3.3 Flashcards
Where a religion or ethnicity began
Culture Hearth
Related sets of cultural traits and complexes that create similar behaviors across space
Cultural Patterns
People’s connection to a particular country
Nationality
Those that unify a group of people or region
Centrifugal Forces
Legal framework of a country derived from Islamic edicts taken from their Holy book
Sharia
Laws that restrict certain activities
Ex. The sale of alcohol on Sunday
Blue Laws
An attempt to follow a literal interpretation of a religious faith
Fundamentalism
Countries whose governments are run by religious leaders through use of religious laws
Theocracies
Believe their own cultural group is superior
Ethnocentrism
A person’s beliefs should be understood by other cultures
Cultural Relativism
Adopting traits, icons or other elements of another culture
Cultural Appropriation