Chapter+4

Ch. 4 – Folk v. Pop Culture Acculturation || Cultural Core-periphery Pattern || Cultural Realm || Exclave || Hearth || Pop Culture || Assimilation || Cultural Ecology || Culture || Expansion Diffusion || Hierarchical Diffusion || Relocation Diffusion || Contagious Diffusion || Cultural identity || Diffusion || Folk Culture || Innovative Adaptation || Sequence Occupancy || Cultural Adaptation || Cultural Landscape || Enclave || Geomancy || Maladaptive Diffusion || Stimulus Diffusion ||


 * 1) What do geographers use to examine a society's culture? (non-material v. material goods)
 * 2) Where do cultures originate? (origins of aspects of folk culture)
 * 3) How/Why do cultures diffuse? (relocation diffusion, hierarchical diffusion)
 * 4) How does globalization influence cultural diffusion? (westernization, gov't control on media)
 * 5) How does the environment influence the culture of a group? (housing, food)
 * 6) How does culture influence the settlement patterns of people? (housing orientation, village patterns)
 * 7) How can a geographer use housing styles to understand a society's culture?
 * 8) What has popular culture done to folk culture? How? (housing, clothes, food, media, technology)
 * 9) What impact has technology had on culture? (TV, internet)
 * 10) Why/How have governments influenced the diffusion of popular culture? (gov't control - TV, internet)
 * 11) What threatens the extinction of folk cultures? (westernization, fast food, dominant media groups)
 * 12) What impact has popular culture had on the natural environment? (golf, fast food, houses)