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- Definition: Shared patterns of
learned behavior
- Components:
- Beliefs
- Institutions
- Technology
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- 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
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- 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”
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- The source areas from which radiated ideas, innovations, and ideologies
that change the world beyond
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- 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
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- Some examples of stateless nations: the Cherokee Nation, the Kurds, the
Palestinians
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- 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
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- A country whose population possesses a substantial degree of cultural
homogeneity and unity
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- 4 major clusters
- 1) East Asia 2) South Asia
- 3) Europe 4) Eastern North America
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