AP Human Geography – Wildey



AP Human Geography – Wildey

Ch. 4 – Culture

Guided Reading

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Directions: As you read through the first part of Chapter 4 (pages 101 – 109), answer the following questions:

1. How can a culture group be recognized?

2. What is the difference between folk culture and popular culture?

3. Why do the authors of your textbook prefer to use local culture, rather than folk?

4. Based on the definition in the book, what would be an example of a local culture?

5. What would be some examples of material culture for the Hutterites we read about?

6. What would be some examples of nonmaterial culture for the Hutterites?

7. Who practices popular culture?

8. What would be some examples of “communication networks” used to diffuse popular culture?

9. What does globalization do for local cultures?

10. Why would a local culture not be interested in the clothes of popular culture?

11. Explain how the spread of the latest hip hop album is an example of hierarchical diffusion? Be sure to explain the hearth and means of diffusion.

12. How does a local culture trait move to the popular culture?

13. What are your impressions of the assimilation process of Native Americans in the 1800’s and 1900’s? Why would the U.S. government want to do this? Why would the Native Americans want to assimilate?

14. What are some ways that a local culture can keep itself “uncontaminated?”

15. Can you think of any examples in the world where local cultures are making a point of keeping pop culture out?

16. What does rurality provide local cultures?

17. What issues do the Makah American Indians face?

18. What is neolocalism and what does it have to do with Little Sweden, U.S.A.?

19. In your opinion, which is worse: continually reinventing a local culture within an urban area (like Little Italy, Williamsburg in Brooklyn) which in turn could have too much influence from pop culture, or not having the local culture at all and risk losing it forever?

20. What is commodification and what does it do for local cultures?

21. Why is word “authentic” in quotes? What are some examples of “authentic” places found both in the book and that you have seen or gone to?

22. What can actual local cultures do with the onslaught of these popular culture commodifications?

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