AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: KNOW AND BE ABLE TO (KBAT) –
CHAPTER 1 – CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
Mr. Vaglio
KNOW
I.
Vocabulary
Geography
Physical geography
Human traits
Functional culture region
Vernacular culture region
Relocation diffusion
Stimulus diffusion
Neighborhood effect
Possibilism in geography
Geomancy
Judeo-Christian tradition
Economic determinism
Humanistic geography
Cultural landscape
Traditional American Ranch
Style house
Spatial patterns
Cultural geography
Formal culture region
Cultural homogeneity
Cultural diffusion
Hierarchical diffusion
Time distance decay
Cultural ecology
Cultural adaptation
Natural hazards
Cultural integration
Model building
Place and space
Settlement forms
Yi-fu Tuan
Analytical geographic
research
Culture region
Core/ periphery pattern
Political borders
Expansion diffusion
Contagious diffusion
Permeable barriers
Environmental determinism
Environmental perception
Human-as-modifier theme
Cultural determinism
Culture specific model
Post-modernism
Land-division patterns
BE ABLE TO
II.
Learning Objectives
a. Briefly trace the historical development of geography
b. Define “geography” and how geographers approach the study of the Earth and its
people.
c. Grasp the meaning of cultural geography and understand its basic topics, themes, and
areas of study
d. Describe, outline, compare, and give examples from five major themes of cultural
geography: culture region, cultural diffusion, cultural ecology, cultural integration, and
cultural landscape.
e. Summarize the life and contributions of several important geographers, past and
present.
f. Begin to use maps as essential tools of your education and understanding of the world.
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