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Lecture Ready 1 Chapter 8

The document outlines a lecture on the influence of geography on culture, emphasizing the relationship between geographical features and cultural spread. It discusses concepts like barrier effects, isolation, and examples of physical barriers such as oceans and tundra. The document also includes questions related to the lecture content to assess understanding.

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Lecture Ready 1 Chapter 8

The document outlines a lecture on the influence of geography on culture, emphasizing the relationship between geographical features and cultural spread. It discusses concepts like barrier effects, isolation, and examples of physical barriers such as oceans and tundra. The document also includes questions related to the lecture content to assess understanding.

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Lecture Ready 1 Chapter 8 (p.

98): “The Influence of Geography on


Culture”
Watch the lecture and take notes to fill in the outline below.

Topic:

Cultural geography:

About culture:

Barrier effects:

Isolation:

Geographic isolation:

Examples of physical barriers:

 Oceans: __________



 Tundra: ___________
Answer the following questions using your lecture notes.
1. The professor mainly discusses ___________.
a) the geographical features of the Earth
b) how different cultures of the world interact
c) the relationship between the spread of culture and geographical features
d) the types of cultures in the world and their physical features

2. Which of the following is TRUE?


a) There are thousands of unique cultures in the world.
b) Culture is groups of countries that share similar beliefs and values.
c) It can be said that cultures tend to not vary in size.
d) Islamic culture and Spanish Harlem is alike.

3. What does “barrier effect” mean?


a) Barrier effect is a term that is used to describe things that help cultures
spread.
b) Physical barriers are natural elements that prevent cultures from spreading.
c) Barrier effect is significant in preventing isolation of people.
d) Isolation is not related with the number of cultures.

4. Which of TWO are results of geographical isolation?


a) Cultural differences c) Difficulty in communication
b) Exchanging information d) Differences in communication

Physical Barriers Effects


1. Forests (___) Climate is rough.
2. Deserts (___) Exchanging things is prevented.
3. Tundra (___) Travelling is difficult.
4. Oceans
5. Match the following physical barriers with their effects. One barrier is extra.

6. Which of the following can be a reason why some islands in the Pacific Ocean
have little contact with other cultures?
a) They reject information exchange with people of different religions.
b) They still don’t have advanced systems of sea travel.
c) They love the way they live on the islands that are isolated from other
cultures.
d) They regard different cultures and oceans as physical barriers.

7. In the example given in the lecture, which of these physical barriers caused
different languages to
develop?
a) oceans b) mountains c) forests d) deserts

8. The students in this class are probably studying __________.


a) anthropology b) engineering c) literature d) economics

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