1. AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY *Chapter 2 *
Cultures, Environments, and Regions

2. What is Culture???
How do we see Culture???
Types of Culture???

3. Human Geo Equals…? CULTURAL LANDSCAPE
The imprint of humans on the land (Carl Sauer)
Transformation of “Physical” landscape into “Cultural” landscape
How do we do this???

4. Chicago in 1803

5. Chicago in 2015

6. Leaving a mark…
How do we know past cultures / societies have been here???
Sequent Occupance
What evidence can we see of past societies on the landscape???

8. Why name it… Chicago???

9. How do Cultures originate?
Birthplaces of “cultures?” Cultural Traits / Practices (Cultural) Hearth

10. Cultural Development Limitations
What controls Cultural (Human) development?
Environmental Determinism
How???

14. How can / do Humans overcome environment???
Possibilism
Key to Human development is TECHNOLOGY!!!

16. Dodger Staduim

17. Humans… Centripetal Force What DIVIDES a People? Centrifugal Force
What UNITES a people?
Centripetal Force
What DIVIDES a People?
Centrifugal Force

18. How does Culture Spread???
Diffusion (Cultural)
2 types…

19. Two types of Diffusion
1. RELOCATION DIFFUSION
-Culture (trait) being physically carried one place to another through Migration / Immigration
-Orig. Hearth loses influence
EX: Puritans to America

21. 2. EXPANSION DIFFUSION Idea starts in a source area
Stays strong there while spreading outward

22. 3 forms of EXP. DIFF. CONTAGIOUS DIFFUSION
Something transmitted over space because people who carry it are close to each other
Hearth stays STRONG

23. Form 1

24. Diffusion of Islam

25. 2. HIERARCHIAL DIFFUSION –
Element diffuses through a population unequally
(to those who are SUSPECTIBLE to it)
(hits certain groups, skips over others).

26. Form 2

27. 3. STIMULUS DIFFUSION
Idea Spreads, but characteristics will be different
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28. Through Diffusion & Contact…?
When 2 cultures come in contact…?
Acculturation (domination)
Assimilation (extermination)
Transculturation (equal)

29. Causes for movement…?
What might cause a culture / people to move (diffuse) ? PUSH FACTORS PULL FACTORS

30. Remember!!!! YOU ARE WHERE YOU ARE!
PUSH and PULL FACTORS are NOT PRO & CON
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