AMSCO Unit 3 Vocab Flashcards
Culture
all of a group’s learned behaviors, actions, beliefs, and objects
Cultural Traits
Elements of culture that are visible of invisible
Cultural Complex
a series of interrelated cultural traits
Diffuse
the spread of something
Taboos
Behaviors that are heavily discouraged by a culture
Traditional Culture
a term used to encompass all cultural traits
Ex. social norms
Folk Culture
The beliefs and practices of small, homogenous groups of people, often living in rural areas that are relatively isolated and slow to change
Ex. Amish
Indigenous Culture
When members of an ethnic group reside in their ancestral lands and typically posses unique cultural traits, such as speaking their own exclusive language
Globalization
the increased integration of the world economy since the 1970s. The process of intensified interactions among peoples, governments, and companies of different countries around the globe has had profound impacts on culture
Popular Culture
When cultural traits - such as clothing, music, movies, and types of business - spread quickly over a large area and ar adopted by various groups
Global Culture
Cultural traits that are adopted worldwide
Artifacts
tangible items
Ex. food, art, clothing, music, sports
Material cultures
composed of artifacts which consists of tangible things, or those that can be experience by the senses
Mentifacts
intangible concepts
Ex. beliefs, values, practices
Nonmaterial Culture
composed of mentifacts which consist of intangible concepts, or those not having physical presence
Sociofacts
which are ways people organize their society and relate to one another
Ex. family structure
Placelessness
not feeling emotion ties to a location
Cultural Landscape
the visible reflection of a culture - or built environment
Built Environment
physical artifacts that humans have created and that form part of the landscape
Ex. roads, signs, fences
Traditional Architecture
reflects local cultures’ history, beliefs, values, and communities adaptation to the environment, and typically utilizes locally available materials
Postmondern Architecture
develop after the 1960s. It is a movement away from boxy, mostly concrete or brick structures toward high-rise structures made for large amounts of steel and glass siding
Contemporary Architecture
This style uses multiple advances to create buildings that rotates, curve, and stretch the limits of size and height
Ethnic enclaves
clusters of people of the same culture-that are often surrounded by people of the dominant culture in the region
Cultural Regions
are usually determined based on characteristics such as religion, language, and ethnicity. Unless regions are defined by physical features
Cultural Realms
That includes several cultural regions
Sacred Places
Places with natural features that have religious significance
Diaspora
when one group of people is dispersed to various locations
Charter Group
the first group to establish cultural and religious customs in a space
Sequent Occupancy
Ethnic groups move in and out of neighborhoods and create new cultural imprints on the landscape
Neolocalism
the process of re-embracing the uniqueness of authenticity of a place
Cultural Patterns
consists of related sets of cultural traits and complexes that create similar behaviors across a space
Culture Hearth
where religion or ethnicity began
