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APhumanGeographyCh4

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