Ex: Yugoslavia which was once multicultural with multiple ethnicities broke up into 6 republics. Men outnumber women in areas that are highly populated such as India and China (gender imbalance).Ĭentripetal forces unify a state and provide stability.Ĭentrifugal forces divide a state leading to balkanization, weakening, etc.Ĭultural shatter-belt is the process where a state breaks down through Ethnic Conflict ( balkanization).Ī barrio is a Spanish-speaking neighborhood.Įthnic cleansing is where the more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes the less powerful ethnic group to make a homogenous nation-state.Įx: WWII in which millions of Jews, Romas, and other ethnicities were forcibly moved to concentration camps and were later exterminated.īalkanization is the process by which a state breaks down due to conflicts among its ethnicities. However, in such regions, today disenfranchisement is still present among women. Women's suffrage (the ability to vote) was not given until the 20th century in most countries. High female infanticide rates (murder of female infants) occur in regions where families prefer male children to pass down family names and ideals.ĭowry deaths are even present today in regions such as India (however much less frequent than in the past) where a husband's family murders the bride due to her father not paying marriage money (dowry) to the husband's family. High maternal mortality (death rates of women that give birth) rates are present in LDCs (less developed countries) that are more impoverished. The gender gap refers to differences in socioeconomic and political power and opportunity between men and women. Traditional gender roles are being challenged by popular culture as patriarchy slowly decreases and feministic ideas develop. The names of certain toponyms can reflect past origins such as Santa Barbara (Santa-saint). Toponyms are places that reflect cultural identity in a specific cultural landscape. (Metropolitan area of Chicago, Bank of America). Radio broadcasts local culture, and sports teams bring people together. (bible belt, Chinatown).įormal Regions are areas inhabited by people who have one or more characteristics in common such as dialect, local cuisine, local activities, etc.(french speaking region of Canada).įunctional regions are areas organized to function politically, socially, and economically as a single unit. Perceptual/Vernacular Regions are defined by certain cultural traits that people perceive them as that develop through books, media images, and historical and cultural differences between regions.

The Temple Mount holds symbolic meaning and is more than just a part of an old city, which makes it a symbolic landscape. The Temple Mount in Jerusalem holds religious significance for Judaism, Islam, and Christianity, in addition to holding the remains of the ancient Jewish temple and a medieval Islamic mosque. Sequent occupancy is the theory that a place can be occupied by multiple different groups each modifying the landscape and having its own imprint for future occupiers Ex: Bolivia’s cultural landscape includes imprints/ influences from early Inca civilization and Spanish colonial conquerors.Īdaptive strategy is the way humans adapt to the physical and cultural landscape they are living in.Ī symbolic landscape has significant meaning beyond its appearance due to cultural associations and interpretations. Ex: buildings, artwork, Protestant churches in the US South - Cathedrals in Southern/western Europe, mosques in Southwest Asia.Ĭultural ecology is the study of how the natural environment can influence a cultural group.

A cultural landscape is made up of structures within the physical landscape caused by human imprint/human activities.

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