance covered by them was: a) greater b) smaller c) approximately the same 4 points írásbeli vizsga, II. összetevő 3 / 12 2008. május 15.

3. Answer the questions on solar climatic zones by putting the names of objects labelled by letters and numbers in the designated places. a) Give the exact location (coordinate) of the major (notable) line of latitude labelled by A. A:... b) Which climatic zones are labelled by numbers? 1:... 2:... 2 points c) Which major (notable) lines of latitude are labelled by small letters? a:... b:... 2 points d) Is it possible that the Sun culminates at 90 (overhead the observer) in Rome?... e) In which zone is it possible that day-to-day the Sun rises to an ever-higher altitude above the horizon on a spiral-shaped path around the observer?... 7 points írásbeli vizsga, II. összetevő 4 / 12 2008. május 15.

4. Solve the problem on rocks. Put the letter of the appropriate rock before the number of the statement. a) basalt b) granite c) andesite tuff... 1. Pyroclastic rock... 2. Intrusive (magmatic) rock... 3. Extrusive (volcanic) rock... 4. It is the other typical component of strato-volcanoes beside solidified lava.... 5. It is ejected onto the surface at divergent plate margins.... 6. It is the characteristic rock of the Velencei Hills.... 7. It is the material of rock caps on top of Hungarian buttes (tanúhegy) 5. Answer the questions after examining the air-pressure map portion. 7 points a) Name the line labelled by A.... Define the named term. 2 points b) Which letter (B or C) indicates lower pressure?... írásbeli vizsga, II. összetevő 5 / 12 2008. május 15.

c) Name the atmospheric phenomenon featuring low air pressure inside:... high air pressure inside:... What kind of air motion is typical inside a low pressure atmospheric phenomenon? Underline the correct answer. ascending descending 3 points 6 points 6. Decide whether the statements below refer to oceans or seas. Put the appropriate letter before the number of the statement. A) oceans B) seas C) both of them D) none of them... 1. They have their own basin in every case.... 2. The amount of water evaporated from them is replenished by precipitation and inflow.... 3. They have high specific heat or heat storing capacity.... 4. Their freezing point is above 0 C due to their salinity.... 5. They may be located inside or between continents.... 6. The mean annual range of temperature of their water is less than that of continents.... 7. Their salinity is highly variable (1-41 ).... 8. Their greatest depth may reach several ten thousand metres. 8 points 7. Which zone of a large city do the following statements refer to? Put the appropriate letter before the number of the statement. You cannot match every letter. A) City centre ( city ) B) Conurbation (agglomeration) C) Outer residential zone D) Outer working place (industrial) zone E) Inner residential zone F) Urban fringe... 1. Both large block housing estates and suburban family house areas can be found here.... 2. It is the busy inner part of the city filled with business districts, offices and buildings of financial companies. írásbeli vizsga, II. összetevő 6 / 12 2008. május 15.

... 3. Railway stations, ports and industrial premises can be found in this zone.... 4. Densely built-in residential area characterized by deteriorated buildings in several major cities. 4 points 8. Examine the map below. The shaded countries are leading producers of the same energy resource. 1 2 3 a) Name the energy resource.... b) What are the characteristics of this energy resource? Circle the letters of the two relevant characteristics. Circling more than two letters is penalised by point deduction. a) Primary energy resource b) Secondary energy resource c) Renewable energy resource d) Non-renewable energy resource 2 points c) Name the two branches of industry to which this energy resource is essential....... 2 points d) Which international organization pools (unites) the major producer countries of this resource?... e) Select from the shaded countries the one that produces the largest quantity of this raw material.... 7 points írásbeli vizsga, II. összetevő 7 / 12 2008. május 15.

9. Solve the problems after examining the outline map below. 1. Cereal Cultivation in the Hungarian Great Plain. a) The major producing area of which staple cereals are labelled by the letters? A:... B: 2 points b) What type of soil do the named plants prefer? Plant produced in Place A:... Plant produced in Place B:... 2 points c) Name two of the flour-milling centres shown in the map by black dots....... 2 points írásbeli vizsga, II. összetevő 8 / 12 2008. május 15.

