AP HUG: Unit 4 Flashcards
Traditionally practiced primarily by small, homogeneous groups living in isolated rural areas
Folk Culture
Found in large, heterogeneous societies that share certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics
Popular culture
A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom
Taboo
when people move from their original location to another and bring their innovations with them
Relocation diffusion
innovations spread to new places while staying strong in their original locations
Expansion Diffusion
an idea being spread rapidly throughout the population; all places and individuals in the region are affected.
Contagious Diffusion
a cultural trend is spread from one segment of society to another in a pattern
Hierarchical Diffusion
The spread of underlying principle even though a specific characteristic is rejected
Stimulus Diffusion
An approach to geography that emphasizes the relationships among social and physical phenomena in a particular study area.
Cultural Landscape
How long it takes to get to somewhere back then and how it is now
Space-time Compression
An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration
Intervening Obstacle
An area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity
Vernacular Region
The combing of elements of 2 groups into a new culture feature
Syncretism
Physical environment caused social development
Environmental Determinism
Social development caused physical environment
Possibilism
What food they prefer
Food preferences
The art and technique of a building
Architecture
How they use the land
Land use
Is the idea that a persons beliefs,values, and practices should be understood based on that persons own culture, rather than be judged against the criteria of another
Cultural Relativism
The act of judging another country and believing that the values and standards of ones own culture are superior especially with regard to language,behavior, customs, and religion.
Ethnocentrism
The number of member becoming alike
Cultural Convergence and Divergence
The popular custom in a location that’s similar to another
Uniform Landscape
Starbucks vs. Java House
Globalization vs. Local Diversity
A place you feel like belong vs a place you feel you don’t belong
“Sense of place’ vs. Placelessness
Several ethnic groups within a society
Multiculturalism
The notion that successive societies leave behind their cultural imprint, a collection of evidence about human character and experiences within a geographic region, which shapes the cultural landscape.
Sequent Occupancy
The specific customs that are part of the everyday life of a particular culture, such as language,religion,etc.
Cultural Trait
How you feel about someones gender
Attitudes towards gender
Practicing unique traditions
Indigenous Culture
Tourism directed toward exotic, threatened areas
Ecotourism
The process of adjustment to the dominate culture
Acculturation
The process of giving up cultural traditions and adopting the social customs of the dominate culture of a place
Assimilation
