UNIT 3 REVIEW HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

all of the learned behaviors, actions, beliefs, and objects of a group of people (3.1)

the area in which a unique culture of specific traits develop EX: Harlem for Hip Hop (3.1)

1. Anglo American

2. Latin American

3. European

4. Islamic

5. Sub-Saharan African

6. Slavic

7. Indian

8. Sino-Japanese

9. Southeast Asian

10. Austral European (3.1)

the visible reflection of a culture on the environment EX: parks, neighborhoods, sacred places (3.1)

Folk culture- traditional, slow-moving Popular culture- modern, fast-moving (3.1)

where cultures don't necessarily fit neatly within assigned borders (3.1)

intensified interactions among people, governments, and companies worldwide (3.1)

three examples:

1. loss of folk culture

2. jobs go overseas

3. cultural traits are pushed onto other cultures

factors that pull people together and unify (3.1)

factors that force people apart (3.1)

when cultures combine and become the same; caused by the spread of popular culture and the loss of folk culture (3.1)

when cultures split; often along rural vs. urban line (3.1)

behaviors that are strongly discouraged by a culture EX: talking about menstruation-- Turning Red movie (3.1)

spaces that are segregated based upon gender EX: restrooms, weight rooms (3.1)

when an ethnic/immigrant group moves and adopts practices of the large group (3.1)

when an ethnic/immigrant group moves and can no longer be distinguished from the large group (3.1)

coexistence of several cultures in one society with the ideal that all cultures are valued and worthy (3.1)

conflict between cultures becomes harsh, xenophobic, and ethnocentric (3.1)

refers to not judging a culture to our own standards of what is right or wrong, strange or normal; instead, trying to understand cultural practices of other groups in its own cultural context (3.1)

when people migrate and carry their cultural traits with them (3.1)

the spread of a cultural trait outward from where it originated (3.1)

spread of culture from the most interconnected, wealthy, or important places or people (3.1)

sometime things diffuse from the lower class to the upper class, or rural to urban, or unconnected to connected. quite literally the reverse of hierarchical diffusion (3.1)

when a cultural trait spreads continuously from its origin; spread through contact; can be extremely rapid (3.1)

occurs when people in a culture adapt an underlying idea or process from another culture, but modify it because they reject one trait (3.1)

scientists who study language (3.2)

largest language family in the world; includes languages that related to Indo-Iranian and European cultures (3.2)

variations in accent, grammar, usage, and spelling EX: AAVE or African American Vernacular English (3.2)

English, French, Spanish, Arabic (3.2)

common language learned and used by people who do not share the same primary language EX: international businessmen tend to learn Mandarin and English, as they are both very common business languages (3.2)

language that emerges when two or more languages have extensive contact with each other, often due to trade EX: "Spanglish," formed from contact between Spanish and English by a bilingual speaker (3.2)

pidgin language that develops more extensive language operations and becomes the primary language of the people in a region EX: Swahili or Afrikaans (3.2)

also called time-space compression in Unit 1; the correlated decrease in time needed for transportation to the increase in technology (3.3)

fake, often sensational, report disseminated under the guise of an authentic news report with the goal of misleading consumers of the content. elected officials have also used this term to describe things that are unfavorable to them (3.3)

a statement that can be proven false, but some individuals continue to insist are true (3.3)

the practice of posting deliberately inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in social media in order to provoke or agitate (3.3)

an example of remote sensing; used to reveal evidence of an ancient civilization in the Amazon Basin (3.3)

Christianity- Jerusalem, Israel Islam- Mecca, Saudi Arabia Buddhism- Nepal, Northeastern India Hinduism- Punjab area (Northern India/Pakistan) (3.4)

Christianity- Jesus Christ Islam- Muhammad Buddhism- Siddharta Gautama, "The Buddha." Hinduism- None Specified (3.4) optional information

Christianity- The Bible Islam- The Qur'an Buddhism- Tripitaka Hinduism- The Vedas (3.4) optional information

a religion that you are born into EX: Judaism, Hinduism (3.4)

a religion that attempts to appeal to all people; proselytizing EX: Christianity, Buddhism, Islam (3.4)

belief that all objects and natural events have a discrete spirit and conscious life (3.4)

70.6% Christian 22.8% Unaffiliated <2% for each other religion (3.4)

individuals who help to transmit a universalizing religion through expansion diffusion EX: Sufis (3.4)

colonialism, imperialism, and trade

religious journey taken by a person to a sacred place of their religion EX: Hajj (largest annual) and Kumbh Mela (largest) (3.4)

the blending of cultures and ideas from different places; especially religions (3.4)

a country whose government is run by religious leaders through the use of religious laws EX: Iran (Islamic) and Vatican City (Catholic) (3.4)

an attempt to follow the literal interpretation of a religious faith; often openly enforces the patriarchy and oppresses minority groups EX: Westboro Baptist Church (3.4)

membership in a group that shares characteristics, like ancestry, language, customs, experiences, homeland/hearth; same terminology as nationality but different meaning EX: Irish, Jamaican, Filipino (3.5)

identity with a group who are perceived to share a physiological trait, such as skin color EX: White, Black, Asian (3.5)

identity with a group of people who share legal attachment to a country; same terminology as ethnicity but different meaning EX: American, Mexican, Canadian (3.5)

first group to occupy a space; influence reflected on toponyms (3.5)

an urban/suburban place with high concentration of an ethnic group that is distinct from those in the surrounding area EX: Chinatown, Little Italy (3.5)

a rural place with high concentration of an ethnic group that is distinct from those in the surrounding area EX: Amish (3.5)

ethnic groups move in and out of areas, leaving their prints (3.5)

when a community re-embraces the uniqueness and authenticity of a place EX: Oktoberfest (3.5)

white emigration due to anticipated black immigration EX: blockbusting (3.5)

when real estate agents weaponize racism to prey on white homeowners near black neighborhoods to sell their houses for cheap; contributes to white flight (3.5)

used to blocked loans in certain neighborhoods, which tended to be black neighborhoods; made it harder for black homeowners to improve/maintain their houses (3.5)

a street that operates as a racial barrier due to redlining and blockbusting in Kansas City (3.5)

Sunni Muslims who speak their own language in the Iranian group of Indo-European languages and have a distinct culture; a nation without a state, an ethnicity without recognition (3.5)