What makes geographers unique? 

they sythesize natural and social science through spacial relations

What is cultural geography?

it is the study of people in relation to the environment

The study of how space, place, and landscape shape culture at the same time that culture shapes place, space, and landscape. Ex: Folk Culture, Popular Culture

Define distribution and how geographers represent it.          

Define diffusion and how geographers represent it.

What shapes culture according to ‘environmental determinists’?

What shapes culture according to ‘possibilists’?

What is a cultural landscape? Examples of urban, rural, industrial and

agricultural landscape

What can you say about the population distribution on Earth as a whole?

2/3 clustered in 4 regions

east asia 25%

south asia 25%

europe

southeast asia

because of water source, arable land, and favarable weather

 Discuss several reasons why India cannot adopt the same policy as China.

Cultural and political diferences

INDIA                                                           CHINA                                       

 Why do rich countries tend to have negative population growth?

they are more educated

they have access to contraceptives

most women have careers having kids hinders

very expensive to have kids in rich nations

Why do poor countries tend to have positive population growth?

women are not educated

no access to contraceptives

more kids means more labor to caltivate land

high infant mortality

Why is it that the United States has zero population growth?

What does Thomas Malthus say about population growth?

Population grows geometrically (1, 2, 4, 8)

Resourses grow arithmetically (1, 2, 3, 4)

people will out number resourses = chois

 What does Amartya Sen suggest as a way to slow down population growth?

Americans are well educated, more access to contraceptives, etc

Africans just the opposite

Language diffusion by convergence or divergence

language convergence is the combination of two or more languages

language divergence happens when many languages come out of a single one

Latin = italian, french, spanish, portuguese, romanian

Language Tree Model

1.      English has becomes the Ligua franca because first it is the language of the British, who had the largest empire, and their colonies adopted the language. Second One of England’s colonies United States is a world super power and it has spread English further. Thirdly the rise of technology in the US most computer components have English names.10

Reasons why languages may not diffuse

Africa, because of the borders that were drawn without their knowledge or consent. In the future the nations will adopt the stronger languages,

The linguistic map of Europe follows the borders of nations, while Indian’s follows province borders.

Linguistic controversies from any part of the world.

undecifered writing systems such as the indus script

is a corpus of symbols produced by the Indus Valley Civilization during the Mature Harappan period between the 26th and 20th centuries BC

The characters are largely pictorial but includes many abstract signs

In our age of globalization, do you think that languages will continue to converge or not? Explain.

yes they will continue.

 it is the diffusion of English into the Spanish Language wherever there are Spanish speakers

agnosticism

Why did Hinduism remain in India while Buddhism diffused in South East Asia and more recently in the Western world?

hunduism is an ethnic religion and is historically connected with the caste system.

buddhism on the other hand it has diffused to the west in responce to stress: meditation, yoga

it is one of the five pillar of truth

It teaches us that Muslims are brothers and are equal.

It confirms commitment of Muslims to Allah.

It is a demonstration of Islam unity and Islam universality.

large cathedrals

tinted windows

the cross on the outside of small churches

mosque with tall spires around it

prayer callings can be heard

women wear head coverings or bharka

synagogue

males wear a yakama on their heads

Hanukkah Lamp

some wear black clothing and top hats

sometimes located on the ganges river

large elaborately decorated temple (alot of detail)

a lot of colors and flowers around

there is usually a buddha statue

buddhists monks wear orange

yoga and meditation in progress in some places

indifferent to religion

secular state: separation of church and state

not pro immigration

no space

23% of population is elderly, now declining population

incaurages people to work past retirement age in exchange of medical benefits

Cultural, environmental or economic push factors

Voluntary migration.

positive = USA, England, Canada, Australia

 negative = Zimbabwe, Mexico, sudan, india

-Racism....discrimination

-Low paying jobs

-Not being close to your family

-Low living conditions

-Living with fear of being deported(if illigal)

Place - human and physical features

Region - United by similar physical conditions or cultural traits

Interaction - People adapt to the environment or change it

Location - Absolute location (latitude and longitude). Relative location (inrelation to another place)

Movement - Travel from place to place. exchange of goods and ideas

over time

social setting

space: liguistic diffusion