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More Geo ch.4
Culture and Social Media
Term | Definition |
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Cricket | UK and former British colonies |
Ice hockey | colder climates |
Wushu (martial arts) | China |
Baseball | N. America, Caribbean, Japan |
Distinctive football | Australia |
Lacrosse | Iroquois, Canada, parts of New England |
Burqa | covers entire face and body with net to see through |
Hijab | practice of covering the head |
Niqab | a veil that covers the bottom half of the face |
Coke | leader in Western Hemisphere, preferred in Israel |
Pepsi | Quebec, associated with communist Russia, preferred in countries surrounding Israel |
Muslim | pork taboo because pigs take up too many resources |
Hindu | cow taboo because cows are a source of oxen, which are important |
Pitched roof | runoff of snow in wet/cold climates |
temperate climates | windows face south for the sun’s heat and light |
hot climates | flat roofs and small windows - protect the inside from the heat |
Java | door face south - direction of the South Sea Goddess who holds the key to earth |
Fiji and China | Eastern wall is sacred |
Madagascar | west is most important, northeast is most sacred, northern wall is for ancestors, beds placed against the eastern wall and face north |
Lao people | beds arranged so heads opposite neighbor’s heads and feet opposite neighbor’s feet |
Yuan and Shan | heads face east, staircases can’t face west |
Fred Kniffen | 3 major hearths of folk houses in the US |
New England | box shaped with a central hall |
Mid Atlantic | “I” shaped, 2 stories, 1 room deep, 2 rooms wide |
Lower Chesapeake/Tidewater | 1 story with steep roof and chimneys at each end |
Banned technology | Cold War – communist Eastern Europe tried to block Western Europe TV signals Satellite technology – easy to smuggle China restricts social media apps |
Blocked content | Developing countries view this as economic and cultural imperialism Developing countries block content to respect traditional folk culture Political, social, and security content are censored |
Violated user rights | Governments harass citizens because of internet activity Women and LGBTQ communities have been targeted 3 worst countries – Iran, Syria, and China Internet has suffered the most in recent years – Russia and Turkey |