3.3 cultural patterns

Question 1

Sense of Place:

Answer 1

Unique attributes of a specific location - cultural influences and feelings evoked by people in a place. Distinctiveness.
Example: Great Wall of China

Question 2

Cultural Realm: Areas of the world that share cultural traits such as language families, religious traditions, food preferences, architecture, and/or a shared history. These cultural traits comprise a similar cultural landscape (although not the exact same) in each cultural realm.

Answer 2

Cultural Realm: Areas of the world that share cultural traits such as language families, religious traditions, food preferences, architecture, and/or a shared history. These cultural traits comprise a similar cultural landscape (although not the exact same) in each cultural realm.

Question 3

Anglo-American

Answer 3

Anglo-American
Language: English (Indo-European Family)
Religion: Christianity
Shared History: European settlement & colonization
Ethnicity: Indigenous, European, African, Hispanic

Question 4

Latin America

Answer 4

Latin America
Language: Spanish (Indo-European Family)
Religion: Roman Catholicism
Ethnicity: Hispanic, Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Latino, European, Ingidenous
Shared History: Colonized by Europeans

Question 5

CENTRIPETAL FORCES

Answer 5

Characteristics that unify a country and provide stability.
Examples: Common language, ethnicity, religion

Question 6

CENTRIFUGAL FORCES

Answer 6

Characteristics that divide a country and create instability, conflict and violence.
Examples: Multiple competing ethnicities, languages or religions