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Match List I with List II : List I Cultural Terms List II  Definition (A) Cultural Hearth (I) Cultural parameter that specify learned behaviour (B) Cultural Landscape (II) Areas of innovation from which key cultural elements diffused to surrounding areas (C) Cultural traits (III) Surfaces or areas modified by human action to produce tangible and physical records over a period of time (D) Cultural Realms (IV) Cultural regions showing related cultural complexes and landscapes Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Match List I with List II : List I Cultural Terms List II  Definition (A) Cultural Hearth (I) Cultural parameter that specify learned behaviour (B) Cultural Landscape (II) Areas of innovation from which key cultural elements diffused to surrounding areas (C) Cultural traits (III) Surfaces or areas modified by human action to produce tangible and physical records over a period of time (D) Cultural Realms (IV) Cultural regions showing related cultural complexes and landscapes Choose the correct answer from the options given below: Correct Answer <span style="">(A) - (II), (B) - (III), (C) - (I), (D) - (IV)</span>

Correct Answer: (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)

Key Points

  •  Culture Hearths are the centers of origin of ancient civilizations which continue to inspire and influence modern societies of the world today. According to historians, there are seven main Culture Hearths of the world. Certain conditions preceded the appearance of the world’s Culture Hearths, all of them having common criteria such as a habitable climatic zone, the proximity of large river basins, and geographical isolation from other regions of the world by mountains, deserts, or seas 
  • Cultural landscape: Fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group. This is the essence of how humans interact with nature. Arithmetic density: The total number of people divided by the total land area. This is what most people think of as density; how many people per area of land.
  • A cultural trait is a single identifiable material or non-material element within a culture and is conceivable as an object in itself.
  • A cultural realm is a geographical region where cultural traits maintain homogeneity. The cultural traits are supposed to be the product of regional geographical circumstances. It is, thus, regional geography that has become the basis of the delineation of cultural realms in the world.

Additional Information

  1.  Distinguish between the cultural realm and cultural hearth A cultural realm is an area of geography where cultural characteristics are homogeneous. Cultural Hearth is the center of origin of ancient civilizations that continue to inspire and impact modern societies of the present-day world.

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