Correlations

The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography, 8th Edition ©2005

James M. Rubenstein

Correlated to: Advanced Placement* (AP*) Human Geography Course Description

SE = Student Edition

I. Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives

A. Geography as a field of inquiry	SE: xii–xiv, 5, 6–15
B. Evolution of key geographical concepts and models associated with notable geographers	SE: 7–9
C. Key concepts underlying the geographical perspective: space, place, scale, pattern, regionalization, and globalization	SE: 9–10, 11, 15–17, 30, 31–32, 33–35
D. Key geographical skills
1. How to use and think about maps and spatial data sets	SE: 7, 9–10, 12–15
2. How to understand and interpret the implications of associations among phenomena in places	SE: 15–17, 18–20, 32–33, 36–40
3. How to recognize and interpret at different scales the relationships among patterns and processes	SE: 9–10, 30–31
4. How to define regions and evaluate the regionalization process	SE: 15, 16–17, 20–22, 23–24
5. How to characterize and analyze changing interconnections among places	SE: 23–24, 25–30, 30–33, 36–40
E. Sources of geographical ideas and data: the field, census data, etc.	SE: 65, 446

II. Population

A. Geographical analysis of population
1. Density, distribution, and scale	SE: 47–49, 50, 51, 57–61
2. Consequences of various densities and distributions	SE: 50–51, 69, 70–76
3. Pattern of composiiton: age, sex, race, and ethnicity	SE: 57–61, 68–69
4. Population and natural hazards: past, present, and future	SE: 63–68, 68–69
B. Population growth and decline over time and space
1. Historical trends and projections for the future	SE: 57–61, 68–69
2. Theories of population growth	SE: 69–70
3. Patterns of fertility, mortality, and health	SE: 55–57, 72–76, 68–69
4. Regional variations of demographic transitions	SE: 57–61, 63–68, 68–69
5. Effects of population policies	SE: 55–57, 72
C. Population movement
1. Push and pull factors	SE: 85–88
2. Major voluntary and involuntary migrations at different scales	SE: 91–95, 97–98, 103–104, 104–108
3. Migration selectivity	SE: 101–103, 108–110, 104–108
4. Short-term, local movements, and activity space	SE: 88–89, 90, 99–103, 108–110

III. Cultural Patterns and Processes

A. Concepts of culture
1. Traits and complexes	SE: 115–117
2. Diffusion	SE: 117–122, 129–133, 133–137
3. Acculturation	SE: 137–139, 139–142
4. Cultural regions and realms	SE: 120, 122–123, 123–128, 133–135
B. Cultural differences
1. Language	SE: 147, 148–152, 152–162, 162–175, 176–180
2. Religion	SE: 185, 186–196, 196–201, 201–213, 213–221
3. Ethnicity	SE: 225, 226–232, 232–243, 243–250, 250–257
4. Gender	SE: 137–138, 139
5. Popular and folk culture	SE: 118–120
C. Environmental impact of cultural attitudes and practices	SE: 123–128, 139–142
D. Cultural landscapes and cultural identity
1. Values and preferences	SE: 120–122, 123–128, 129–133
2. Symbolic landscapes and sense of place	SE: 201–203, 203–205, 205–213

IV. Political Organization of Space

A. Territorial dimensions of politics
1. The concept of territoriality	SE: 261, 262–266, 266–270
2. The nature and meaning of boundaries	SE: 270–274, 275–281
3. Influences of boundaries on identity, interaction, and exchange	SE: 276–281, 281–284, 284–287
B. Evolution of the contemporary political pattern
1. The nation-state concept	SE: 237, 237–243, 293
2. Colonialism and imperialism	SE: 267–270
3. Internal political boundaries and arrangements	SE: 278–284
C. Challenges to inherited political-territorial arrangements
1. Changing nature of sovereignty	SE: 263–266, 282–283
2. Fragmentation, unification, alliance	SE: SE: 244, 273–274, 278, 282–284, 284–287
3. Spatial relationships between political patterns and patterns of ethnicity, economy, and environment	SE: 263–266, 270–274, 284–287

V. Agricultural and Rural Land Use

A. Development and diffusion of agriculture
1. Neolithic Agricultural Revolution	SE: 333–335, 343–346
2. Second Agricultural revolution	SE: 347–350, 350–354
B. Major agricultural production regions
1. Agricultural systems in major bio-climatic zones	SE: 354–355, 358–359
2. Variations within major zones and effects of markets	SE: 356–359
3. Linkages and flows among regions of food production and consumption	SE: 334–335, 339–343, 348–350
C. Rural land use and settlement patterns
1. Models of land use and localization of economic activities	SE: 344–346, 348–354
2. Settlement patterns associated with major agriculture types	SE: 354–355, 343–354
D. Modern commercial agriculture: the Third Agricultural Revolution
1. Green Revolution and the beginning of the biotechnological revolution	SE: 359–362
2. Characteristics of the third revolution: blending of primary, secondary, and tertiary activities; intensification of mechanization; and development of biotechnology	SE: 344–346, 356–359, 359–362
3. Spatial organization of industrial agriculture	SE: 347–356, 356–358
4. Diffusion of industrial agriculture	SE: 335–339, 355
5. Future food supplies and environmental impacts of agriculture—hopes and fears	SE: 339–343, 359–364, 364–365

VI. Industrialization and Economic Development

A. Key concepts in industrialization and development	SE: 299, 299–306, 369, 371, 381–393
B. Growth and diffusion of industrialization
1. The changing roles of energy and technology	SE: 299–304
2. Industrial Revolution	SE: 371–375, 375–380
3. Evolution of economic cores and peripheries	SE: 381–387, 387–393
4. Geographical critiques of models of economic localization (i.e., land rent, comparative costs of transportation), industrial location, economic development, and world systems	SE: 393, 393–399
C. Contemporary patterns and impacts of industrialization and development
1. Spatial organization of the world economy	SE: 396–398
2. Variations in levels of development	SE: 385, 393–395
3. Deindustrialization	SE: 392–393
4. Pollution, health, and quality of life	SE: 381–387
5. Industrialization, environmental change, and sustainability	SE: 489–498, 498–505
6. Local development initiatives: government policies	SE: 299–304, 306

VII. Cities and Urban Land Use

A. Definitions of urbanism	SE: 108–109, 437, 439–440, 441
B. Origin and evolution of cities
1. Historical patterns of urbanization	SE: 418–420, 420–422
2. Rural-urban migration and urban growth	SE: 108, 437, 439–440
3. Global cities and megacities	SE: 441–445
4. Models of urban systems	SE: 445–448, 459–462
C. Functional character of contemporary cities
1. Changing employment mix	SE: 228–229, 415, 416–418, 439–440
2. Changing demographic and social structures	SE: 422–423, 425–426, 446, 455–456
D. Built environment and social space
1. Transportation and infrastructure	SE: 462–466
2. Political organization of urban areas	SE: 424, 467
3. Urban planning and design	SE: 422
4. Patterns of race, ethnicity, gender, and class	SE: 228–229, 449–454, 457
5. Uneven development, ghettoization, and gentrification	SE: 446–448, 455–456, 456–457, 458–459
6. Impact of suburbanization and edge cities	SE: 108, 459–462, 462, 467