Introduction to
Regional Geography II
(Pages 14-37)
CULTURE
·
Definition: Shared
patterns of learned behavior
·
Components:
·
Beliefs
·
Institutions
·
Technology
CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
·
A wide-ranging
and comprehensive field that studies spatial aspects of human cultures
·
Major components
focus on:
n Cultural
Landscapes
n Culture Hearths
n Cultural
Diffusion
n Cultural Environments
n Culture Regions
CULTURAL
LANDSCAPE
·
The composite of human imprints on the earth’s surface
·
Carl Sauer’s definition: “the forms superimposed on the physical landscape by
the activities of man”
CULTURAL LANDSCAPE (PHOTOGRAPHS)
CULTURE
HEARTH (MAP)
·
The source areas from which radiated ideas, innovations, and
ideologies that change the world beyond
SEQUENT
OCCUPANCE (PHOTOGRAPH)
POLITICAL
GEOGRAPHY
·
A subfield within the human branch of geography
·
The study of the interaction of geographical area and political process
·
The spatial analysis of political phenomena and processes
NATION
(PHOTOGRAPH)
·
Some examples of stateless nations: the Cherokee Nation, the Kurds, the
Palestinians
THE
KURDS (MAP AND PHOTOGRAPH)
STATE
·
A politically organized territory
·
Administered by a
sovereign government
·
Recognized by a significant portion of the international
community
·
A
state must also contain:
§
a permanent
resident population
§
an organized
economy
§
a
functioning internal circulation system
NATION
STATE (INCLUDES MAP)
•
A country whose population possesses a substantial
degree of cultural homogeneity and unity
POPULATION
DISTRIBUTION (MAP)
• 4 major clusters
1) East Asia 2) South Asia
3) Europe 4) Eastern US
PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT
·
Economic geography
·
Economic conditions (World Bank’s
groupings):
- High income
- Upper-middle income
- Lower-middle income
- Low income
·
Core areas versus peripheries
PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT (2 MAPS)
THE GEOGRAPHER’S
PERSPECTIVE (MODEL & PHOTOGRAPH)
