Chapter 5-7 Op Flashcards
Language extinction currently throughout history has been a major concern for cultural geographers, linguist, anthropologist and other academics: explain two consequences of language extinction
Loss of cultural diversity results in sameness/ homogeneity of global culture
Some academic people believe that fewer languages might mean fewer conflicts among different groups of people, which brings enhancement of communication across ethnic and national boundaries
Language extinction currently throughout history has been a major concern for cultural geographers, linguist, anthropologist and other academics: describe two strategies that have been used to used to stop languages from becoming extinct an give a real life example of each.
Information gathering with recording of dying languages (through video audio or writing ex) the last speaker of the Eyak language was Marie smith jones, she was interviewed so that we could get info about it before she died
Language extinction currently throughout history has been a major concern for cultural geographers, linguist, anthropologist and other academics: describe two strategies that have been used to used to stop languages from becoming extinct an give a real life example of each.
Part 2:
Traditional language is taught in school
Ex) Britain’s 1988 education act made welsh language training a compulsory subject in Wales
Predominant church affiliation by county, 2000: name the religions given letters in the legend:
Religion group X
Religion group Y
Religion group Z
Group X is the Mormons
Group Y is the Lutherans
Group Z is the Southern Baptist
Predominant church affiliation by county, 2000: identify and explain two factors that have influenced the distribution on map: Mormons
Moved from East Us to the West to the Utah area (Did this to escape prosecution from other people)
From Utah area they moved to neighboring states ( Did this because of the need for resources-cultivated land)
Predominant church affiliation by county, 2000: identify and explain two factors that have influenced the distribution on map: Lutheran
They came from Germany/Sweden/Norway (They are there because of cheap land sold by railroad companies)
More came to the area b/c of the phenomenon known as chain migrations to the north centered states(chain migration- one comes then the whole family comes)
Predominant church affiliation by county, 2000: identify and explain two factors that have influenced the distribution on map: Southern Baptist
They are the indigenous religion of the south east United States ( most tend to be uneducated ) and they did not require formal theological degree to start a church
It appeals to African Americans who didn’t have access to other religion also not until recently there was not a lot of migration to the south east to dilute beliefs because not big cities with jobs
Predominant church affiliation by county, 2000: explain how the map as presented at this scale is an incomplete representation of the geography of religion in the US
You cannot compare the % of those religions marked one the map with one of a different county
You can’t tell variations between counties, which has more that county or that one?
There is no way of knowing how concentrated the beliefs of the people that follow the religion in the county
Language extinction currently throughout history has been a major concern for cultural geographers, linguist, anthropologist and other academics: Explain three causes of language extinction
1) colonizers/conquers forbid the vanquished groups to speak or use their native languages & are forced to use the language of colonizers/conquers.
2) some groups of people get virtually wiped out by conquers and their language dies with the people
3) some groups of people get virtually wiped out by natural disasters like tsunamis hurricanes or earthquakes and the language disappears with the people
With reference to each of the following explain how religion has shaped the cultural landscape, support each with an example: sacred sites
The Haj and Mecca)
It is a place of intersection of the Devine and the mortal- build more accommodation sites for people who take the trip for the Haj- results in preservation of holy sites- can result in fights over control of sites (Jerusalem)
With reference to each of the following explain how religion has shaped the cultural landscape, support each with an example: burial practices and sites
Chinese used 1/10 of agricultural land as cemeteries, govt now encourages people to cremate dead- it is a way to treat and bury the dead an dispose of them- it restricts the use of the land for other purposes and creates a uniform landscape
With reference to each of the following explain how religion has shaped the cultural landscape, support each with an example: architecture
The style and design of buildings with religious purpose- they have distinct appearance varying w/ religions and areas ex/ masques churches and basilicas
With reference to each of the following explain how religion has shaped the cultural landscape, support each with an example: place names
Or toponyms- when pple name a place after a religious name or place- gives a place distinctiveness and it reflects the lives of people living there- ex/ Saint Paul Minnesota and Saint Louis Missouri
