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
Why do informal representations of place need to be interpreted with care?
  • They are subjective
  • They are objective
What is meant by social inequality?
  • How far people's general well-being is met, including acess to services such as heath, education and leisure
  • The uneven distribution of opportunities and rewards for different social groups, defined by factors such as age
Which is the correct term for standard of living?
  • People's income and ability to afford material things such as food and water, housing, clothing and personal mobility
  • How far people's general well-being is met, including acess to services such as heath, education and leisure
True or false: The Index of Multiple deprivation is a good method to measure social inequality.
  • True
  • False
Housing, income and health are used to measure social inequality. Which other factor is also used?
  • Education
  • Age
  • Gender
  • Ethnicity
It has been claimed that the capitalist system goes through a series of interconnected cycles of economic change. What have they become known as?
  • Kondratieff cycles
  • Comparative advantages
Is the term players the same as stakeholders in this topic?
  • Yes
  • No
Which is not a player in creating places?
  • Governments and the attraction of FDI
  • Architects and the 24 hour city
  • Community groups concerned with keeping local heritage
  • A farmer who is concerned with his own land
Which is NOT in the process of rebranding?
  • Reimaging
  • Rebranding
  • Regeneration
  • Replacing
Rebranding is a contested process. True or false?
  • False
  • True
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