2022 SAJC J1 WA1 Question Paper

ST ANDREW’S JUNIOR COLLEGE Weighted Assessment 1 (WA 1) General Certificate of Education Advanced Level Higher 1 ECONOMICS 884 3 45 minutes READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name and class on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Answer all questions. At the end of the test, fasten all your work securely together with the question paper provided. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. This document consists of 4 printed pages © SAJC 2022 [Turn Over]

Answer all questions Question 1: The buzz about Honey Figure 1: Global Price of Honey (cents per pound) Source: Bee Culture Magazine Figure 2: Global Price of Sugar (cents per pound) Source: Refinitiv Extract 1: You’ll need a lot more money to buy that jar of honey Honey prices are starting to sting. Global honey prices are at their highest levels in years, due to a new wave of consumer going for natural sweeteners and declining bee populations that are hampering mass production.

Honey has been used as a sweetener for centuries. But in recent years, it has become popular with people looking for healthier alternatives to cane sugar and high-fructose corn syrup. It is consumed in beverages, pastries, cereals and other foods. In addition, it is b eing used more as an ingredient in shampoos, moisturizers and other personal-care products that companies market as naturally made. The rising demand for honey comes as beekeepers are struggling to increase produc tion. Global honey production has been relatively threatened over the past five years, according to Norberto García, the Argentina-based president of Apimondia’s scientific co mmission on beekeeping economy. Apimondia is an international federation of beekeepers. Beekeepers have been particularly afflicted by beehive colony collapses, a situa tion where a majority of worker bees disappear for unknown reasons. It is documented that bee populations in several nations suffered severe declines in the decade after colony col lapse disorder was identified in 2006. Workers bees are females that gather nectar and pollen from flowers. They toil inside hives, making wax and feeding larvae, other bees and the queen. The nectar is stored inside a bee’s body and is passed around until it ends up as honey. Some sci entists believe bee populations have d