Unit 3.2

Question 1

Placelessness

Answer 1

when modern cultural landscapes exhibit homogeneity (similarities)

Question 2

Cultural Landscapes

Answer 2

when the boundaries of a region reflect the human imprint of the environment

Question 3

Built Environment

Answer 3

physical artifacts that humans create to form the landscape

Question 4

Traditional Architecture

Answer 4

style that reflects local cultures history, beliefs, values, and community adaptations to the environment (available materials)

Question 5

Postmodern Architecture

Answer 5

style leaning towards high rise structures made from large amounts of steel and glass (after 1960’s)

Question 6

Contemporary Architecture

Answer 6

style using multiple advances to create buildings that rotate, curve, and stretch the limits of size and height

Question 7

Ethnicity

Answer 7

membership within a group of people who have common experiences and share ancestry, language, beliefs, customs, history

Question 8

Ethnic Enclaves

Answer 8

clusters of people of the same culture

Question 9

Cultural Regions

Answer 9

Places determined by characteristics like religion, language, and ethnicity

Question 10

Cultural Realms

Answer 10

larger areas that include several regions

Question 11

Sacred Places

Answer 11

places that have religious significance

Question 12

Dispora

Answer 12

one group of people that’s dispersed to various locations

Question 13

Charter Group

Answer 13

the first group to establish cultural and religious customs in a space

Question 14

Ethnic Islands

Answer 14

cultural imprints that revolve around housing types and agriculture

Question 15

Sequent Occupancy

Answer 15

a process in which ethnic groups move in and out of a place and create cultural imprints on the landscape

Question 16

Neolocalism

Answer 16

process of re-embracing the uniqueness and authenticity of a place