Cultural Landscapes

What is a cultural landscape?

A geographic area, including natural and built environments, shaped by human development and use over time

Where is the Guggenheim Museum located?

Bilbao, Spain

What is a symbolic landscape?

A place that holds deep significance for a culture

What is cultural ecology?

How communities respond to nature through culture

What are adaptive strategies?

The way people adjust their lifestyles according to their environment

What are survey systems?

Structured methods for describing and dividing land

What does long lot surveying do?

Use long, narrow plots that extend along water

What does metes and bounds surveying use?

Natural landmarks to delineate land

The township and range survey system uses…

A grid to evenly determine property lines

Where is the Forbidden Palace?

Beijing

Describe how each square on the public land survey system is broken down (acres)

640, 160, 40

Describe how each full square on the rectangular survey system breaks down

6 miles, 1 mile, 0.5 miles

What makes Croatia strange?

It is geographically Balkan but is often not included in the political grouping of the Western Balkans

The Western Balkans are considered a….

Shatterbelt

What is Balkanization?

The fragmentation of one state into smaller, often hostile, more homogenous states

When did the Soviet Union collapse?

1991

What is a cultural shatterbelt?

An unstable area where diverse cultural groups coexist and interact

Where is the Brandenburg Gate located?

Berlin, Germany