Unit 1: Intro to Culture & Geography

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3. Cultural __________ refers to the idea that the people of a culture are taking steps to maintain and cultivate their beliefs, values, customs, and other aspects of their heritage both in their people and their children.
4. A group of people with a common characteristic or interest in living together within a larger society
6. “__________ place” refers to the characteristics of a location that make it different from every other place on Earth and that exist only because humans created them.
9. The term “__________ location” refers to the exact spot on the Earth where something is found. Today, we use latitude and longitude to pinpoint that spot.
14. The season of __________ in the southern hemisphere means that people in the northern hemisphere are experiencing spring.
15. The 23.5-degree line of latitude location in the northern hemisphere is called the Tropic of __________.
16. The term “__________ location” defines the position of a spot or place by referring to other places. One spot will be defined as being located differently based on different starting points and on places known to both the person explaining and the person listening.
18. When someone refers to the culture of the U.S. as a “__________,” they probably mean that the flavor of the U.S. culture is added to the existing cultural ‘vegetables and meat’ of the immigrant, and the broth of U.S. culture begins to take on some of the flavor of the added ingredients just like U.S. culture takes on cultural attributes of its variety of immigrants.
20. Cultural __________ means that the culture of a smaller population is being absorbed into the culture of a larger population of people in a society. It can be accomplished gradually through an evolutionary process or through force by laws, punishments, pressure and/or other similar means. This process results in the smaller population losing its distinct cultural identity.
23. A __________ region is an area that shares resources and ideas as a result of proximity (closeness) to each other, geographic features that divide or isolate, or due to traditional or cultural connections.
24. The geographic theme of __________ asks the question “how do people, goods, and ideas move from one place to another?”
25. The 23.5-degree tilt of the Earth on its __________ and the Earth’s 365-day revolution help us to understand our seasons.
27. Lines of longitude and the Earth’s rotation on its axis help us determine this concept.
29. The 23.5-degree line of latitude location in the southern hemisphere is called the Tropic of __________.
30. Studies the diverse environments, places, and spaces of the Earth’s surface, as well as how they interact with each other.
31. Zero degrees latitude
32. Cultural _________ encompasses the idea that variety and differences exist in the world, throughout a society, and even within your job, school, church, or other institution. In addition, this term also implies that cultural identities should not be discarded or ignored but should be valued and maintained.
35. The geographic theme of Human/__________ asks the question “how do people relate to their physical world?”
36. Lines of __________ divide the Earth vertically and are measured from 0 degrees to 180 degrees by moving east and from 0 degrees to 180 degrees by moving west.
37. When someone calls the culture of the U.S. a “__________,” it refers to the idea that immigrants come to the U.S., seek freedom and fortune, and eventually assimilate into its culture with some aspects of their prior culture remaining.

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1. Lines of __________ divide the Earth horizontally and are measured from 0 degrees to 90 degrees north and from 0 degrees to 90 degrees south.
2. A __________ region is an area defined by boundaries that exist geographically or are created politically.
5. A standardized system used across the world to locate people and/or places based on lines of latitude and longitude. It is especially helpful to find missing people, to find a place whose relative location is unknown to the user, and for military applications.
7. Evidence that a group of humans has organized and seeks to continue their existence into the future with shared and common behavior
8. The __________ is the crooked line located near 180 degrees longitude where each new day begins to its west as, for example, 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, while immediately to its east would be 1:01 a.m. on Tuesday.
10. The Earth is divided up into northern versus southern ones, as well as eastern and western ones. Wyoming, for example, is located in the northern and western ones.
11. The geographic theme of __________ asks the question “what is it like?”
12. GPS stands for Global __________ System
13. The geographic theme of __________ asks the question “where is it?”
17. Zero degrees longitude
19. The Arctic and Antarctic __________ are located at 66.5 degrees north and south latitude, respectively.
20. When people’s behaviors and lifestyles change based on the geographical and environmental conditions of a place.
21. The season of __________ in the southern hemisphere means that people in the northern hemisphere are experiencing winter.
22. A __________ region is an area where people are stereotyped together, especially by outsiders, due to historical, linguistic or cultural connections, geographic proximity, and/or shared experiences.
26. Cultural __________ occurs when people from one culture adopts aspects of another culture into their own while conserving most elements or the essential elements of their own.
28. “__________ place” refers to the characteristics of a place that make it different from every other place on Earth and that occur naturally.
33. When people modify their surroundings to suit their wants and needs, but their modifications will vary according to geographic and environmental conditions.
34. The geographic theme of __________ asks the question “how are places similar or different?” and tries to group spaces together when they have common characteristics.