12C - End of Autumn Term Quiz

What does ‘diaspora’ mean?

• a group of people with similar heritage/homeland who have settled elsewhere in the world

• an affection for or emotional ownership of a particular place

• places that have become indistinct from one another through the process of making things uniform or similar

• something that does not or does not feel like it belongs in a place

Which geographer believe’s globalisation is eroding the distinctiveness of places and making them more identical over time?

• Edward Relph

• Tim Cresswell

• Yi-Fu Tuan

• Doreen Massey

What does sense of place mean?

• a view of a place through the media

• knowing a lot about a place

• an opinion of a place based off of photographs and films

• the subjective and emotional attachment to a place

Which of the following is an example of quantitative data?

• poetry

• maps

• interviews

• paintings

What is demography?

• the average wage per capita

• looking at population; race, age, gender

• way the local land if formed and physical aspects

• history of the area

What is a phenomenological approach?

• investigating why a place was constructed

• investigating how an individual experiences a place

• a study of the unique characteristics of a place

What 3 things are included when talking about the character of a place?

• landscape, people and environment

• culture, food and locales

• landscape, culture and built environment

• locales, location and built environment

The increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas is known as:

• migration

• citification

• urbanisation

• overcrowding

Which great historical change led to people moving from rural areas to urban areas?

• The 'Green' Revolution

• The 'Industrial' Revolution

• The 'Computer' Revolution

• The 'Russian' Revolution

A Push factor is:

• Things that make people want to leave an area such as high crime, lack of education & health services

• Things that attract people to move to an area such as greater employment opportunities