2025 Year 12 Geography HSC - Global Sustainability

Rando

100

How Are You? 10 being high, 1 being low

seriously...

Points for honesty

200

When and where is our exam?

A19, Wednesday the 10th of Decembers, In-Class, Period 3 

(not period 2 sorry)

300

Last year's Year 12 have recently fronted up and funded a project and passed on your year group. 

What is it 

Babbles

400

How many sections are there?
BONUS POINTS if you can tell me what they are 

Section I - Stimulus Questions
Section II - Short Answer 

500

What was this classes most cooked response overall in reference for HSC questions given each weekend? 

Reference - syllabus, content, BONUS POINTS if you can recall to some degree the actual question 

1.3 - Evaluate Sustainability 

a. How do Indigenous Peoples contribute to the contemporary management of ecosystems? (3 marks)

b. Discuss this statement with reference to the impact of shifting baselines on the global state of ecosystems. (4 marks)

“Over time, each generation may come to accept a more degraded environment as ‘normal’.”

Source

100

Is wine a luxury or a necessity  

luxury
Therefore the fluctuation of price is great eg premium starts at $10 per litre

200

Name ONE source of primary data and ONE source of secondary information

SAT Help: Do you have range in your sources?

Primary data:
Surveys, observations, experiments, questionnaires, focus groups, interviews

Secondary information:
books, journals, articles, web pages, blogs

300

What are the 5 categories of Influences to Winemaking and Viticulture.

BONUS POINT for the (one) best example

▪ biophysical
▪ economic
▪ technological
▪ political/organisational

400

list of major groups and frameworks that evaluate sustainability
Biggest list is First place > 500, Second > 400 etc

Global Frameworks & Organizations
United Nations SDG's
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
IPCC (The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)

Environmental Indicators
Carbon Footprint
Water Footprint
Ecological Footprint
Energy Intensity - not covered (source, cryptomining for heat in greenhouse)

Economic Indicators
GDP
Green GDP - not covered but in a source
Economic Resilience Index

Social & cultural Indicators
Human Development Index (HDI)
Combines health, education, and income.
Social Progress Index
Fair Trade Certification e.g. IWAC membership

does your sources have good range?

500

List strategies are being put in place globally for sustaining Winemaking and Viticulture
Biggest list is First place > 500, Second > 400 etc

▪ biophysical
Biodiversity Enhancement Studies
Organic and Biodynamic Farming
Native Plant Research
Water Management - micro drip irrigation
Soil Conservation
▪ economic
Diversification of Income - goods to services
Fair Trade and Ethical Certification
Market Adaptation - premiumisation, China middle class
▪ technological
Climate Adaptation Technology
Data Collection and Analysis Innovations
Energy Efficiency

▪ political/organisational
Compliance with International Standards e.g. UNSDGs
Government Incentives and Subsidies
Industry Collaboration - IWAC certified 
Climate Change Adaptation Research
Sustainable Tourism Management

Stimulus

100

What measurement is considered High Pressure

>1013 hPa

Anything above 1013 Hectopascals 

200

Answer this HSC styled question

Compare TWO strategies for achieving sustainability in the GEA

Option A:

• Premiumisation vs Organic
  Both respond to the trend of reduced alcohol consumption.
  • Premiumisation: Sell less wine at higher quality and price → bigger margins but harder to maintain quality in uncertain times.
  • Organic: Aligns with health and eco trends → costly, slow to adapt, and harder to maintain under climate change.
    Comparison: Premiumisation focuses on economic sustainability, while Organic emphasizes environmental and social sustainability but both face challenges in a changing market.

Option B:

• Climate Change Adaptation vs Tariffs
  Both aim to sustain winemaking but in different ways.
  • Climate Change: Biophysical strategy → move vineyards uphill, use tech and new grape varieties.
  • Tariffs: Political strategy → protect local markets, but can harm global trade.
    Comparison: Climate strategies address environmental viability, while tariffs prioritize local economic sustainability one is global in scope, the other is nationally focused.

Option A:

• Premiumisation vs Organic
  Both respond to the trend of reduced alcohol consumption.
  • Premiumisation: Sell less wine at higher quality and price → bigger margins but harder to maintain quality in uncertain times.
  • Organic: Aligns with health and eco trends → costly, slow to adapt, and harder to maintain under climate change.
    Comparison: Premiumisation focuses on economic sustainability, while Organic emphasizes environmental and social sustainability but both face challenges in a changing market.

