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Compare Sense of Place and Placelessness.
Sense of Place: Emotional connection to a place. Placelessness: Loss of unique identity due to globalization.
Compare Environmental Determinism and Possibilism.
Determinism: Environment controls human behavior. Possibilism: Environment sets limitations, but humans have choices.
Compare Environmental Determinism and Cultural Determinism.
Environmental Determinism: Environment dictates culture. Cultural Determinism: Culture dictates human behavior.
Compare the impacts of globalization on culture and environment.
Culture: Spread of ideas, loss of diversity. Environment: Increased resource use, pollution.
Compare the views of Ellsworth Huntington and possibilists.
Huntington: Environment controls human behavior. Possibilists: Environment sets limits, humans choose.
Compare the effects of globalization on strong and weak cultures.
Strong: Adapt and maintain identity. Weak: Become homogenized.
Compare the effects of popular culture on languages.
Some languages become extinct (Latin), while others are endangered (Yiddish).
Compare the positive and negative impacts of cultural diffusion.
Positive: Spread of ideas. Negative: Loss of cultural diversity and environmental consequences.
Compare the individual and community level of sense of place.
Individual: Affects a person's identity. Community: Shapes the collective identity of a group.
Compare the role of humans in environmental determinism and possibilism.
Environmental Determinism: Humans are controlled by the environment. Possibilism: Humans have choices within environmental limits.
What is the definition of Sense of Place?
Emotional connection and association with a place.
What is the definition of Placelessness?
Loss of unique identity in a place due to globalization.
What is the definition of Environmental Determinism?
The physical environment controls human behavior.
What is the definition of Possibilism?
The environment sets limitations, but humans have choices.
What is the definition of Cultural Determinism?
Culture, not the environment, shapes human behavior.
What is the definition of Culture Region?
A portion of Earth's surface sharing distinct cultural characteristics.
Define cultural diffusion.
The spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another.
Define indigenous language.
A language native to a particular region or country.
Define endangered language.
A language that is at risk of falling out of use as its speakers die out or shift to speaking other languages.
Define extinct language.
A language that no longer has any speakers.
What is Sense of Place?
Emotional connection to a place, boosting identity, well-being, and community.
What is Placelessness?
Places losing unique identity due to popular culture and globalization, leading to feelings of isolation.
What is Environmental Determinism?
The flawed theory that the physical environment controls human behavior.
What is Possibilism?
The theory that the environment sets limitations, but humans have choices within those limits.
What is Cultural Determinism?
The theory that culture, not the environment, shapes human behavior.
What is a Culture Region?
A portion of the Earth's surface where people share distinct cultural characteristics.
Explain the impact of globalization on sense of place.
Globalization can both strengthen and weaken sense of place by bringing new ideas and homogenizing cultures.
Describe the role of Western cultures in popular culture trends.
Western cultures (US, UK, Japan) are dominant in popular culture trends like TV, social media, music, and fashion.
Explain how environment forms culture
The way we live is influenced by our surroundings, but it's also shaped by our beliefs and traditions.
What is the impact of popular culture's growth on resource use?
Popular culture's growth requires resources, leading to pollution, use of nonrenewable resources, global warming, and destruction of traditional landscapes.