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Geography final1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| same or very similar innovation is separately developed at different places by different people | independent invention |
| wavelike spread of ideas in manner of contagious disease | contagious diffusion |
| a grouping of similar places | region |
| specific trait is rejected but under lying idea is accepted | stimulus diffusion |
| doesnt have to be homogenous | functional cultural region |
| "to deserve the Earth" Greek | geography |
| the relationship of various elements within a culture | cultural interaction |
| mental images of physical environment, shaped by knowledge, ignorance, experience, values, and emotions | environmental perception |
| idividuals or groups with particular ideas or practices migrate from one location to another | relocation diffusion |
| cultural borders overlap and mix | border ones or transition zones |
| region perceived to exist by its inhabitants | vernacular cultural region |
| ideas leapfrog from one important person to another or from one urban center to another | hierarchical diffusion |
| meeting ground of cultures and physical geographers | cultural ecology |
| central points where functions are coordinated and directed | node |
| geographical unit based n characteristics and functions of culture | cultural region |
| learned, collective, human behavior, form a way of life held in common by a group of people | culture |
| one part of geography, complementing physical geography, deals with natural environment | cultural geography |
| area inhibited by people who have one or more cultural traits in common (language, religion, system of livelihood) | formal cultural region |
| ideas or practices spread throughout a population, from area to area snowballing process | cultural diffusion |
| all of the built forms that cultural groups create in inhabiting the earth; roads, fields, cities | cultural landscape |
| humans are clay bolded by nature, or the environment determines the way people live | environmental determinism |
| people, rather than their environments are the architects of culture, the physical environment offers a number of ways for a culture develop | possiblism |
| mental images of the physical environment are shaped by knowledge, ignorance experience, values, and emotions; | environmental perception |
| 5 themes of geography | cultural regions, diffusion, ecology, interaction, landscape |
| a change in one aspect of culture will reflect another aspect | functional interdependence |
| heartland or center of a culture and where it comes from | culture hearth |
| a way that people respond to the environment and find a way to live with the challenges that are presented to them | adaptive strategy |
| questions that geographers ask v. questions that historians ask | geographers: where and why; focus on places and concern with spatial variation; relationship between people and the environment |
| what is culture? example of cultural traits | a total way of life held in common by a group of people, including learned features such as speech behavior, technology, and government |
| scope of geography | broad, includes history, geology, economics, environmental sciences, climatology |
| 3 types of cultural regions and examples | vernacular - Dixie |
| physical barrier | stops the spread of a culture b/c of environmental barrier |
| absorbing barrier | completely halts diffsion; islamic government banning television |
| cultural barrier | language |
| permeable barrier | weakens the spread; school board or principal |
| core/periphery pattern | away from the center of culture, characteristics weaken and become fewer in number; no two places are ever exactly alike |
| 3 types of expansion diffusion | heirarchical- top to bottom |
| 4 schools of thought in cultural ecology | 1.environmental determinists |
| what is meant be reading the landscape | cultural landscape produces interpretive potential, you can tell peoples values, livelihood by the landscape. |
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meganmcgee
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