3.2-3 Cultural Landscapes and Patterns Review

These flashcards cover key vocabulary related to cultural landscapes, including definitions and concepts important for understanding how culture influences land use and identity.

Cultural Landscape

A natural landscape that has been modified by humans, reflecting their cultural beliefs and values.

Sequent Occupancy

The idea that societies or cultural groups leave their cultural imprints when they live in a place, each contributing to the overall cultural landscape over time.

Ethnic Neighborhoods

Clusters of people of the same ethnicity in specific locations, often resulting from chain migration and a response to racism and discrimination.

Gendered Spaces

Places in the cultural landscape that reinforce or accommodate gender roles for men and women.

Centripetal Forces

Characteristics that unify a country and provide stability, such as common language, ethnicity, or religion.

Centrifugal Forces

Characteristics that divide a country and create instability, such as competing ethnicities, languages, or religions.

Sense of Place

Unique attributes of a specific location shaped by cultural influences and feelings evoked by the people in that place.

Traditional Architecture

Architecture influenced by the environment, built with local materials, and reflective of history and culture.

Postmodern Architecture

Diverse design styles in architecture that are representative of popular culture and economic success.

Terrace Farming

An agricultural technique where flat areas are cut out of mountainous terrain to create arable land, common in Asia and Latin America.