Unit 3 Topic 3 Flashcards

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What is placemaking?

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The way people modify the landscape in order to live in a particular location.

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What is a sense of place?

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The act of filling a geographical location at any scale with meaning and significance

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What is placelessness?

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Defined by geographer Edward Ralph as the loss of uniqueness of a place in the cultural landscape so that one place looks like the next.

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4
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What factors make up a sense of place?

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language, dialect, religion, ethnicity

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5
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What is a dialect?

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A regionally distinct way of speaking a language

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What is an ethnicity?

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A common cultural background that creates a sense of belonging among a people

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7
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Centripetal vs Centrifugal

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-Characteristics that unify a country/provides stability
-Characteristics that cause division in a country/destabilizes a place

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What are some examples of centripetal forces?

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Religion: Hinduism in India
Language: Spanish in Central America
Ethnicity: Han ethnicity in China

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What are some examples of centrifugal forces?

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Religion: Division between the Shi’a and Sunni Islam
Language: Bills declaring English as the official language of the U.S.
(Note: English is not the official language of America; however, some states do list English as their official language.)
Ethnicity: Ethnic tension during the Rwandan Genocide

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