Unit 3

What are the 2 main branches of christianity?

Roman Catholics and Protestants

What is the dominant religion in the U.S?

Protestants

What are WASPs?

White Anglo-Saxon Protestants

What concept was the U.S. built on?

Immigration

What is a cultural landscape?

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

What are cultural landscapes made up of?

agricultural and industrial practices, religious and linguistic characteristics, evidence of sequent occupancy, traditional and postmodern agricultural & land use patterns

What is sequence 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 - mix of historic and modern structures

What street pattern does the USA follow?

Grid pattern

What street pattern does France follow?

radial pattern

What is the difference between ethnicity and race?

Ethnicity is a sense of belonging or identity within a group of people bound by common ancestry and culture whereas race is based on physical characteristics.

What help shape the use of space in a given society?

Attitudes towards ethnicity and gender

What is an ethnic neighborhood/enclave?

People of the same ethnicity that cluster together in a separate location, typically within a major city

What’s diffusion?

The process by which a cultural trait spreads from one place to another over time

Where does a trait originate and diffuse from?

a cultural hearth

What have people brought with them when migrating throughout history?

artefacts and mentifacts of their culture such as religions