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Geography and Culture: Folk HousingPart One: NotesWhat is the dictionary definition of culture?What are the three layers of culture?What is the difference between formal and informal norms?What is a symbol? What is an example of a nonverbal symbols? What is an example of an object as a symbol?What is human nature? How does it relate to culture?What is the difference between culture and personality?What is Pop Culture? What influences it?What is Folk Culture? What influence it?What is a Sub Culture? Give an example?What are four misconceptions about culture?Part Two: Textbook Pages 24-31What information does folk housing offer a human geographer?Originally, who were the Yankees? Who do geographers consider Yankees?What are the three reasons Yankee Subculture tapers as you move West?What elements were critical to the architecture of folk houses built in New England?Which region had a high amount of immigrants from Germany, Scandinavia, and Holland?What geographic feature blocked people from this region from continuing their route West?What limited the Upland South in terms of plantations, agriculture, and slavery?Why were houses in the Upland South made mostly of timber?How did climate affect housing in the Upland South?What is a pier and beam style house? What did this style of house help combat?What types of wood were used in Lowland South? What was the reasoning behind this?Part Three: Folk Housing from Around the WorldUsing the internet research a type of folk housing from around the world. To find an example, search using the words “folk housing” or “vernacular architecture”. You may also use an example from the video posted on our website. When you have selected a type of folk housing, answer the questions below: Where is your region? Include a map on the bottom of this assignment.In what time frame was your “folk house” common?Does your style of house have a specific name?What materials did your region use to build their houses?Why did they use these materials?Did your style of housing evolve and develop or stay stagnant?Does your style of folk housing still exist? Is it used or an old artifact?Include an image of your house/houses and a map below: ................
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