Western Civilization

KQ3: Why are different places similar? LO1: Define cultural diffusion Cultural Diffusion: Is the process of spreading cultural traits from one region to another. LO2: Describe the 5 types if cultural diffusion that occur. 1 Expansion diffusion: an innovation or idea that develops in a source area and remains strong there, while also spreading outward to other areas. This can include hierarchical, stimulus, and contagious diffusion . 2  Relocation diffusion: an idea or innovation that migrates into new areas, leaving behind its origin or source of the cultural trait. 3  Hierarchical diffusion: an idea or innovation that spreads by moving from larger to smaller places, often with little regard to the distance between places, and often influenced by social elites. 4 Contagious diffusion: an idea or innovation that spreads based on person-to-person contact within a given population. 5  Stimulus diffusion: an idea or innovation that spreads based on its attachm...

1. Russia 2. Finland 3. Estonia 4. Belarus 5. Latvia 6. Lithuania 7. Ukraine 8. Moldova 9. Norway 10. Sweden 11. Denmark 12. Poland 13. Czech. Republic 14. Slovakia 15. Rom ania 16. Bulgaria 17. Turkey 18. Cyprus 19. Germany 20. Australia 21. Hungary 22. Serbia 23. Kosovo 24. Macedonia 25. Greece 26. Slovenia 27. Croatia 28. B osnia and Herzegovina 29. Montenegro 30. Albania 31. Iceland 32. Netherlands 33. Belgium 34. Switzerland 35. San Marino 36. Italy 37. Vatican City 38. Malta 39. Ireland 40. United Kingdom 41. Luxembourg 42.Liechtenstien 43. France 44. Monaco 45. Albania 46. Portugal 47. Spain

KQ2: how do geographers describe where things are: They can use absolute location and and mental maps also using exact coordinates Describe the following: Time zones, UTC, daylight savings time, and standard deviation: Time Zones: an area on earth that changes time by an hour for every 15 degrees of movement, Ex east coast 3 hours later than the west coast. UTC: The primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and the time. Day light savings: When the clocks set forward one hour from the normal time. In the winter, the clocks shift back an hour Standard Deviation: a quantity calculated to demonstate the time in correlation to the rest of the world

KQ3 Why Are Different Places Similar?  LO1: Define Globalization Globalization is when  businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale. LO2: Identify and describe the facilitators of globalization In order for globalization to be able to occur business start to create and develop an organization to influence on an International scale. LO3: To understand our personal connections to the global process. 

KQ3: What are the 5 themes of Geography LO1: Define Location, Place, Toponym, site, situation Location is a particular place and position. Place is a particular place or position in a certain space. Toponym is the name of a specific place. Site is an area of ground. Situation is the physical features of the area. LO2: Explain 3 ways that human geographers describe location. They can use absolute location and certain points. They can use point A to point B to give relative location. Lastly they can use grid scale to give out xy coordinates . 3.) Kyle - The best place to settle  place   C . This is because it has  sand ,  fertile land and  mountains   fresh water  and mou n tains  

KQ3: Why is each point on earth unique? LO1: Define Region, Formal Region, functional region, vernacular region. Region: An area on the planet that is composed of places with a unifying characteristic. Formal Region: A region whose boundaries are formally known as formal region. Ex. cities, districts, provides etc. Functional Region:  compasses a central point with defined boundaries and the area around it that is connected via a well-developed network of transportation and communication systems that facilitates the movement of people, goods, and ideas within that system. Vernacular region:  When places in the world share unifying characteristics, we tend to imagine these places being bound by an "imaginary border".  LO2: Compare and contrast the 3 different types of regions. A formal region is a broad region with distinct boundaries that consists of cities states, districts, countries, continents. However, Functional region mainly focuses on transportatio...

KQ1: What Is Human Geography? Human Geography is the study of people and there cultures, religion, and lifestyle LO1: What are the differences between human and physical geography? Human geography is the study of humans and animals and living things while physical geography deals with earths physical features including mountain ranges, rivers, oceans etc LO2: Identify 3 different types of maps geographers use 1 Thematic 2 Political 3 Physical