Human Geography Jerome D. Fellmann Arthur Getis Judith Getis Jon C. Malinowski

Human Geography Chapter2 Roots & Meaning of Culture

Components of Culture Culture Traits Culture Complex Culture Region Culture Realm Globalization

Interaction of People and Environment Environments as Controls –Environmental Determinism –Possibilism Human Impacts –Cultural Landscape

Roots of Culture Hunter-Gatherers

Seeds of Change Agricultural Origins and Spread –Domestication Neolithic Innovations –New Stone Age

Culture Hearths Early Culture Hearths Multilinear Evolution Cultural Convergence

The Structure of Culture Ideological Subsystem –Mentifacts Technological Subsystem –Artifacts Sociological Subsystem –Sociofacts Cultural Integration What subsystem(s) does baseball belong to?

Culture Change Innovation –Cultural Lag Diffusion –Expansion Hierarchical Diffusion Stimulus Diffusion –Relocation Diffusion Acculturation and Cultural Modification

Contact between Regions Diffusion Barriers Syncretism