OCR A-Level Geography - Changing
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spaces Making places questions with || || || || ||
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What is the definition of *place*? - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔A place is a space that has been given || || || || || || || || ||
meaning by an individuals *lived experience*.
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Places are *multifaceted*, shaped by *shifting flows* and
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connections, with change over time. || || || ||
What is the definition of *space*? - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔Exists between places and does not have || || || || || || ||
the same meaning attached as a place does. It is a
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location that can be given a latitude and a longitude.
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What is a place profile? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔A
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description of a place, based on the combination of its || || || || || || || || || ||
characteristics.
What *socio-economic characteristics* contribute to the
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identity of a place? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Poverty,
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education, literacy rates, family size, average income,
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type of jobs, healthcare, % unemployed
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,What *political characteristics* contribute to the identity
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of a place? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Political system,
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effectiveness of local authorities, democracy, monarchy || || || || ||
Parish Council (local)|| ||
District Council || ||
County Council (regional) || ||
MP (national)
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What *cultural characteristics* contribute to the identity
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of a place? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Religion, local
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traditions, cultures, local clubs, societies
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What *demographic characteristics* contribute to the
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identity of a place? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Total
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population, *ethnicities*, *age structure*, gender
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What *physical geographical* characteristics contribute
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to the identity of a place? - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔Geology, topography, drainage, climate, || || || ||
rivers, coasts, relief, aspect, altitude
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What aspects of the *built environment* contribute to the
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identity of a place? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Age and
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,style of houses, architecture, infrastructure, housing
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density, housing quality, landmarks and historical
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buildings
Explain 2 ways in which religion influences people's
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perception of place (4 marks) - CORRECT || || || || || || ||
ANSWER(S)✔✔Natural landscape features are sacred to || || || || || ||
religious people, and many have religious meanings built
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up over centuries, for example the Uluru for Australian
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Aborigines. ||
Places of pilgrimage are also significant for religious
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groups. Sacred temples and other holy temples such as
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Mecca are significant to many.
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How do we understand place? - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔*Location* - where a place is, the || || || || || || ||
coordinates
*Locale* - a place is shaped by people, their cultures and
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traditions
A *sense of place* - Personal feelings associated with a
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place. Developed through lived experience, it reflects
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emotional and subjective attachment || || || ||
, *Lived experience* - Actual feelings and personal history
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of living in a place. The time spent in a place helps
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develop this ||
How do *emotions* influence attachments to a place? -
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CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔1. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL || || || || ||
EXPERIENCES: if we have positive experiences in a place || || || || || || || || ||
we are more likely to attribute a strong emotional
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attachment to it. We also get strong emotions as part of a || || || || || || || || || || ||
group, i.e. the strong emotional attachment sports fans
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have to their team's home ground. People often have a
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similar, deeper attachment to nations. Especially true of
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people exiled from their homeland, eg. the Kurds.
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2. EMOTIONS EFFECT OUR BEHAVIOUR IN A PLACE: eg.
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Auschwitz - sad, shocked, upset, emotional = quiet,|| || || || || || || ||
thoughtful. Glastonbury - excited, happy = loud, dancing, || || || || || || || ||
carefree
What effects how people perceive place? - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔Gender
Religion
Age
Sexuality
Role
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spaces Making places questions with || || || || ||
answers ||
What is the definition of *place*? - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔A place is a space that has been given || || || || || || || || ||
meaning by an individuals *lived experience*.
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Places are *multifaceted*, shaped by *shifting flows* and
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connections, with change over time. || || || ||
What is the definition of *space*? - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔Exists between places and does not have || || || || || || ||
the same meaning attached as a place does. It is a
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location that can be given a latitude and a longitude.
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What is a place profile? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔A
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description of a place, based on the combination of its || || || || || || || || || ||
characteristics.
What *socio-economic characteristics* contribute to the
|| || || || || ||
identity of a place? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Poverty,
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education, literacy rates, family size, average income,
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type of jobs, healthcare, % unemployed
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,What *political characteristics* contribute to the identity
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of a place? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Political system,
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effectiveness of local authorities, democracy, monarchy || || || || ||
Parish Council (local)|| ||
District Council || ||
County Council (regional) || ||
MP (national)
||
What *cultural characteristics* contribute to the identity
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of a place? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Religion, local
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traditions, cultures, local clubs, societies
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What *demographic characteristics* contribute to the
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identity of a place? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Total
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population, *ethnicities*, *age structure*, gender
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What *physical geographical* characteristics contribute
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to the identity of a place? - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔Geology, topography, drainage, climate, || || || ||
rivers, coasts, relief, aspect, altitude
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What aspects of the *built environment* contribute to the
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identity of a place? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Age and
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,style of houses, architecture, infrastructure, housing
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density, housing quality, landmarks and historical
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buildings
Explain 2 ways in which religion influences people's
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perception of place (4 marks) - CORRECT || || || || || || ||
ANSWER(S)✔✔Natural landscape features are sacred to || || || || || ||
religious people, and many have religious meanings built
|| || || || || || || ||
up over centuries, for example the Uluru for Australian
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Aborigines. ||
Places of pilgrimage are also significant for religious
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groups. Sacred temples and other holy temples such as
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Mecca are significant to many.
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How do we understand place? - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔*Location* - where a place is, the || || || || || || ||
coordinates
*Locale* - a place is shaped by people, their cultures and
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traditions
A *sense of place* - Personal feelings associated with a
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place. Developed through lived experience, it reflects
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emotional and subjective attachment || || || ||
, *Lived experience* - Actual feelings and personal history
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of living in a place. The time spent in a place helps
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develop this ||
How do *emotions* influence attachments to a place? -
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CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔1. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL || || || || ||
EXPERIENCES: if we have positive experiences in a place || || || || || || || || ||
we are more likely to attribute a strong emotional
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attachment to it. We also get strong emotions as part of a || || || || || || || || || || ||
group, i.e. the strong emotional attachment sports fans
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have to their team's home ground. People often have a
|| || || || || || || || || ||
similar, deeper attachment to nations. Especially true of
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people exiled from their homeland, eg. the Kurds.
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2. EMOTIONS EFFECT OUR BEHAVIOUR IN A PLACE: eg.
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Auschwitz - sad, shocked, upset, emotional = quiet,|| || || || || || || ||
thoughtful. Glastonbury - excited, happy = loud, dancing, || || || || || || || ||
carefree
What effects how people perceive place? - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔Gender
Religion
Age
Sexuality
Role
