Unit 2: Cultural GeographyUnit 3: LanguagesUnit 4: ReligionKey Things to Know for the Geography 201 Test…Unit 1: What is Geography?- Definitions of geography as two perspectives (spatial and ecological)- Five themes (location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, regions)- Five amplifiers (pattern, perception, systems, scale, change)- Sense of where…- Site and situation- Distance decay, accessibility, spatial interaction, factors that influence spatial interaction- Issues of scale: understanding the world from the local to global scale- Developing a fluency in considering issues and problems at a variety of scales,local to globalChapter 1 in the textbook; knowledge from Activity 1Unit 2: Cultural Geography- Definitions of culture: mentifacts, sociofacts, artifacts, institutions, beliefs and understandings, technology, language, systems- Collectivist vs individualist cultures: distribution and characteristics- Application of these concepts to understand world cultural patterns, including variations in gender roles- Culture change: independent invention vs diffusion, types of diffusion (expansion, including hierarchical, and relocation), acculturation, assimilation, syncretism/transculturation- Cultural convergence and interdependence with improved global communication and transportation networks- Culture traits, regions, realms- Models of culture change--from culture hearths through different stages?Eating patternsChapter 2 pp56-66Chapter 5Chapter 6Knowledge gained from Activity 2 including place locations of 25 largest nationsUnit 3: Languages- Taxonomy of languages- Distribution of languages worldwide- Language as a clue to cultural diffusion and interchange, e.g., Africa, diffusion of Indo-European languages- Toponyms - Language as a clue to culture: structure, vocabulary, social status, gender differences- Multilingualism in the US and other nations –causes and consequences- Language, territoriality, and identityUnit 4: Religion- Types of religions: universal, ethnic, animist, secular- Origin, diffusion, distribution of specific religions- Effects of religion on patterns of life (daily schedule, food preferences, role of women, importance of education, work ethic, business practices, political etc—see on-line notes)- Cultural landscapes produced by specific religions, including attitudes toward the environment, calendar, burial practices (slides in class)- Patterns of religion in USPages 157-163; Pages
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