GEG 100 ONLINE! Cultural Geography Outline of Chapter 2

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I. Culture defined

II. Regions

• Formal regions
• Functional regions
• Perceptual regions
  • Vernacular regions

III. Culture Regions

• Culture traits
• Symbols
• Regional identity (awareness of belonging to a group united in a common territory)
• ways of life and the culture/landscape interface
• Distinctions between types of regions are fuzzy. Culture regions can be both formal and perceptual.

IV. Cultural Landscape

• Cultural values and the landscape
• Symbols
• Regional identity
  • The problematic of one all-encompassing regional identity (multiculturalism)

V. Defining Culture Regions

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• Core
• Domain
• Sphere
• Syncretism.

VI. The Middle East

• Media stereotypes and perceptions
• Terrorism and U.S. armed intervention
• War and conflict
• Fertile Crescent and empires
• Judaism and Islam
• Ecological Trilogy
• Natural landscapes
• Colonialism

VII. The American Southwest

• Vegetation and climate
• Topography and physiographic provinces
• 3 cultures:
  • Native American
  • Hispanic
  • Anglo-Americans
• Economy

IX. Discussion of your local culture region and how it is portrayed on postcards

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