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Key Issue Two & Three-Ch.4
Vocabulary for Key Issue Two & Three of Human Geography
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Geography
9th Grade
10/07/2009

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Taboo
Definition
A restriction on behavior imposed by a social custom.
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Farmers
Definition
People living in folk cultures are likely to be involved in what occupation?
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John Burnea
Definition
The geographer that viewed the house as being an essential fact of human geography.
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New England, Middle Atlantic and Lower Chesapeake
Definition
According to Fred Kniffen, what are the three major hearths or nodes of folk house forms in the United States?
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The "I" house
Definition
Was the major house type in the Middle Atlantic region.
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Islamic & Buddists
Definition
What two religious groups have a taboo against pork?
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A group of people having a sufficently high level of economic development, so they can aquire the material possessions associated with popular culture.
Definition
What is needed for rapid diffusion of popular culture? Why?
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Modern Style
Definition
Was the type of style that was popular in the U.S. immediately following WWII.
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Neo-Eclectic
Definition
Is the house style that has been prominate since the 1960's.
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Mansard
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Was the first popular neo-eclectic style house.
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Urban Areas
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Where are ranch style houses most common?
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