3 marks
Q2(f) Diagram question: fill in the three stages of the economic cycle missing from the diagram.
Edexcel · 4EC1
Economic cycle comes up in 14 questions across the Edexcel International GCSE past papers (4EC1), worth 32 marks between them. They run from 2019 to 2025 and appear on iGCSE Paper 2, iGCSE Paper 2R.
Tariffs run from 1 to 3 marks. The commonest instructions are Draw/Diagram (7), Define (4), Identify (MCQ) (3). Specification points covered: 2.1.1.
Q2(f) Diagram question: fill in the three stages of the economic cycle missing from the diagram.
Q2(f) Diagram question: fill in the three stages of the economic cycle missing from the diagram.
Q3(c) Diagram question: fill in the three stages of the economic cycle missing from the diagram.
Q1(a) Multiple choice: which description fits the economic cycle's recovery phase.
Q1(f) Diagram question: fill in the three stages of the economic cycle missing from the diagram.
Q2(f) Diagram question: fill in the three stages of the economic cycle missing from the diagram.
Q2(d) Give the meaning of recovery in the economic cycle.
Q2(f) Diagram question: fill in the three stages of the economic cycle missing from the diagram.
Q1(c) Give the meaning of a downturn.
Q1(c) Give the meaning of a recession.
Q1(f) Diagram question: label the three stages of the economic cycle.
Q1(b) Multiple choice naming the phase where confidence and activity pick up.
Q1(c) Give the meaning of a boom.
Q1(a) Multiple choice completing what happens to GDP in a recovery.
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