AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY UNIT 3 STUDY
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Cultural Landscape - Answer-A combination of cultural features such as language and
religion, economic features such as agriculture and industry, and physical features such
as climate and vegetation.
Symbols - Answer-Anything that carries a particular meaning recognized by people who
share a culture.
Components of Culture - Answer-Technology, Symbols, Language, Values, Norms
Cultural Synthesis - Answer-AKA cultural syncretism, the blending together of two or
more cultural influences
Culture Group - Answer-a group of people who share common values, behaviors, and
traditions.
Built Enviroment - Answer-Man-Made surroundings that provide the setting for human
activity
Architectural Forms - Answer-Usually contain enclosed spaces. Most are geometric but
some are rectilinear. They are also a category of human traditions.
Contemporary Architecture - Answer-This type of architecture refers to building and
design styles and techniques that are characteristics of a society or a region in the
current time period.
Traditional Architecture - Answer-traditional building styles of different cultures,
religions, and places
Postmodern - Answer-(________ architecture) architecture & design developed for
look & commerce (may connect to historical roots); a reaction to feeling of sterile
alienation some had to modern architecture; city spaces become more people-friendly.
Green Energy - Answer-Also known as clean energy, energy that is nonpolluting and/or
renewable, such as solar power, wind power, biofuel, and hydrogen.
Recycled Materials - Answer-materials that are used in a manner constituting disposal,
burned for energy, recovery, reclaimed or accumulated speculatively are considered
solid waste and subject to RCR
, Commercial Buildings - Answer-incorporates the effciency and simplicity of modern
architecture into and standard building design with squared walls and utilizes traditional
materials stone, brick, steel, and glass
Housing - Answer-Any dwelling that provides shelter.
Folk House - Answer-houses that reflect cultural heritage, current fashion, functional
needs, and the impact of environment. The form of each house is related in part to
environmental as well as social conditions.
Traditional Housing Style - Answer-techniques of housing layouts that are associated
with traditional architecture
New England Style - Answer-an early-American-style house that is simple and box-
shaped. The traditional material for the exterior siding is white clapboard. A steep
pitched roof is used to shed heavy snow.
Cape Cod Style - Answer-They are around 1 1/2 story gabled houses, with a central
chimney and shutters. There is a pitched shingled roof with siding as wither clapboard,
shingle or brick.
Salt Box Style - Answer-a type of New England housing style that has one long pitched
roof in front and a low-angle roof in the back
Federalist Style - Answer-the name for the classicizing architecture built in North
America between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style
shares its name with its era, the Federal Period. The name Federal style is also used in
association with furniture design in the United States of the same time period. The style
broadly corresponds to the middle-class classicism of Biedermeier style in the German-
speaking lands, Regency style in Britain and to the French Empire style.
I-House - Answer-a two-story house, built in a single-pile form, generally arranged as
room-hall-room on both floors. So named because they were originally identified as a
Illinois/Indiana phenomenon.
Relocation Diffusion - Answer-The spread of a feature or trend through bodily
movement of people from one place to another.
Christian Buildings - Answer-Basilica(Latin Church Plan), Central Plan(Greek Plan)
Buddhist Buildings - Answer-Pagodas
Stupa - Answer-Buddhist shrine that is shaped like a dome or mound
Pagoda - Answer-A multistory Chinese tower, usually associated with a Buddhist
temple, having a multiplicity of projecting eaves.
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Cultural Landscape - Answer-A combination of cultural features such as language and
religion, economic features such as agriculture and industry, and physical features such
as climate and vegetation.
Symbols - Answer-Anything that carries a particular meaning recognized by people who
share a culture.
Components of Culture - Answer-Technology, Symbols, Language, Values, Norms
Cultural Synthesis - Answer-AKA cultural syncretism, the blending together of two or
more cultural influences
Culture Group - Answer-a group of people who share common values, behaviors, and
traditions.
Built Enviroment - Answer-Man-Made surroundings that provide the setting for human
activity
Architectural Forms - Answer-Usually contain enclosed spaces. Most are geometric but
some are rectilinear. They are also a category of human traditions.
Contemporary Architecture - Answer-This type of architecture refers to building and
design styles and techniques that are characteristics of a society or a region in the
current time period.
Traditional Architecture - Answer-traditional building styles of different cultures,
religions, and places
Postmodern - Answer-(________ architecture) architecture & design developed for
look & commerce (may connect to historical roots); a reaction to feeling of sterile
alienation some had to modern architecture; city spaces become more people-friendly.
Green Energy - Answer-Also known as clean energy, energy that is nonpolluting and/or
renewable, such as solar power, wind power, biofuel, and hydrogen.
Recycled Materials - Answer-materials that are used in a manner constituting disposal,
burned for energy, recovery, reclaimed or accumulated speculatively are considered
solid waste and subject to RCR
, Commercial Buildings - Answer-incorporates the effciency and simplicity of modern
architecture into and standard building design with squared walls and utilizes traditional
materials stone, brick, steel, and glass
Housing - Answer-Any dwelling that provides shelter.
Folk House - Answer-houses that reflect cultural heritage, current fashion, functional
needs, and the impact of environment. The form of each house is related in part to
environmental as well as social conditions.
Traditional Housing Style - Answer-techniques of housing layouts that are associated
with traditional architecture
New England Style - Answer-an early-American-style house that is simple and box-
shaped. The traditional material for the exterior siding is white clapboard. A steep
pitched roof is used to shed heavy snow.
Cape Cod Style - Answer-They are around 1 1/2 story gabled houses, with a central
chimney and shutters. There is a pitched shingled roof with siding as wither clapboard,
shingle or brick.
Salt Box Style - Answer-a type of New England housing style that has one long pitched
roof in front and a low-angle roof in the back
Federalist Style - Answer-the name for the classicizing architecture built in North
America between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style
shares its name with its era, the Federal Period. The name Federal style is also used in
association with furniture design in the United States of the same time period. The style
broadly corresponds to the middle-class classicism of Biedermeier style in the German-
speaking lands, Regency style in Britain and to the French Empire style.
I-House - Answer-a two-story house, built in a single-pile form, generally arranged as
room-hall-room on both floors. So named because they were originally identified as a
Illinois/Indiana phenomenon.
Relocation Diffusion - Answer-The spread of a feature or trend through bodily
movement of people from one place to another.
Christian Buildings - Answer-Basilica(Latin Church Plan), Central Plan(Greek Plan)
Buddhist Buildings - Answer-Pagodas
Stupa - Answer-Buddhist shrine that is shaped like a dome or mound
Pagoda - Answer-A multistory Chinese tower, usually associated with a Buddhist
temple, having a multiplicity of projecting eaves.
