Changing Spaces; Making Places Revision

Which is NOT a characteristic that makes up a place profile?

• Natural characteristics such as geology and altitude
• Demography, for example the age and gender of inhabitants
• The animals in the area such as domestic pets
• Socio-economic characteristics such as income and education

Which is NOT a demographic characteristic of a place?

• Gender
• Education
• Age
• Ethnicity

Past and present connections influence a place profile. Which is an example of a present day connection?

• Disused docks
• Journey to work patterns

Places can be linked to places at different scales: local, regional and global. Which is an example of a local connection?

• Imported food and clothing from abroad
• Travelling to a specialist health service in a very large hospital
• Gathering news from the rest of the country and globally
• Where people purchase everyday goods and services

True or false: Migration is an example of a shifting flow of people

• True
• False

The life-cycle stage describes the age and family status of a person such as young adult, married with children or retired. True or false?

• False
• True

Money is not a factor that helps to shape place profile. True or false?

• True
• False

Which is the correct definition for knowledge economy?

• Activities which gather, store and analyse knowledge e.g. high tech manufacturing and finance
• When the manufacturing industry no longer dominates the economy

What is the correct meaning of time-space compression?

• A set of processes leading to a 'shrinking world' caused by the reductions in the relative distances between places
• The spread of people away from their homeland. There is no clearly defined and self-governed homeland,

Which is an example of formal data?

• Graffiti
• Literature
• Geo-spatial data
• Blogs