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APhumanGeographyCh4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| custom | the frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group of people performing the act |
| folk culture | culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups |
| habit | a repetitive act performed by a particular individual |
| popular culture | culture found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics |
| taboo | a restriction on behavior imposed by social customs |
| terrior | the contribution of a location's distinctive physical features to the way food tastes |
| culture | the values, political institutions, material artifacts, language, religion and ethnicity shared by a group inhabiting a specific area |
| environmental influences on housing style | building material, the things it is meant to protect against |
| cultural influences on housing style | sacred spaces or directions, religious buildings |
| type of diffusion associated with popular culture | hierarchical diffusion |
| type of diffusion associated with folk culture | relocation diffusion |
| effects of technology and communications on social customs | causes them to diffuse more rapidly or over a larger geographic area. may cause people to adopt popular culture and abandon traditions |
| role of physical environment in folk culture | environmental determinism. directly affects food, housing, and clothing |
| characteristics of folk music | composed anonymously, transmitted orally. about everyday life, and may be changed by different generations |
| characteristics of pop music | by one specific person, to be sold in mass quantities |
| AFRN | broadcasted American music to the deployed troops during WW2 |
| how soccer spread | diffused by contact with the British |
| origin of the word "soccer" | developed from Football Association |
| when the rules for soccer were standardized | 1863 |
| hearths of US folk housing | mid-Atlantic, lower Chesapeake, New England |
| influential factors in popular culture food choice | what is produced, grown, or imported locally |
| diffusion patterns of TV and internet | US to other MDCs, and then to LDCs. |
| how long it took for TV to diffuse | about 50 years |
| how long it took for the internet to diffuse | about 10 years |
| cultural reasons for fear of popular culture | it spreads Western beliefs and values, causing people to drop some cultural traditions. it conflicts with government censorship, and threatens the survival of folk culture |
| distribution of golf courses in the US | north central and northeastern states |
| environmental consequences of popular culture | it can deplete natural resources and pollute the environment with a high volume of waste |
| the taste of wine is affected by | soil type, climate(including that year's weather), drainage, and geography of the area |
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