Cultural and Political Geography - Quick Revision Sheet
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Key terms
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Culture complex | Collective function of interrelated culture traits |
| Folk culture | Traditional traits, now isolated in small rural areas |
| Paddy culture | D. Stamp's term for the Indie realm |
| Marginalised culture | Toynbee's term for Meso-African units |
| Fourth world | Tribal people: the people belong to the land |
| Maupak | Eskimo hunting way |
| Munds | Toda settlements |
| Relict boundary | Historical boundary found only in books |
Numbers and dates
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Cultural realms | 12 |
| Languages: Papua New Guinea, India | 839, 780 |
| Trage's classification | 7 phylum, 30 families |
| Scheduled languages | 22 (14 at first) |
| Sindhi; Konkani, Manipuri, Nepali; Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, Santali | 1967; 1992; 2003 |
| India's tribal population | Over 84.4 million (8.2%) |
| Tamil Nadu tribal population (2011) | 7,94,697; about 38 tribes |
| China's neighbours | 14 |
| Mackinder's theory | 1904 |
Boundaries
| Type | Example |
|---|---|
| Antecedent | North Africa, state boundaries of USA |
| Subsequent | Countries of Europe |
| Superimposed | Pakistan occupied Kashmir |
| Relict | Persia, East-West Germany |
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