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1. Explain the differences among the concepts of complementarity, transferability, and intervening
opportunities.
2. Discuss the concept of distance decay and explain simple ways in which interaction can be measured.
3. Explain how an individual's activity space can be explored.
4. Discuss ways in which perception might affect an individual's spatial decision making.
5. Summarize the principal patterns of migration.
6. Distinguish among the different types of migration and provide examples of each from human history.
1. Explain the differences between ethnicity and race as concepts in cultural geography.
2. Discuss the relationships among ethnicity, language, religion, and culture.
3. Identify the major waves of immigration in United States history and list the major immigrant groups
associated with each wave.
4. Explain the difference between acculturation and assimilation and give examples of both.
5. Define "charter cluster" and explain the doctrine of "first effective settlement."
6. Describe how geographers study ethnic clusters.
7. Outline the history of African American dispersions in the United States.
8. Describe the spatial pattern of Hispanic populations in the United States.
9. Describe the geographic distribution of Asian-Americans.
10. Define "segregation" and describe how geographers study it. What is meant by "external" and "internal"
controls?
11. Describe how ethnic concentrations can shift.
12. Describe and explain the process of cultural transfer.
13. Using examples, explain how the ethnic landscape helps geographers study ethnicity.
1. Define folk culture and popular culture and distinguish between the two using specific examples.
2. Identify the Anglo American culture hearths.
3. Describe folk building traditions in different regions of North America.
4. Discuss how geographers can use nonmaterial folk culture to understand the geography of a country,
region, or place.
5. Identify the folk cultural regions of the United States.
6. Explain the relationship between globalization and popular culture.
7. Discuss how the evolution of the shopping mall reflects changes in American culture and geography.
8. Define and give an example of a vernacular region.
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