Geog Test 2, part 1 | GEOG 1101 - Human Geography: People, Places, and Cultures, Quizzes of Geography

Download Geog Test 2, part 1 | GEOG 1101 - Human Geography: People, Places, and Cultures and more Quizzes Geography in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 climate change DEFINITION 1 Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. TERM 2 conservation DEFINITION 2 the view that natural resources should be used and wisely and that society's effects on the natural world should represent stewardship and not exploitation. TERM 3 cultural ecology DEFINITION 3 study of the relationship between a cultural and group in it's natural environment. TERM 4 deep ecology DEFINITION 4 approach to nature revolving around two key components: self-realization and biospherical egalitarianism. TERM 5 deforestation DEFINITION 5 the removal of trees from a forested area without adequate replanting. TERM 6 ecofeminism DEFINITION 6 the view that patriarchal ideology is at the center of our present environmental malaise. TERM 7 environmental ethics DEFINITION 7 a philosophical perspective on nature that prescribes moral principles as guidance for our treatment of it. TERM 8 environmental justice DEFINITION 8 movement reflecting a growing political consciousness, largely among the world's poor, that their immediate environs are far more toxic than those in wealthier neighborhoods. TERM 9 nature DEFINITION 9 a social creation as well as the physical universe that includes human beings. TERM 10 political ecology DEFINITION 10 the approach to cultural geography that studies human- environment relations through the relationships of patterns of resource use to political and economic forces. TERM 21 cultural system DEFINITION 21 a collection of interacting elements that taken together shape a group's collective identity. TERM 22 cultural trait DEFINITION 22 a single aspect of the complex of routine practices that constitute a particular cultural group. TERM 23 culture DEFINITION 23 a shared set of meanings that are lived through the material and symbolic practices of everyday life. TERM 24 ethnicity DEFINITION 24 a socially created system of rules about who belongs and who does not belong to a particular group based upon actual or perceived commonality. TERM 25 folk cultural DEFINITION 25 traditional practices of small groups, especially rural people with a simple lifestyle who are seen to be homogeneous in their beliefs systems and practices. TERM 26 gender DEFINITION 26 the social differences between men and women rather than the anatomical differences that are related to sex. TERM 27 language DEFINITION 27 a means of communicating ideas or feelings by means of a conventionalized system of signs, gestures, marks, or articulate vocal sounds. TERM 28 race DEFINITION 28 a problematic classification of human beings based on skin color and other physical characteristics. TERM 29 racialization DEFINITION 29 the practice of categorizing people according to race, or of imposing a racial character or context TERM 30 religion DEFINITION 30 a belief system and set of practices that recognize the existence of a power higher than humans. TERM 31 ethology DEFINITION 31 the scientific study of the formation and evolution of human customs and beliefs. TERM 32 landscape as text DEFINITION 32 the idea that landscape can be read and written by groups and individuals. TERM 33 proxemics DEFINITION 33 the study of the social and cultural meanings that people give to personal space TERM 34 semiotics DEFINITION 34 the practice of writing and reading signs TERM 35 territoriality DEFINITION 35 the specificattachment of individuals or peoples to a specific location or territory.