2. Cereal Fodder Production in the Hungarian Great Plain d) Which fodder crop has its main cultivation area in the place labelled by C or area shaded by light grey?... e) What conclusion can be drawn regarding the relationship of plant cultivation and animal husbandry based on the map? 8 points 10. The towns below were grouped together on the basis of their common typical economic activity. Select the appropriate branch of industry and put its letter on the dotted line over the town groups. You can not match every branch of industry. 1.... 2.... 3.... München Győr Stuttgart Esztergom Kosice/Kassa Ostrava Katowice Linz Genoa Marseille Rotterdam New Orleans A) Food industry B) Textile industry C) Iron and steel making D) Oil refining E) Car-making 3 points írásbeli vizsga, II. összetevő 9 / 12 2008. május 15.

11. Answer the questions after reading the excerpt below. Henkel Magyarország Ltd. has announced the closing down of its detergent factory in Szolnok. The production of detergents having been produced in Szolnok will be moved to Austria. As the plant in Szolnok has been producing for export, this segment of production will be taken over by Henkel s plants in Serbia and Poland. The reason for the closing-down is the reorganisation of the multinational company that started in 2001 and continued in 2004. The ongoing reorganisation is aimed at improving efficiency and increasing profits of the company. Henkel is expecting an annual savings of 125 million Euros from the restructuring from 2007 onwards. The reorganisation program involves the dismissal of 3000 employees from the company worldwide. Source: Népszabadság, February 9 2006 a) Explain why Henkel can be considered a multinational company. b) An important characteristic of multinational companies is seeking increasing profits. This is referred to in the text, too. Write down this sentence of the text. c) How does the restructuring of the company effect the number of employees? d) What consequences can the close-down of the plant have on the life of Szolnok? Mention one consequence. e) Name the natural locational factor of industry which favoured the establishing of the plant in Szolnok. Use your atlas for your answer. f) What annual savings can Henkel expect in forints from 2007 onwards if the exchange rate of Euro is 260 forints? Do your calculation here. Savings:... Ft. 2 points 7 points írásbeli vizsga, II. összetevő 10 / 12 2008. május 15.

12. Read the incomplete text below then select the term from word list that fits the numbered gap. Write the terms next to the relevant numbers below the text. You cannot match every term. illiterate, sea-level rise, production, overpopulation, distribution, depletion of the ozone shield, global problems, greenhouse effect, sustainable development, starvation, food surplus, overweight. The disturbances effecting the whole Earth arising from the disruption of harmony between nature and man are collectively called..(1).. In the 20 th century world population size has grown at an extremely fast rate and it resulted in..(2).. The consequence of..(2).. in developing countries is..(3).. because agricultural production can not keep pace with drastic population increase. In contrast in developed countries food overproduction is widespread and the share of..(4).. people in the population is disproportionately high. The Earth has not run out of its food reserves but the..(5).. of goods is inadequate, hence the coexistence of..(3).. and over-consumption. One of the..(1).. is climatic change which can be attributed to the increasing..(6).. One of the catastrophic consequences of this can be..(7).., which may threaten the population concentrations of the world, mainly the coastal regions with fertile soil. 1... 2... 3... 4... 5... 6... 7... 7 points Total number of points in Paper II: Total number of points in the examination paper: 75 points 100 points írásbeli vizsga, II. összetevő 11 / 12 2008. május 15.

Total points Student s points I. Tasks assessing topographic knowledge and skills. 25 1. 7 2. 4 3. 7 4. 7 II. Tasks assessing geographical knowledge and skills. 5. 6 6. 8 7. 4 8. 7 9. 8 10. 3 11. 7 12. 7 Total points in written part of examination: 100 Examiner Date:... I. Tasks assessing topographic knowledge and skills. (Topográfiai ismeretek, készségek feladatsor) II. Tasks assessing geographical knowledge and skills. (Földrajzi ismeretek, készségek feladatsor) Points in written part of examination Írásbeli rész pontszáma Student s points (Elért pontszám) Points included in the program (Programba beírt pontszám) Examiner (javító tanár) Registrar of the Board of Examiners/jegyző Date/Dátum:... Date/Dátum:... írásbeli vizsga, II. összetevő 12 / 12 2008. május 15.