ap human unit 3 and 4

Question 1

adherent

Answer 1

A person who supports a certain religion

Question 2

artifact

Answer 2

Any item, made by humans, that represents a material aspect of culture

Question 3

centrifugal force

Answer 3

forces or attitudes that tend to divide a state

Question 4

Centripetal force

Answer 4

Centripetal forces are those that tend to unify and bring people together,

Question 5

culture

Answer 5

A total way of life held in common by a group of people, including learned features such as language, ideology, behavior, technology, and government.

Question 6

cultural landscape

Answer 6

Cultural attributes of an area often used to describe a place

Question 7

cultural norm

Answer 7

The shared standards, patterns, and behaviors that members of a particular social group or society can be expected to show.

Question 8

cultural relativism

Answer 8

the principle that an individual human’s beliefs and activities should be understood by others in terms of that individual’s own culture

Question 9

cultural trait

Answer 9

The specific customs that are part of the everyday life of a particular culture

Question 10

denomination

Answer 10

A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body.

Question 11

dialect

Answer 11

a regional variation of a language that can be distinguished by its distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and spelling.

Question 12

ethnicity

Answer 12

identity with a group of people who share a common identity with a specific homeland or hearth.

Question 13

ethnic neighborhood

Answer 13

An area within a city containing members of the same ethnic background

Question 14

Ethnocentrism

Answer 14

based on the belief that one’s own culture is inherently superior and that other nations are backwards or underdeveloped because their culture is different.

Question 15

gender identity

Answer 15

social differences between men and women, rather than the anatomical, biological differences between sexes.

Question 16

gendered space

Answer 16

areas in which particular genders of people, and particular types of gender expression, are considered welcome or appropriate, and other types are unwelcome or inappropriate.

Question 17

gentrification

Answer 17

urban renewal that leads to the displacement of the occupying demographic

Question 18

identity

Answer 18

how people make sense of themselves and how they see themselves at different scales.

Question 19

language

Answer 19

The method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way.

Question 20

mentifact

Answer 20

The shared ideas, values, and beliefs of a culture.

Question 21

pilgrimage

Answer 21

Voluntary travel to a sacred site to pay respects or participate in a ritual at the site

Question 22

placemaking

Answer 22

a collaborative process by which we can shape our public realm in order to maximize shared value.

Question 23

popular culture

Answer 23

Culture found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics

Question 24

postmodern architecture

Answer 24

tries to design buildings that are visually pleasing to human beings and provide modern humans with a link to their past.