Booklet 1 - Changing places, relationships and connections

Question 1

Diaspora

Answer 1

Groups of people with the same ethnicity who moved to other countries. Such as British citizens of Irish or Indian decent

Question 2

Demographic characteristics of a place - seaside towns

Answer 2

• Selective in-migration of older people, selective out-migration of younger people create a “top heavy” population pyramid (think seaside towns).
  Lots of female because they live longer

Question 3

Social and Economic characteristics of place

Answer 3

(think Port Talbot (steel works))
- Economic characteristic derives from its function
retal
industrial function (costal towns + cities)
Correlates with social patterns (health, life expectancy, education)

Question 4

Cultural charateristics of a place

Answer 4

Sporting + artistic properties forms a places identity.
Ethnic minority groups contribute to the places identity + cultural diversity.

Question 5

Gentrifictation

Answer 5

Improving the area linked to wealth

Question 6

What is a place?

Answer 6

A small part of a geographical space we live in, whose identity is distinctive or special in some way.

Question 7

Local and national connections of place:

Answer 7

• linked via transport
• Local/national government spending helps shape towns. (health, highstreets, education)

Question 8

Name 4 types of flow

Answer 8

• Flows of people
• Flows of resources
• Flows of business
• Flows of ideas

Question 9

Flows of people:

Answer 9

• Permanent migration
• Commuting

Question 10

Flows of resources:

Answer 10

• Places might be reliant on others for raw materials. (japans food supply)
• Industry (cotton manchester)

Question 11

Flow of business:

Answer 11

• Foreign direct investment (FDI) from a company elsewhere can influence character
• Ending investment (tata steel works)
• Investment in multi national companies (MNC’s) (e.g fast food chains) led to decrease in a places uniqueness. CLONE TOWNS.

Question 12

Flow of ideas:

Answer 12

• Urban planners + developers can change how a place looks.

Question 13

Define Globalisation

Answer 13

When developments such as TRADE, TRANSPORT and TECHNOLOGY has made the world a more interconnected place.

Question 14

What changes can globalisation cause

Answer 14

• Economic changes
• Political/Social changes
• Cultural changes

Question 15

Economic globalisation:

Answer 15

Rise of TNC’s (transnational companies) - apple

Question 16

Cultural globalisation:

Answer 16

Impact of western culture. Art, media, sport

Question 17

Political/social globalisation

Answer 17

Trading blocs. Influence of western democracy on poorer countries.

Question 18

How the history of a place influences its characteristics

Answer 18

think: manchester industrial history (18th century)
- movement of factories to cities
- close to docks
- use of coal
- terraced house

Question 19

How the history of a place influences its social demographic

Answer 19

think: manchester industrial history (18th century)
- low income + migrant families move into inner cities
- social segregation
- lack of jobs after deindustrialisation
- resent government