Key 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 and related concepts e g distance decay accessibility spatial interaction factors that influence spatial interaction Five amplifiers pattern perception systems scale change Sense of where Site and situation 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 global Readings as assigned in syllabus Unit 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 factors that influence diffusion barriers to diffusion acculturation assimilation syncretism transculturation Cultural convergence and interdependence with improved global communication and transportation networks Why they hate us Role of cultural convergence in fundamentalist attitudes toward fast world West Culture traits systems regions Models of culture change from culture hearths through different stages World system theory and role of globalization in specific culture change Readings as assigned in syllabus Activity 1 and Activity 2 including locations of Activity 2 nations and patterns of population density in the US Unit 3 Cultural Geography Language as much as we cover in class prior to exam Taxonomy of languages Distribution of languages worldwide Language as a clue to cultural diffusion and interchange Africa Indian Ocean Toponyms Language as a clue to culture structure vocabulary social status gender differences Multilingualism in the US and other nations Causes and consequences of multilingualism Lingua franca Pidgin Language territoriality and identity Everything we have discussed and seen in class
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