Lecture notes geography (GEO200) The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography, Global Edition
Lecture notes introduction to human geography (GEO200) The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography, Global Edition
Class notes GEO200 (GEO200) The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography, Global Edition
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Here are the study notes for The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human
Geography, 12th Edition by James M. Rubenstein, covering Units 7-10:
**Unit 7: Ethnicities**
* Definition: Ethnicities are groups of people who share a common cultural heritage,
often based on ancestry, language, and customs.
* Characteristics:
+ Shared identity
+ Common language and customs
+ Sense of shared history and culture
+ Ties to a particular geographic area
* Types of ethnicities:
+ Endogamous: marrying within the group
+ Exogamous: marrying outside the group
* Ethnicities and nation-states:
+ Nation-states often try to promote a single dominant ethnicity
+ Ethnicities may be marginalized or excluded from power and resources
* Examples of ethnicities:
+ African Americans in the United States
+ Hispanic Americans in the United States
+ Indigenous peoples in Canada and Australia
**Unit 8: Political Geography**
* Definition: Political geography is the study of how politics and power shape the
world around us.
* Key concepts:
+ Sovereignty: the right of a state to govern its own territory
+ Territoriality: the idea that a state has exclusive control over a particular
territory
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