6. Underline the key terms in the following titles, and decide what
you are being asked to do.
Example:
Relate the development of railways to the rise of
nineteenth-century European nationalism.
Relate means to link one thing to another. The title is
asking for links to be made between the growth of
railways in Europe in the nineteenth century and the
political philosophy of nationalism. The writer must
decide if there was a connection or not.
a) Identify the main causes of rural poverty in China.
b) Calculate the likely change in coffee consumption that
would result from a 10% fall in the price of coffee beans.
c) Classify the desert regions of Asia and suggest possible
approaches to halting their spread.