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Introduction to Regional Geography II (PAGES: 16-39)

Introduction to Regional Geography II (PAGES: 16-39). OUTLINE. Culture Cultural Geography Cultural Landscape Culture Hearth Sequent Occupance Political Geography Nation State Nation-State Population Geography. CULTURE. Definition : Shared patterns of learned behavior Components :

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Introduction to Regional Geography II (PAGES: 16-39)

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  1. Introduction to Regional Geography II (PAGES: 16-39)

  2. OUTLINE • Culture • Cultural Geography • Cultural Landscape • Culture Hearth • Sequent Occupance • Political Geography • Nation • State • Nation-State • Population Geography

  3. CULTURE • Definition: Shared patterns of learned behavior • Components: • Beliefs • Institutions • Technology

  4. CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY • A wide-ranging and comprehensive field that studies spatial aspects of human cultures • Major components focus on: • Cultural Landscapes • Culture Hearths • Cultural Diffusion • Cultural Environments • Culture Regions Not mutually exclusive - constantly interacting with each other

  5. 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”

  6. CULTURAL LANDSCAPE

  7. CULTURE HEARTH • The source areas from which radiated ideas, innovations, and ideologies that change the world beyond

  8. SEQUENT OCCUPANCE CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY: BETHLEHEM E.J.PALKA

  9. 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

  10. NATION Must a nation be a place? • Some examples of stateless nations: the Cherokee Nation, the Kurds, the Palestinians

  11. THE KURDS

  12. 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

  13. NATION - STATE • A country whose population possesses a substantial degree of cultural homogeneity and unity. Classic Example of a Nation-State: Japan

  14. POPULATION DISTRIBUTION • 4 major clusters 1) East Asia 2) South Asia 3) Europe 4) Northeastern US

  15. 90% of the population lives north of the equator. • 2/3s live in mid-latitudes between 20o and 60o latitude. 60o 60o 20o 20o Equator

  16. >50% of the population lives on 5% of the land. • 2/3s live on 10% of the land. • Almost 90% live on 20% of the Earth’s land surface.

  17. 60% of people live below 200 meters (650 feet) in elevation. • 80% live below 500 meters (1,650 feet).

  18. 2/3 of population lives within 500 kilometers (300 miles) of an ocean. • Most inhabit alluvial lowlands and river valleys.

  19. Introduction to Regional Geography II (PAGES: 16-39)

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