unit 4 human geo

Question 1

Geolinguistics

Answer 1

the branch of human geography that studies the geographic distribution of language(s) or its constituent elements

Question 2

Toponym

Answer 2

Place name given to certain features of land like settlements of terrain features or streams

Question 3

Polyglot state

Answer 3

Knowing or using several languages

Question 4

Distinctions of English as a language

Answer 4

pronunciation, grammar, spelling, and vocabular

Question 5

How does U.S. English differ from England English?

Answer 5

pronucation

Question 6

3 dialect regions of the U.S

Answer 6

North, the Midland, and the Sout

Question 7

What made the New England states develop more distinctive dialect?

Answer 7

being removed from england

Question 8

Language Branch

Answer 8

group of different languages that all descend from a particular common language.

Question 9

4 Scandinavian languages

Answer 9

Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic (and Old Norse), and Faroese

Question 10

Major Iranian group languages and countries

Answer 10

Persian. Farsi in Iran, Tajiki in Takikistan. Dari in Afghanistan.

Question 11

material culture

Answer 11

the physical aspects of a society, the objects made or modified by a human
ex: clothing

Question 12

nonmaterial culture

Answer 12

Thoughts or ideas that make up a culture
ex: traffic laws, words, and dress codes.

Question 13

Habit

Answer 13

A repetitive act performed by a particular individual
ex: Using a cellphone in America.

Question 14

Custom

Answer 14

The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group of people performing the act
ex: folk culture
social event

Question 15

Taboo

Answer 15

A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom

Question 16

Scale

Answer 16

the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole

Question 17

Acculturation

Answer 17

The adoption of cultural traits, such as language, by one group under the influence of another don’t reject your old cultire

Question 18

Assimilation

Answer 18

the process through which people lose originally differentiating traits, such as dress, speech particularities or mannerisms, when they come into contact with another society or culture

Question 19

Relocation Diffusion

Answer 19

occurs when a person migrates from their home and shares their culture with a new location

Question 20

Expansion Diffusion

Answer 20

when innovations spread to new places while staying strong in their original locations

Question 21

Contagious Diffusion

Answer 21

the process of an idea being spread rapidly throughout the population; all places and individuals in the region are affected

Question 22

Hierarchical Diffusion

Answer 22

a type of cultural diffusion that occurs when influential structures in society encourage the adoption of certain new cultures or cultural aspects

Question 23

Stimulus Diffusion

Answer 23

when an idea diffuses from its cultural hearth outward, but the original idea is changed by the new adopters

Question 24

Fred Kniffen

Answer 24

has identified three source regions for American folk housing styles: New England, Middle Atlantic and Lower Chesapeake.

Question 25

Carl Sauer

Answer 25

Landscape Theory states that the cultural landscape is shaped by humans and various cultural aspects of their culture.

Question 26

Eugene Wilhelm

Answer 26

the study of the spatial patterns and ecology of traditional groups; a branch of cultural geography;

Question 27

Jean Brunhes

Answer 27

eographer views the house as being among the essential facts of human geography

Question 28

Wilbur Zelinsky

Answer 28

migration characteristics vary with the demographic transition

Question 29

Convergence hypothesis

Answer 29

that cultural differences among places are being reduced by improved transportation and communications systems, leading to a homogenization of popular culture.

Question 30

formal region

Answer 30

primarily used to determine and outline political, cultural and economic regions

Question 31

vencualr region

Answer 31

An area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity.

Question 32

functional region

Answer 32

a social or economic function that occurs between a node or focal point and the surrounding areas
ex: new york times in new york

Question 33

folk housing

Answer 33

salt box, two chimney, cape code, front wing and gable, I house, tidewater, shotgun

Question 34

contagious diffsuion

Answer 34

the distance-controlled spreading of an idea through a local population by contact from person to person.

Question 35

metiafact

Answer 35

The shared ideas, values, and beliefs of a culture. Examples include religion, language, viewpoints, and ideas about right or wrong behaviour

Question 36

sociofact

Answer 36

the structures and organizations of a culture which influence social behaviour
families, governments, education systems, sports organizations, religious groups,

Question 37

landscape theory

Answer 37

a patch of land that has some sort of socially-created unity as a result of the behaviors people carry out on it, or the meanings they ascribe to it, or both.
Nature + Culture = Cultural Landscape.