_{Option B:} these are influences not strategies

• _{Climate Change Adaptation vs Tariffs
  Both aim to sustain winemaking but in different ways.}
  • _{Climate Change: Biophysical strategy → move vineyards uphill, use tech and new grape varieties.}
  • _{Tariffs: Political strategy → protect local markets, but can harm global trade.
    Comparison: Climate strategies address environmental viability, while tariffs prioritize local economic sustainability one is global in scope, the other is nationally focused.}

300

Can you be asked about another GEA

YES
Stimulus may provide 

agriculture
energy production
fishing
forestry
manufacturing
mining
tourism

400

The best graph to study 3 different variables that is plotted in a two-dimensional graph. 

a. Longitude and Latitude
b. Grid Reference Graph
c. Gradient Fieldwork
d. Ternary Graph

_{a. Longitude and Latitude
b. Grid Reference Graph
c. Gradient Fieldwork}
d. Ternary Graph

500

Does your reference sheet need to be on a sperate page

Yes 

Content

100

What is the main factor that enables the Hunter Valley wine region to thrive?

Relative location - Its proximity to Sydney 

200

Evidence of climate change in the contemporary world. 

Bonus Points if you can provide a statistic 

The collaboration between the rise in Carbon Dioxide and Global Weather Temperature. 

Statistic Example: Carbon Dioxide readings have exceeded 400 ppm (parts per million) long considered the point of no return in the science community.

300

Name 3 locations of Winemaking and Viticulture we have mentioned around the world not in the Hunter Valley

France - Bordeaux
SA - McLaren Vale
WA - Margaret River
VIC - Yarra Valley
New Zealand - Marlborough
Chile, China, Italy, Spain

400

why is Mount Pleasant Winery (MPW) a good case study

Victim of Global Changes
Impact of Chinese Tariffs
Social Trends
Declining alcohol consumption

Beneficiary of Global Changes
Japanese Tariff Reductions
Globalisation and Ownership - Acquisition by a real estate group highlights cross-sector investment trends
Premiumisation Strategy

500

List evidence of biodiversity influence climate change in land cover

Biggest list is First place > 500, Second > 400 etc

Show me what you got

Deforestation, Desertification, Ice sheet, Glaciers, Cyclones, Bush fires. 

Change in density of biomes: trees, grass, crops, wetlands, water, ice, buildings, and pavement.

Syllabus

100

What is the example we learnt in class to the following dot point. 

• Opportunities and challenges in planning for and achieving global sustainability

role of global forums
- UN SDGs uniting NGO, Gov & Non-Gov
- Wollongong Uni introducing bikes  
- IPCC

Indigenous People
- seasonal calendar
- back burning & cool burning 

200

Define Sustainability
BONUS POINTS if you can tell me who defined it

“meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” - United Nations 1987

300

What is the example we learnt in class to the following dot point. 

• Sustainability and sustainable development - Anthropocentrism 

Anthropocene: Lake in Canada marks human-altering epoch of Earth's history 

400

Image: What type of map is this? 

a. Choropleth
b. Vertical exaggeration
c. Cartogram
d. Synoptic Chart

BONUS POINTS if you can tell me where in OneNote to help with this problem

a. Choropleth
_{b. Vertical exaggeration
c. Cartogram
d. Synoptic Chart}

500

Which question actually makes sense‌ - reference to our syllabus

a. Critically analyse how ONE strategy acts as an influence on the economic activity and evaluate the sustainability implications.
b. Critically analyse how ONE strategy can be used to promote the sustainability of the global economic activity
c. Critically analyse how ONE influence has changed current rends in winemaking of the global economic activity

BONUS POINT which one is in your exam tomorrow

a. Critically analyse how ONE strategy acts as an influence on the global economic activity and evaluate the sustainability implications. - various influences enacts action (strategy not really the other way around)
b. Critically analyse how ONE strategy can be used to promote the sustainability of the global economic activity
c. Critically analyse how ONE influence has changed current rends in winemaking of the global economic activity - good question but HSC wont reference winemaking

BONUS POINT \/



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