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Culture
Geography Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Culture | Way of life for a group of people who share common values and beliefs. |
| Multicultural | Many different cultures living in the same area. |
| How cultural traits spread through migration | People bring their culture with them during migration. |
| How cultural traits spread through technology | Being able to communicate ideas around the world immediately. |
| How cultural traits spread through trade | Exchange of products from one culture to the next. |
| Common Traits of different cultures | Religion, food, clothing, entertainment. |
| Cultural diffusion | Spreading ideas with another culture. |
| Cultural diffusion impacts individuals and world societies by | changing the characteristic of a place. |
| How does it Mountains and Deserts impact population patterns | They lower the population density by making trade harder. |
| How does Rivers impact population patterns | Pulls because of access to trade and travel |
| Geography impacts the economy of a place because | We use land and resources to make money. |
| What geographic feature are all the cities on the map close too? | Gulf of Mexico. |
| What role does the geographic feature play in the development of these cities? | Easy access to water and trade. |
| What is a transportation corridor? | A physical feature that makes travel and trade easier. |
| What is an example of a transportation corridor? | Gambi River, Africa, Amazon River. |
| What is a transportation barrier? | A physical feature that makes travel and trade harder. |
| What is an example of transportation barrier | Volcano, Dessert, Mountains, Swamp. |
| Explain ways in which human migration influences the character of places and regions? | If People from China Migrate to Japan the language, religion and goods will be similar. |
| What is a push factor? | A factor that makes people leave. |
| What is an example of a Push factor? | Nuclear War, Famine. |
| What is a Pull Factor? | A factor that makes people want to come or stay. |
| What is an example of a Pull Factor? | Ocean access, good land. |
| What is an example of how human migration influences the character of places and regions | By having different restraints and cuisines in the same area. |
| Identify an example of ways people have adapted to the physical environments in a various of places and regions | Using a umbrella. |
| Explain how people adapt to the beach by wearing sunscreen? | People are not changing the physical environment but protecting themselves from the environment. |
| Identify an example of ways people have modified the physical environment | Gold mine. |
| Explain how Gold mines modify the physical environment? | People change the land by digging up the earth. |
| Identify an example of how technology influences human interaction with the environment | Tsunamis impact humans interaction with the environment because we get warnings and we evacuate to inland or high ground before it hits. |