Exam 1: Human Geography: A Cultural Approach

The increase in greenhouse gas emissions and resulting climate change is one of the key events of the Pleistocene.

The overall phenomenon responsible for the landscape shown in this photo is:

Native Americans are folk cultures, but not indigenous cultures.

A(n) _____ culture is one composed of self-identified tribal peoples whose social, cultural, and economic conditions distinguish them from the national society of the country in which they live.

The devastation of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan illustrates that idea that:

The Amish people live mostly in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and the surrounding areas. The people of this religious group are known for their simple lifestyles and their rejection of modern conveniences. A map showing the distribution of Amish in Pennsylvania would help to define a(n):

The adoption of new innovations generally increases with distance and time, a phenomenon known as friction of distance.

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) stores now exist in Shanghai, China's largest city, and Beijing, its second major city. Soon, other KFC stores will open in other Chinese cities and towns that are smaller in size in a decreasing order. What type of diffusion does this process illustrate?

-According to this model, housing for the poorest people is MOST likely to be found in Sector:

Understanding why people are solemn and quiet at cemeteries is to understand how cemeteries create a sense of place.

Jews who were expelled from Spain brought their religious beliefs and practices to the new areas in which they settled. This is a case of:

The migration of Europeans into the Western Hemisphere included those people introducing Christianity into the Americas, thereby illustrating the process of this type of diffusion.

_____ barriers completely halt diffusion.

In a hot climate, a certain group of people begins to build their homes with very high ceilings so that hot air will rise upward, away from the living space. They also paint their homes white to reflect sunlight away from their houses. In another area 50 miles away, the people start building homes with high ceilings but do not paint their homes white because they consider the color unlucky. This is an example of:

Understanding how people make meaning from experiences in places is a goal of:

The spread of people, ideas, or things from one location to other locations where these items are not initially found is:

Within a formal region, the cultural traits tend to be strongest:

In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the United States, which was seen as a symbol of the American national character?

Architecture and style in the cultural landscape are of minor importance to human geographers.

Blaut and Ormrod have argued that non-diffusion is more prevalent than diffusion.