Unit Two: Human Systems Flashcards
(45 cards)
Cultural Hearth
Knowing accurate information about a culture
Ex: someone who knows a lot about Indian culture.
Innovation
New methods, products, or ideas
Ex:television
Acculturation
One cultural group adopts the beliefs and behaviors of another
Ex: daughter of an immigrant who adapts to the new education system in her new country
Culture
The cumulative deposit of knowledge, experience, beliefs, etc. in a society
Ex: European culture
Nation
Common culture (share a territory, identity and strong sense of unity) Ex: Cherokee nation
State
Political boundary (also a country) Ex: Canada
Nation-State
When a nation and state are on the same territory
Ex: European countries
Cultural diffusion
Spread of ideas, diseases, technology, etc. among places.
Ex: Apple
Stateless nation
When a nation does not have an official territory
Ex: Kurdistan
What types of climates tend to be the most highly populated, which areas the least populated and why?
Habitate, and mild climate, has necessities of life b/c it’s easier to live
Subsistence agriculture
Growing stuff that is necessary for you to live
Cottage industry
Personal
Commercial agriculture
Growing stuff to make money
Commercial industry
Big profit
Primary economic activity
Raw materials
Ex: growing coffee beans
Secondary economic activity
Processing and manufacturing
Ex: putting the coffee beans through a machine
Tertiary economic activity
Business and professional services
Ex: barista at Starbucks
Quaternary economic activity
Information and intellectual services
Ex: research
Stage One
Least developed
High birth and death rates
Undeveloped
Stage Two
High birth, low death rates
Worst case scenario
Population boom
Undeveloped
Stage Three
Lower birth and death rates
Developing/developed (just depends)
Stage 4
Lowest birth and death rates
Best case scenario
Developed
Least developed stage
One
Stage going through a population boom
Two
