Exam 1

Question 1

Five

themes

Answer 1

Location, place, human/environment interaction. Movement and region

Question 2

Cultural

landscape

Answer 2

fashion of a natural landscape by a cultural group

Question 3

Absolute

location

Answer 3

latitude and latitude

Question 4

Relative

location

Answer 4

generalization of location

Question 5

Mental

map

Answer 5

putting a map in your head

Question 6

Formal

region

Answer 6

an area in which everyone shares in one or more distinctive characterisic

Question 7

Functional

region

Answer 7

an area organized around a node or focal point

Question 8

Cultural

hearth

Answer 8

• Hearth’s are origin

* Hearth begins with contagious diffusion

Question 9

Time-­‐space

compression

Answer 9

(distance does not matter because of changes in communication technology)

Question 10

Contagious

diffusion

Answer 10

(person to person)

Question 11

Hierarchical

diffusion

Answer 11

(spread gradual depending on size)

Question 12

Popular

culture

Answer 12

Characteristics of Popular culture?

* large
* heterogeneous (inside variety of people)
* urban
     changing cultural traits

Question 13

Local

culture

Answer 13

Aspects of Local Culture

* collective or a community 
* shares experiences, customs and traits
* work to preserve those traits and customs

Question 14

Material

culture

Answer 14

Things they constructed (tangable), arts, houses clothing, foods

Question 15

Nonmaterial

culture

Answer 15

Beliefs, Practices, Aesthetics, Values

Question 16

Ethnic

neighborhood

Answer 16

communities that heavily populated by a goup

Question 17

Authenticity

Answer 17

have things down the way it has been for duration of the culture

Question 18

Commodification

Answer 18

accommodating culturesin a community

Question 19

Distance

decay

Answer 19

(traditional model of diffusion)

Question 20

Placelessness

Answer 20

having no destination

Question 21

Cultural
imperialism
(multiple
viewpoints
and
example

Answer 21

• Does U.S. cultural imperialism exist, and if yes in what ways?
  
  • If no, are we simply witnessing the development of “global” culture that currently happen to be largely influenced by the U.S.?

Question 22

Mentifacts

Answer 22

ideology to be part of culture

Question 23

Sociofacts

Answer 23

social norms of culture

Question 24

Artifacts

Answer 24

how we use thing in culture

Question 25

Sense
of
place

Answer 25

having a feel of a location

Question 26

Dowry

death

Answer 26

• murder of brides (often by burning) when dispute arises over Dowry
  
  • difficult to “legislate away” the power relationships that lead to dowry deaths

Question 27

Gender
differences
in
life
expectancy

Answer 27

• Life Expectancy
  
  • • Average 4 years longer for women
    • Varies with geography
    • • Lower in africa
      • longer in S. America, Europe, and U.S.
      • Equal to or less than men in South Asia

Question 28

Female

infanticide

Answer 28

• females infanticide is also tied to the dis-empowerment of women
  
  • EX. 300,000 MORE GIRLS THAN BOYS DIE EACH YEAR (INDIA)
  • many more ever born after gender detection test
  • gaps between number of women and men widening
  • only larger in war torn countries
  • what to do?

Question 29

FGM

Answer 29

• female genital mutilation
• occurs throughout world
• any age
• several type
• unsanitary
• should it be banned?

Question 30

Why
women
generally
outlive
men

Answer 30

• Genetics
  
  • stresses of work
  • high risk activities
  • taking chances
  • cultural gender expectations? Identity?

Question 31

Gender

inequality

Answer 31

has not been equal in all culture