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Changing Spaces Making Places Section 1

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)
Natural characteristics such as geology and altitude
b)
Demography, for example the age and gender of inhabitants
c)
The animals in the area such as domestic pets
d)
Socio-economic characteristics such as income and education
2.
Which is NOT a demographic characteristic of a place?
a)
Gender
b)
Education
c)
Age
d)
Ethnicity
3.
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?
a)
False
b)
True
4.
Which is the correct definition for knowledge economy?
a)
Activities which gather, store and analyse knowledge e.g. high tech manufacturing and finance
b)
When the manufacturing industry no longer dominates the economy
5.
What is the correct meaning of time-space compression?
a)
A set of processes leading to a 'shrinking world' caused by the reductions in the relative distances between places
b)
The spread of people away from their homeland. There is no clearly defined and self-governed homeland,
6.

What gives a place its uniqueness and identity? (more than one)

a)

Physical geography

b)

Social economic conditions

c)

Cultural factors

d)

Politics

7.

What is the sense of place?

a)

Physical location

b)

Physical setting

c)

Feelings and emotions

d)

Coordinates on a map

8.

What is an example of a cultural factor that can contribute to a place's identity?

a)

Religion

b)

Physical geography

c)

Built environment

d)

Politics

9.

How can politics influence the identity of a place?

a)

By determining the physical location

b)

By shaping the physical setting

c)

By affecting the feelings and emotions

d)

By making policy decisions

10.

A place that becomes more globalised and less unique

a)

Media place

b)

Agent of change

c)

Perception of place

d)

Homogenisation

11.

A point in physical space such as a plot on a map...

a)

Location

b)

Sense of place

c)

Clone town

d)

endogenous factor

12.

Location is...

a)

Where a place is on a map, its latitude and longitude coordinates.

b)

A series of settings where everyday life activities take place.

c)

The subjective and emotional attachment people have to a place.

13.

Which of these groups could be seen as an outsider in a place? Tick all that apply

a)

Homeless

b)

International migrants

c)

A student in a university town

d)

A banker in Canary Wharf

14.

What is globalisation?

a)

The decrease in manufacturing in the UK

b)

The increasing in interconnectedness and interdependence of countries

c)

An increase in trade and communication.

d)

The government's management of the UK economy

15.

What does TNC stand for?

a)

Trans national corporations

b)

Trade nations conference

c)

Trans national countries

d)

Trial national cooperations

16.

Which one of the following is a characteristic of globalisation

a)

Low levels of labour migration

b)

The development of global brands

c)

A decrease in foreign direct investment

d)

A reduction in out-sourcing and off-shoring of production