Exam 1

Question 1

Cultural Geography

Answer 1

The study of the spatial variations among cultural groups and the spatial functioning of society. It is a learned collective behavior

Question 2

Region

Answer 2

A grouping of like places or the functional union of places to form a spatial unit.

Question 3

Formal Culture Region

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A uniform area inhabited by people who have one or more cultural traits in common.

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Functional Culture Region

Answer 4

An area that has been organized to function politically, socially, or economically.

Question 5

Vernacular Regions

Answer 5

A region perceived to exist by its inhabitants, has widespread acceptance, and uses a special regional name.

Question 6

Cultural Diffusion

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The spatial spread of learned ideas, innovations, and attitudes.

Question 7

Independent Innovation

Answer 7

the same innovation develops at the same time in different areas

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Spatial Diffusion

Answer 8

The process by which a concept, practice, or substance spreads from its point of origin to new territories

Question 9

Relocation Diffusion

Answer 9

individuals or groups move from one location to another location spreading the innovation

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Expansion Diffusion

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The spreading of an innovation or idea through a fixed population in such a way that the number of those adopting grows continuously larger, resulting in an expanded area of dissemination.

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Contagious Expansion

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The distance-controlled spreading of an idea, innovation, or some other item through a local population by contact from person to person.

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Hierarchical Expansion

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A form of diffusion in which an idea or innovation spreads by “trickling down” from larger to smaller adopting units.

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Hierarchical Diffusion

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Ideas leapfrog from one person to another or one urban center to another temporarily bypassing other persons or territory.

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Stimulus Diffusion

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A specific trait may be rejected, but the underlying idea is accepted.

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Time-Distance Decay Function

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Strongest acceptance where it originates (Neighborhood effect), and acceptance weakens as it diffuses farther away.

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Absorbing Barriers

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Halts diffusion completely

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Permeable barriers

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Allow parts of the innovation to diffuse.

Question 18

Globalization

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The binding together of all the lands and peoples of the world into an integrated system driven by capitalistic free markets, in which cultural diffusion is rapid, independent states are weakened, and cultural homogenization is encouaged.

Question 19

Cultural Ecology

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The study of the cause-and-effect interplay between cultures and the physical environment.

Question 20

Cultural Integration

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Cultures are systematically and spatially Intertwined. Cultures are complex wholes rather then a series of unrelated traits. Cultures form integrated systems in which parts fit together causally.

Question 21

Environmental Determinism

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Possibilism

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Environmental Perception

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Human Perceptions of Natural Hazards: Mechanistic and Organic Views

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-Humans of Judeo-Christian tradition, tend to regard environmental modification as divinely approved, which is called the Mechanistic View.
-Other groups take care not to offend the forces of nature, which is called the Organic View.

Question 25

Model Building in Cultural Integration

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Social Sciences (Logical Positivism)

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Humanistic Geography

Question 28

Topophilia

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Love of place

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Structuralism

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Popular Culture

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Consists of large masses of people who conform to and prescribe to ever changing norms

Question 31

What results in damage to a physical environment

Answer 31

a massive amount of people in recreational areas

Question 32

Material Culture

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Includes all objects or things made and used by members of a culture group.

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Nonmaterial Culture

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Folklore, defined as oral tradition. Stories, beliefs, customs, etc

Question 34

Geophagy

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The practice of eating earthy or soil-like substances such as clay, and chalk, in order to obtain essential nutrients such as sulfur and phosphorus from the soil

Question 35

What is american made on a house?

Answer 35

Stilts, 2 doors, outside staircase

Question 36

Why did wooden houses need to be spaced out?

Answer 36

Fire risk.

Question 37

Is time distance decay less important in popular culture

Answer 37

yes