GEOG200 QUIZ SOUTH AMERICA FINAL REVIEW QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS
◉ functional region
Answer: defined by a particular set of activities or interactions that occur within it
◉ perceptual regions
Answer: intellectual constructs designed to help us understand the nature & distribution of
phenomena in human geography
◉ culture
Answer: identifies not only the whole tangible lifestyle of ppl, but also their prevailing values & beliefs
◉ culture trait
Answer: a single attribute of culture
,◉ culture complex
Answer: a combo of cultural traits
◉ cultural hearth
Answer: an area where cultural traits develop & from which cultural traits diffuse
◉ independent invention
Answer: when a trait develops in more than 1 hearth w/out being influenced by its dvmt elsewhere
◉ cultural diffusion
Answer: when ideas, ppl, goods, move across space
◉ time-distance decay
, Answer: the acceptance of an innovation becomes less likely the longer it takes to reach its potential
adopters
◉ cultural barriers
Answer: prescriptions cultures make about behavior
◉ expansion diffusion
Answer: when a cultural trait spreads
◉ contagious diffusion
Answer: a form of expansion diffusion in which nearly all adjacent individuals and places are affected
◉ hierarchical diffusion
Answer: a pattern in which the main channel of diffusion is some segment of those who are
susceptible to what's being diffused
AND SOLUTIONS
◉ functional region
Answer: defined by a particular set of activities or interactions that occur within it
◉ perceptual regions
Answer: intellectual constructs designed to help us understand the nature & distribution of
phenomena in human geography
◉ culture
Answer: identifies not only the whole tangible lifestyle of ppl, but also their prevailing values & beliefs
◉ culture trait
Answer: a single attribute of culture
,◉ culture complex
Answer: a combo of cultural traits
◉ cultural hearth
Answer: an area where cultural traits develop & from which cultural traits diffuse
◉ independent invention
Answer: when a trait develops in more than 1 hearth w/out being influenced by its dvmt elsewhere
◉ cultural diffusion
Answer: when ideas, ppl, goods, move across space
◉ time-distance decay
, Answer: the acceptance of an innovation becomes less likely the longer it takes to reach its potential
adopters
◉ cultural barriers
Answer: prescriptions cultures make about behavior
◉ expansion diffusion
Answer: when a cultural trait spreads
◉ contagious diffusion
Answer: a form of expansion diffusion in which nearly all adjacent individuals and places are affected
◉ hierarchical diffusion
Answer: a pattern in which the main channel of diffusion is some segment of those who are
susceptible to what's being diffused
