Theories of Cultural Ecology Environmental Determinism v Possibilism
Theories of Cultural Ecology: Environmental Determinism v. Possibilism AP HUG 2015
Last summer on my trip to Ethopia I went to a city called Lalibela (Lalibela is a ______. A way to describe place. )
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia • I flew into the capital city of Addis Abba. Addis Ababa serves as a ______ region in terms of international transportation and as headquarters for the African Union.
Lalibela is located at 12° 01′ 54″N 39° 02′ 28″E. (The grid coordinates of Lalibela describe place is term of its ______.
Lalibela sits in the north central region of Ethiopia. It is east of the town of Gondar and north of capital, Addis Ababa. The following description of place is called _____.
The most amazing thing was that all 11 churches in Lalibela were carved by hand from the top of the mountain to the bottom.
Terms to know • Cultural landscape is a combination of cultural, economic and physical features of a place (ex. Language, industry, climate) • Cultural Ecology is the geographic study of human-environment relationships • Environmental Determinism is theory that environment causes social development or the idea that natural environment influences people. • Possibilism is theory that people can adjust or overcome an environment.
Clash of the Titans • As you view each of the slide, ask yourself these questions: a. Who wins the people or environment? b. Why? c. In this photo, does the environment determine people’s destiny? d. How has the environment been altered by the people?
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