IB Geography HL · 2019 to 2025
Unit 4: Power, places and networks
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Unit 4: Power, places and networks
Latest exam session: May 2025
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Topics in Unit 4: Power, places and networks
In syllabus order. The ring is the share of the marks each one carries.
4.1
Global interactions and global power
26% of marks144 of the 560 marks across the 16 Geography HL papers analysed (26%) were on this topic. A past-paper pattern, not a guarantee for your next paper. · 10 questions
4.2
Global networks and flows
39% of marks216 of the 560 marks across the 16 Geography HL papers analysed (39%) were on this topic. A past-paper pattern, not a guarantee for your next paper. · 16 questions
4.3
Human and physical influences on global interactions
36% of marks200 of the 560 marks across the 16 Geography HL papers analysed (36%) were on this topic. A past-paper pattern, not a guarantee for your next paper. · 15 questions
Exam pattern
How often each micro-topic has been examined, year by year. Each label is explained under the grid.
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Top 4 of 5 micro-topics for the next sitting. Numbers are questions per year.
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| Micro-topic | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Global flows: trade, finance and TNCs, 2019: 1 question | 1Global flows: trade, finance and TNCs, 2020: 1 question | 3Global flows: trade, finance and TNCs, 2021: 3 questions | 1Global flows: trade, finance and TNCs, 2022: 1 question | 2Global flows: trade, finance and TNCs, 2023: 2 questions | 1Global flows: trade, finance and TNCs, 2024: 1 question | 4Global flows: trade, finance and TNCs, 2025: 4 questions | |
| ·Global power and the sovereignty of states, 2019: 0 questions | ·Global power and the sovereignty of states, 2020: 0 questions | 2Global power and the sovereignty of states, 2021: 2 questions | 1Global power and the sovereignty of states, 2022: 1 question | 3Global power and the sovereignty of states, 2023: 3 questions | 3Global power and the sovereignty of states, 2024: 3 questions | 1Global power and the sovereignty of states, 2025: 1 question | |
| 1What speeds up or slows global interactions, 2019: 1 question | ·What speeds up or slows global interactions, 2020: 0 questions | ·What speeds up or slows global interactions, 2021: 0 questions | 2What speeds up or slows global interactions, 2022: 2 questions | 2What speeds up or slows global interactions, 2023: 2 questions | 2What speeds up or slows global interactions, 2024: 2 questions | 1What speeds up or slows global interactions, 2025: 1 question | |
| 2Resistance to global interactions, 2019: 2 questions | 1Resistance to global interactions, 2020: 1 question | 1Resistance to global interactions, 2021: 1 question | ·Resistance to global interactions, 2022: 0 questions | 1Resistance to global interactions, 2023: 1 question | 2Resistance to global interactions, 2024: 2 questions | ·Resistance to global interactions, 2025: 0 questions |
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Questions on Unit 4: Power, places and networks, by exam session
Which papers asked about Unit 4: Power, places and networks, and which question numbers. Open a paper to see them highlighted.
May 2025
6 questions across 3 papers
November 2024
3 questions across 1 paper
May 2024
5 questions across 2 papers
November 2023
2 questions across 1 paper
May 2023
6 questions across 2 papers
November 2022
2 questions across 1 paper
May 2022
3 questions across 1 paper
November 2021
3 questions across 1 paper
May 2021
2 questions across 1 paper
November 2020
1 question across 1 paper
November 2019
2 questions across 1 paper
May 2019
2 questions across 1 paper
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Which Geography HL exam sessions are covered for Unit 4: Power, places and networks?
12 exam sessions from 2019 to 2025, the latest May 2025. Every Paper 3 in every timezone is read and classified in full, which gives 16 papers in this archive.
Which Unit 4: Power, places and networks topic comes up most?
Global flows: trade, finance and TNCs (4.2.1): in 69% of papers, last seen May 25 P3 TZ3. Usually "analyse", worth about 15.6 marks in a paper that includes it.
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