AQA A Level Geography paper 2 2025-2025 Newest
Set
Characteristics of an insider - Answer-Born in the country, fluent in local language,
conform with idioms and social norms and has feelings of emotional attachment and
familiarity.
outsider - Answer-a viewpoint of someone who is not from the certain place/doesn't live
there/has little or no experience of that place.
Outsider characteristics - Answer-Feelings of alienation and not belonging, sense of place
may come from media representations. E.g. a recent immigrant who doesn't understand the
culture and may feel excluded from the place.
Nationalism - Answer-A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country which
creates a sense of national consciousness. E.g. patriotism, Welsh language.
Regionalism - Answer-loyalty to a particular region
Localism - Answer-An affection for or emotional ownership of a particular place. Can be
represented in NIMBYSM - where people are reluctant to have their local area affected by
development. People have identified more with their local area because they have greater
knowledge of it.
Doreen Massey - Answer-Places are dynamic processes
, Places have multiple identities
Places have no boundaries
Placelessness - Answer-Defined by geographer Edward Relph as the loss of uniqueness of
place in the cultural landscape.
Positionality - Answer-Factors such as age, gender, race that influence how we perceive
different places.
genius loci - Answer-the spirit of a place - develop a sense of place and suggests every
place has a unique spirit or atmosphere.
Clone town - Answer-settlements where the high street is dominated by chain stores-
placelessness. Globalisation has created these homogenised places.
Totnes, Devon - Answer-An area that is resisting the power of globalisation e.g. it's anti-
Costa campaign in 2012 that succeeded.
Bristol pound - Answer-A local currency that aims to encourage people to shop locally and
support independent businesses.
Glocalisation - Answer-The modification of global products and ideas to suit local conditions.
E.g. McDonald's have removed pork from the menu in Muslim countries.
Set
Characteristics of an insider - Answer-Born in the country, fluent in local language,
conform with idioms and social norms and has feelings of emotional attachment and
familiarity.
outsider - Answer-a viewpoint of someone who is not from the certain place/doesn't live
there/has little or no experience of that place.
Outsider characteristics - Answer-Feelings of alienation and not belonging, sense of place
may come from media representations. E.g. a recent immigrant who doesn't understand the
culture and may feel excluded from the place.
Nationalism - Answer-A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country which
creates a sense of national consciousness. E.g. patriotism, Welsh language.
Regionalism - Answer-loyalty to a particular region
Localism - Answer-An affection for or emotional ownership of a particular place. Can be
represented in NIMBYSM - where people are reluctant to have their local area affected by
development. People have identified more with their local area because they have greater
knowledge of it.
Doreen Massey - Answer-Places are dynamic processes
, Places have multiple identities
Places have no boundaries
Placelessness - Answer-Defined by geographer Edward Relph as the loss of uniqueness of
place in the cultural landscape.
Positionality - Answer-Factors such as age, gender, race that influence how we perceive
different places.
genius loci - Answer-the spirit of a place - develop a sense of place and suggests every
place has a unique spirit or atmosphere.
Clone town - Answer-settlements where the high street is dominated by chain stores-
placelessness. Globalisation has created these homogenised places.
Totnes, Devon - Answer-An area that is resisting the power of globalisation e.g. it's anti-
Costa campaign in 2012 that succeeded.
Bristol pound - Answer-A local currency that aims to encourage people to shop locally and
support independent businesses.
Glocalisation - Answer-The modification of global products and ideas to suit local conditions.
E.g. McDonald's have removed pork from the menu in Muslim countries.
