CULTURE The cultural landscape involves the modification of the natural landscape by human activities. Ethnicity may be visible. Look at the built landscape to hints into the culture of a people. The similarities of the cultural landscape of the suburbs. A built landscape.

Artifacts: What a culture leaves behind. Cultural Geography includes the study of how culture vary over space.

Customs: practices followed by a group of people. Traditions: a collection of customs passed down. Culture traits: A single attribute to a culture. (wearing colorful clothing) Culture complex: A combination of culture traits. A culture bag helps people make decisions. Cultural baggage can hold people back. A habit is something a group of people do consistently.

When material and non-,material culture spread, the process is called cultural diffusion. Carl Sauer wrote about how cultures diffuse. He also indentified the “cultural landscape.” The rate of diffusion is influenced by “time distance decay.” The influence of culture weakens as distance increases. Culture moves when people move. Diffusion occurs by trade, travel, and migration.

Culture hearths were centers of culture and innovation.

Culture Region – an area marked by culture that distinguishes it from other regions. Religious structures are a simple way to determine a cultural region.

As European empires spread around the world, they took their culture with them. LanguageReligionArchitectureFood Diffusion

When a migrant group accepts traits of their new country, the process is called: assimilation When a culture accepts traits of another culture and includes it into their own, it is called: acculturation Migrants tend to hold on to one particular culture trait the longest.

Folk culture occurs in isolation. It is generally found in “out of the way” places. Folk culture has not diffused and has accepted little diffusion. Folk cultures generally develop from familiar events in daily life. Where would folk cultures most likely develop? In multiple hearths.

Popular or “pop” culture. Generally develops in MDC’s. Diffuse rapidly due to modern technology.