AQA A Level Geography paper 2 Exam
Questions With Assured Answers
Place - ANSA location which has different meanings to various people.
Placemaking - ANSThe deliberate shaping of an environment to facilitate social interaction and
improve a community's quality of life.
locale - ANSLocations that are associated with everyday activities and are shaped by the people,
culture and customs within it.
Sense of place - ANSthe subjective and emotional attachment to a place which gives it meaning.
Doreen Massey - ANSPlaces are dynamic processes
Places have multiple identities
Places have no boundaries
Placelessness - ANSDefined by geographer Edward Relph as the loss of uniqueness of place in the
cultural landscape.
Positionality - ANSFactors such as age, gender, race that influence how we perceive different places.
genius loci - ANSthe spirit of a place - develop a sense of place and suggests every place has a unique
spirit or atmosphere.
Clone town - ANSsettlements where the high street is dominated by chain stores- placelessness.
Globalisation has created these homogenised places.
Totnes, Devon - ANSAn area that is resisting the power of globalisation e.g. it's anti-Costa campaign
in 2012 that succeeded.
, Bristol pound - ANSA local currency that aims to encourage people to shop locally and support
independent businesses.
Glocalisation - ANSThe modification of global products and ideas to suit local conditions. E.g.
McDonald's have removed pork from the menu in Muslim countries.
Near place - ANSplaces that feel like home, where people would live in a similar way to which we
live. We feel secure and this has a prop for our identity. Form our national identity as a country.
Far place - ANSPlaces we see as foreign, alien and different.
Experienced place - ANSPlaces we have been to and developed our own sense of place, emotional
attachment, change previous perceptions, genius loci.
Media place - ANSPlaces we have formed a perception of based on what we see in the media, makes
world seem smaller, more understanding of the world.
insider - ANSThose who feel at home within a place. Ethnic groups cluster together which can help
them feel like insiders.
Characteristics of an insider - ANSBorn in the country, fluent in local language, conform with idioms
and social norms and has feelings of emotional attachment and familiarity.
outsider - ANSa viewpoint of someone who is not from the certain place/doesn't live there/has little
or no experience of that place.
Outsider characteristics - ANSFeelings 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 - ANSA strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country which creates a sense of
national consciousness. E.g. patriotism, Welsh language.
Regionalism - ANSloyalty to a particular region
Questions With Assured Answers
Place - ANSA location which has different meanings to various people.
Placemaking - ANSThe deliberate shaping of an environment to facilitate social interaction and
improve a community's quality of life.
locale - ANSLocations that are associated with everyday activities and are shaped by the people,
culture and customs within it.
Sense of place - ANSthe subjective and emotional attachment to a place which gives it meaning.
Doreen Massey - ANSPlaces are dynamic processes
Places have multiple identities
Places have no boundaries
Placelessness - ANSDefined by geographer Edward Relph as the loss of uniqueness of place in the
cultural landscape.
Positionality - ANSFactors such as age, gender, race that influence how we perceive different places.
genius loci - ANSthe spirit of a place - develop a sense of place and suggests every place has a unique
spirit or atmosphere.
Clone town - ANSsettlements where the high street is dominated by chain stores- placelessness.
Globalisation has created these homogenised places.
Totnes, Devon - ANSAn area that is resisting the power of globalisation e.g. it's anti-Costa campaign
in 2012 that succeeded.
, Bristol pound - ANSA local currency that aims to encourage people to shop locally and support
independent businesses.
Glocalisation - ANSThe modification of global products and ideas to suit local conditions. E.g.
McDonald's have removed pork from the menu in Muslim countries.
Near place - ANSplaces that feel like home, where people would live in a similar way to which we
live. We feel secure and this has a prop for our identity. Form our national identity as a country.
Far place - ANSPlaces we see as foreign, alien and different.
Experienced place - ANSPlaces we have been to and developed our own sense of place, emotional
attachment, change previous perceptions, genius loci.
Media place - ANSPlaces we have formed a perception of based on what we see in the media, makes
world seem smaller, more understanding of the world.
insider - ANSThose who feel at home within a place. Ethnic groups cluster together which can help
them feel like insiders.
Characteristics of an insider - ANSBorn in the country, fluent in local language, conform with idioms
and social norms and has feelings of emotional attachment and familiarity.
outsider - ANSa viewpoint of someone who is not from the certain place/doesn't live there/has little
or no experience of that place.
Outsider characteristics - ANSFeelings 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 - ANSA strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country which creates a sense of
national consciousness. E.g. patriotism, Welsh language.
Regionalism - ANSloyalty to a particular region
