Pick one strong case study per topic and learn it cold. For each, memorise the location, three causes, three impacts (social, economic, environmental), three responses and at least two specific statistics with a year or scale. Write it out from memory, check it, repeat. Examiners reward named detail: 'the 2011 Tohoku earthquake killed 15,897 people' scores far better than 'lots of people died in Japan'. Quality of facts beats quantity of vague knowledge.

Describe: say what you see, no reasons. Explain: give reasons why. Compare: pick out similarities and differences between two things. Assess or evaluate: weigh up both sides then reach a supported judgement. Suggest: offer a reasoned possibility. To what extent: argue how far something is true and justify it. Misreading a command word costs marks instantly. Underline it in the exam before you start planning, every single time.

Know your two enquiries inside out: the question you asked, why you chose that location, your data collection methods (quantitative and qualitative), sample sizes, how you presented the data, your conclusions, and the limitations. Examiners love the limitations section, so prepare at least three honest weaknesses and how you would improve them. Past paper fieldwork questions are highly predictable in structure, so practise them until your answers are automatic.