AQA A LEVEL GEOGRAPHY PAPER 2EXAM QUESTIONS
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Place - correct answer A location which has different meanings to various people.
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Placemaking - correct answer The deliberate shaping of an environment to facilitate social interaction and
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improve a community's quality of life.
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locale - correct answer Locations that are associated with everyday activities and are shaped by the people,
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culture and customs within it.
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Sense of place - correct answer the subjective and emotional attachment to a place which gives it meaning.
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Doreen Massey - correct answer Places are dynamic processes
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Places have multiple identities
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Places have no boundaries
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, Placelessness - correct answer Defined by geographer Edward Relph as the loss of uniqueness of place in the
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Positionality - correct answer Factors such as age, gender, race that influence how we perceive different places.
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genius loci - correct answer the spirit of a place - develop a sense of place and suggests every place has a unique
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spirit or atmosphere.
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Clone town - correct answer settlements where the high street is dominated by chain stores- placelessness.
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Globalisation has created these homogenised places. t t t t t
Totnes, Devon - correct answer An area that is resisting the power of globalisation e.g. it's anti-Costa campaign
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in 2012 that succeeded.
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Bristol pound - correct answer A local currency that aims to encourage people to shop locally and support
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independent businesses. t
Glocalisation - correct answer The modification of global products and ideas to suit local conditions. E.g.
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Near place - correct answer places that feel like home, where people would live in a similar way to which we live.
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We feel secure and this has a prop for our identity. Form our national identity as a country.
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Far place - correct answer Places we see as foreign, alien and different.
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Experienced place - correct answer Places we have been to and developed our own sense of place, emotional
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attachment, change previous perceptions, genius loci. t t t t t
Media place - correct answer Places we have formed a perception of based on what we see in the media, makes
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world seem smaller, more understanding of the world.
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WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
Place - correct answer A location which has different meanings to various people.
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Placemaking - correct answer The deliberate shaping of an environment to facilitate social interaction and
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improve a community's quality of life.
t t t t t
locale - correct answer Locations that are associated with everyday activities and are shaped by the people,
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culture and customs within it.
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Sense of place - correct answer the subjective and emotional attachment to a place which gives it meaning.
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Doreen Massey - correct answer Places are dynamic processes
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Places have multiple identities
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Places have no boundaries
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, Placelessness - correct answer Defined by geographer Edward Relph as the loss of uniqueness of place in the
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cultural landscape. t
Positionality - correct answer Factors such as age, gender, race that influence how we perceive different places.
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genius loci - correct answer the spirit of a place - develop a sense of place and suggests every place has a unique
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spirit or atmosphere.
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Clone town - correct answer settlements where the high street is dominated by chain stores- placelessness.
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Globalisation has created these homogenised places. t t t t t
Totnes, Devon - correct answer An area that is resisting the power of globalisation e.g. it's anti-Costa campaign
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in 2012 that succeeded.
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Bristol pound - correct answer A local currency that aims to encourage people to shop locally and support
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independent businesses. t
Glocalisation - correct answer The modification of global products and ideas to suit local conditions. E.g.
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McDonald's have removed pork from the menu in Muslim countries. t t t t t t t t t
Near place - correct answer places that feel like home, where people would live in a similar way to which we live.
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We feel secure and this has a prop for our identity. Form our national identity as a country.
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Far place - correct answer Places we see as foreign, alien and different.
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Experienced place - correct answer Places we have been to and developed our own sense of place, emotional
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attachment, change previous perceptions, genius loci. t t t t t
Media place - correct answer Places we have formed a perception of based on what we see in the media, makes
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world seem smaller, more understanding of the world.
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