Geo Exam Two

Question 1

✓ What is folk culture and folk life

Answer 1

The collective heritage and
way of life of a small rural community
Tangible and Non-Tangible Elements

Question 2

What does folk culture and folk life include

Answer 2

Tradition,  Strong Resistance to Change
 Handmade tools and food Buildings made of local materials

Question 3

✓ What is folklore – examples

Answer 3

Oral Traditions, Folk Songs, Stories,
Legends

Question 4

✓ Threats to the survival of folk culture

Answer 4

Increased contact with new countries and loss of traditional value

Question 5

✓ History of the Amish

Answer 5

1600s Jacob Amman in Bern, Switzerland

Question 6

Amish Currently

Answer 6

336,000 Pennsylvania with the most and IL in 10th

Question 7

✓ Characteristics of the Amish

Answer 7

No Electricity, Horse, Homemade, Rumspringa, no tools

Question 8

✓ Examples of Folk Architecture around the world

Answer 8

Taverns, inns, chapels

Question 9

✓ Folk v. Popular Housing Styles

Answer 9

Folk vary by community and Popular vary by time built

Question 10

✓ Folk Architecture and Regional/Cultural Influences

Answer 10

most cultures used native materials for housing since they needed protection

Question 11

✓ Folk Architecture Examples

Answer 11

Saltobx House-New England-Gabled Roof
Norman Cottages-French Canada-Hipped Roof
Bungalow house-1800s-Large Porch
Queen Anne House-1800s-british-Round Towers
Log Cabins-Appalachia-Dogtrot
Shotgun House-Simple Cheap-African-3-4 Rooms

Question 12

✓ Popular Housing Styles

Answer 12

Minimal Trad-Small one story home for the youth
Ranch-One story-parallel to street
Split Level-Lower Level(garage)-Mid(Kitchen)-Top(bedrooms)

Question 13

✓ What is Popular Culture and what does it include

Answer 13

Urban Based-Adopted Trends-Material and non-material traits

Question 14

✓ Why Study Popular Culture

Answer 14

• To understand our everyday lives.

Question 15

Two types of sports regions- Administrative and Perceptual (examples)

Answer 15

Perceptual- Created regions like the south and mid-west
Administrative-Units which a country is divided in such as state to state

Question 16

Sports and impact on the landscape - Golf

Answer 16

Sports can take away a huge plot of land for use of the sport

Question 17

▪ Symbols of attachment to place

Answer 17

Welcome Signs
Flags
Nicknames

Question 18

Sport Traditions

Answer 18

Tailgating
Mascots/Bands

Question 19

▪ Intra-urban v Inter-urban relocation

Answer 19

Intra-Urban to suburban-until 90s-Stadium Styles
Inter-1950s-Baseball-market orientated-Movement to the west

Question 20

▪ Types of Stadiums

Answer 20

Open
Oval
Horseshoe

Question 21

Tourism and Sports

Answer 21

LLWS
Hall of Fame
Field of Dreams-Dyersville, IA

Question 22

Food as a regional identity and ethnic identity (examples)

Answer 22

Seafood-Northeast
Bar-B-Q-Southeast
Cincinnati Chili
Southwest- Mexican Food

Question 23

Characteristics of the American Meals

Answer 23

Breakfast is the most informal
Disappearing midday meal
Evening meal has seen the greatest change

Question 24

Fast Food History and Importance

Answer 24

First hamburger food chain was white castle in 1916(Wichita, Kansas)
Not important till after World War II

Question 25

Geographic Distribution and Diffusion of Fast Food

Answer 25

North-Pizza/Sub-sandwich shops South-KFC/Popeyes McDonalds was the Icon

Question 26

Globalization of Fast Food

Answer 26

McDonalds has 33,000 locations in 118 countries

Question 27

TV importance to Popular Culture

Answer 27

* # 1 Leisure activity in Developed Countries * Is the main mechanism by which knowledge of popular culture is diffused.

Question 28

History of TV availability

Answer 28

1954-Sold in 20 Countries 1970- US had over half of TVs 1990s and 2000s TV's in 180 countries

Question 29

Types of Television shows through the decades

Answer 29

1940s-Variety Shows 1950s and 1960s- Sitcoms/Game Shows 1970s-Family Sitcoms 1980s- Dramas, Action, Sitcoms 1990s-200s- Animations and Reality Tv

Question 30

Origins and Diffusion of the Internet and Facebook

Answer 30

1995-40 million users Now-4.9 billion users Facebook still the most popular with 2.9 billion worldwide users

Question 31

History of Music Geography Research

Answer 31

George Carney Country Music was the root

Question 32

▪ Regions, Importance of Nashville, Popularity of Country Music

Answer 32

Nashville-Capital of Country Music- Hall of Fame and the Grand Ole Opry Lower South 1970s-Outlaw Country 1990s till Today- Crossroads and overlap with pop music

Question 33

Rock-n-Roll History/Eras and Birthplace

Answer 33

Memphis, TN 1950s-1956-Evlis 1960s- Beatlemania-Woodstock 1970s-Motown-Disco 1980s-Micheal Jackson and Madonna 1981-MTV 1990s-Nirvana and Boybands

Question 34

Diffusion of the Blues and Influence on other music types

Answer 34

Diffused Northward with the African-American population