IB ESS HL 1.1.2 Factors informing environmental perspectives Question Bank
Practise IB ESS HL 1.1.2 by analysing how culture, knowledge, economics and power shape environmental value systems.
- Syllabus
- First assessment 2026
- Course
- ESS HL
- Level
- HL
Exam points
- Analyse how multiple factors interact to produce different environmental perspectives.
- Evaluate the influence of information, economic interests or cultural experience on a stated viewpoint.
- Compare contrasting value systems while separating evidence from assumptions and ideology.
1.1.2—Factors informing perspectives question 1
[Maximum number: 4]
Outline the factors that lead to different environmental value systems in contrasting cultures.
Factors may include:
cultural ie some cultures place a high value on nature and thus have a more ecocentric EVS; religious ie some religions deify certain organisms/landscapes and thus have a more ecocentric EVS; economic ie some would argue that more economically wealthy societies tend towards a more technocentric/anthropocentric EVS; socio-political ie some would argue that a society with a strong social political movement would tend towards a more anthropocentric EVS; experience/history ie societies that have experienced anthropogenic disasters may become more prone to adopt ecocentric value systems;
Marking guidance:
Award [3 max] if only one category of EVS is addressed (question asks for "contrasting cultures").
Note: Full credit can be given where candidate gives a specific example to outline link between factor and EVS. However, if factors are simply named/listed without any explanatory outline broadly linking them to EVS, then award just 1 mark for every TWO valid factors identified up to 2max.
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