Cultural Geography:

Cultural geography is the study of the many cultural aspects found throughout the
world and how they relate to the spaces and places where they originate and then
travel as people continually move across various areas.
Some of the main cultural phenomena studied in cultural geography include
language, religion, different economic and governmental structures, art, music, and
other cultural aspects that explain how and/or why people function as they do in the
areas in which they live.
Cultural Geography studies the impact of nature on humans, and people’s
perception of the environment.

How will you show me YOUR SKILL?

1. In pairs, select 4 different questions.
2. Prepare your questions CAREFULLY with notes and information.
3. Students must prepare the answers using examples and quotes.

Questions:
1. Describe (tell me stories of what I see) 3 examples of CULTURAL geography.
2. EXPLAIN (make connections between cause and effect) with example 3 ways
land shapes culture.
3. Explain ONE specific impact in Costa Rica that shapes ONE example of your
culture.
4. COMPARE ways TWO different geographies (example, desert, and ice) impact
culture? Give 2 examples.
5. Describe one artistic example of cultural geography.
6. Explain one way home construction reflects cultural geography.
7. Describe and give ONE example of the cultural idea of BEAUTY as it is impacted
by geography.
8. DESCRIBE one example of the relationship between SPORT and geography.
9. What is ONE-way geography impacts FASHION? Be specific!
10. Other than DISNEY movies (NOT DISNEY MOVIES), in what other movie can I
observe a great example of CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY? BE SPECIFIC!!
11. Make up an example of cultural geography using YOUR IMAGINATION.
12. Choose ONE native person in AFRICA, ASIA, or SOUTH AMERICA, what are
the THREE MOST important components of THEIR GEOGRAPHY as it impacts
culture.
13. You travel to a foreign land one day and see the image below. Write 5 excellent
questions which would explore the cultural geography of the people in the image.