AP Human Geography – Chapter 4 – Flashcards

Culture tradiontally practiced by small, homogenous, ruraly group living in relative isolation from other groups.

Culture found in a large, heterogenous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics.

A habit is a repetitive act performed by a particular individual. For example, making your bed once you wake up. A custom is the frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristics of the group of people performing the act. For example, eating a meal with your family on holidays

-Have anonymous hearths, originally from anonymous sources, at unknown dates, through unidentified originators -May also have multiple hearths, originating independently in isolated locations.

-Transmitted from one location to another more slowly and at a smaller scale -Relocation diffusion spread by migration

-Usually found in MDCs -Arise from advances in industrial technology

-Hierarchical diffusion from hearths or nodes of innovation -Diffuses rapidly through the use of modern communications and transportation

Invented in 2697BC when Chinese emperor Huang Ti sent someone to cut bamboo poles that would sound like a Phoenix bird. Folk music is composed anonymously and transmitted orally. A song may be modified from one generation to another, but most content is often derived from events in daily life. Folk songs tell a story or convey information about activities like farming, life-cycle events, storms, etc.

Originated around 1900 by people in the United States and West Europe. Tin Pan Alley was famous for composers and songwriters, but after WWII, recorded music became really popular. English is the most popular language for songwriters to sing in. Hip-Hop becomes popular and it demonstrates the interplay between globalization and local diversity. On one hand, Hip-Hop is a return to a very local firm of music expression rather than a form that is studio manufactured. Lyrics make local reference and represent a distinctive hometown scene. Also, Hip-Hop has diffused rapidly around the world through instruments of globalization: the music is broadcast online and sold through web marketing.

"... Workers excavating a building site encountered a Danish soldiers head, which they began to kick. 'Kick the Danes Head' was imitated by boys, one of whom got the idea of using an inflated cow bladder" (118). Soccer was banned in England by King Henry II in the late 12th century, but legalized by King James I in 1603. It spread around the world and Rugby was invented in Rugby, England but that soon turned into American Football.

1. Occupations 2. Environments

Residents in Arctic climate wear fur-lined boots, people living in warm, humid areas may not wear shoes at all and people living in wet areas may wear wooden shoes (they're waterproof).

Most schools either have a strict dress code or they wear uniforms

Cultural traditions

-Romanians made sour bran soup from cracked wheat, corn, brown bread and cherry tree twigs -Hungarians added smoked bacon to soup and thickened it with flour and onions fried in lard -Jews are soup made from beets and sorrel instead of meat

-Abipone Indians of Paraguay eat Jaguars and Bulls to make them strong, brave and swift -Ainus in Japan avoid eating otters because they're forgetful and consuming them would "lead to memory loss" -Pregnant Mbum Kpau women of Chad avoid eating meat of antelope with twisted horns because it could result in a child born with deformities

They will build with brick, wood, stone, grass, sod and skins

-east wall is sacred in Fiji -Yuan and Shan sleep facing the east -Lao people arrange beds perpendicular to the center ridge pole of the house

Saltbox, Two-Chimney, Cape Cod, Front Gable and Wing

"I"-House

-Decades: 1945-1960 -Facts: One story, dominant front gable and a few decorative details. Small modest houses designed to house young families and veterans returning from WWII.

-Decades: 1950-1960 -Facts: One story, long side parallel to the street, all rooms on one level. Took up a larger lot and encouraged the sprawl of urban areas.

-Decades: 1950-1970 -Facts: Contained garage and newly invented "family" room where the television was placed. Kitchen and formal living and dining rooms were placed on the intermediate level and the bedrooms on the top level above family room and garage

-Decades: 1950-1970 -Facts: had flat or low-pitched roofs

-Decades: 1960's -Facts: High-pitched shed roof gave house the appearance of a series of geometric forms

Mansard Style, Neo-Tudor Style and Neo-French Style

-Most popular leisure time -Most common method of diffusing popular culture