AP Human Geography Unit 3 - Modules 20 and 21

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sense of place

people’s perception of a place

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placemaking

a variety of efforts that seek to use and design public places to better serve the needs of residents and to foster a stronger community.

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Centripetal Force

one that brings people together and unifies a neighborhood, society, or country. Centripetal forces frequently are cultural commonalities. Similar spoken languages, similar religious traditions, and similar ethnicities can all bring a society together. In general, homogeneity, or sameness, leads to less conflict and tension within a society.

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What are the 4 centripetal forces?

Religion, Language, and Ethnicity

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Centrifugal Forces

forces that threaten the cohesion of a neighborhood, society, or country. They pull people farther apart or drive a wedge between different segments of society. When cultural differences lead to social or political tension, they can act as centrifugal forces that pull the community farther apart.

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Secularization

the process whereby religion becomes a less dominant force in everyday life than it was in the past

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Diffusion

the pattern by which a phenomenon spreads from one location to another through space and time.

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2 main types of diffusion

Relocation diffusion  and expansion diffusion

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Relocation Diffusion

when individuals or groups with a particular idea or practice migrate from one location to another, thereby bringing the idea or practice to their new homeland.

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Expansion Diffusion

when ideas or practices spread throughout a population, from area to area.

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3 types of expansion diffusion

hierarchical diffusion, contagious diffusion, and stimulus diffusion.

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Hierarchical Diffusion

when ideas leapfrog from one influential person to another or from one important place to another, skipping other persons or places.

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Contagious diffusion

the wavelike spread of ideas in the manner of a contagious disease, equally moving throughout space. As with a contagious disease, exposure is required for something to be spread through contagious diffusion

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Stimulus Diffusion

when a specific trait is not adopted in its original form, but the underlying idea is accepted and the cultural trait is adapted. Stimulus diffusion isn’t wholesale adoption of a trait. Rather, it involves cultural adaptation to create something new.

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Absorbing barriers

any barriers that completely halt the diffusion of a cultural trait. An absorbing barrier could be a mountain range, an ocean, a political institution, a legal code, or a cultural taboo.

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Permeable barriers

allow innovations to diffuse partially and in a weakened way.

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Pidgin language

A trade language, characterized by a very small vocabulary derived from the languages of at least two or more groups in contact. A simplified form of speech to make it easier for people who speak different languages to communicate.

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creole languages

A combined language that has a fuller vocabulary than a pidgin language and becomes a native language. Starts form a pidgin but is more developed and complicated

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Creolization

linguistic process where languages converge and create new languages and forms of communication.

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lingua franca

A language of communication and commerce spoken across a wide area where it is not a mother tongue

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bilingualism

the ability to speak and understand 2 languages fluently

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Empires

sovereign political entities that seek to expand beyond their origin territory to control more territory politically and/or economically.

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Imperialism

motivating impulse to control greater amounts of territory,

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Colonliallism

the act of forcefully controlling a foreign territory, which becomes known as a colony.

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Genocide

The systematic killing of members of a racial, ethnic, or linguistic group