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APHUG UNIT 3 VOCAB Flashcards

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Acculturation

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retaining your own culture within a minority community in a country but adapt to the majority culture.

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Assimilation

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the process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas

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Cultural adaptation

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the process and time it takes a person to integrate into a new culture

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Cultural core/periphery pattern

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the core houses are the main economic power of a region and the periphery houses have lesser economic ties

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Cultural ecology

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the study of human adaptations to social and physical environments

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Cultural identity

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the identity of belonging to a group/`part of a person’s self-conception

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Cultural landscape

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a geographic area, including both cultural and natural resources and the wildlife

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Cultural realm

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a geographical region where cultural traits maintain

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Culture

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the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group

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Culture region

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the aspects of culture associated with an ethnolinguistic group and the territory it inhabits

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Formal culture region

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an area inhabited by people who have one or more cultural traits in common (language, religion, etc.)

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Functional culture region

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an area that functions as a unit politically, socially, or economically

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Vernacular culture region

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a cultural region perceived to exist by its inhabitants

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Expansion diffusion

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the spread of an idea through a population where the amount of those influenced grows continuously larger

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Hierarchial expansion diffusion

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when a cultural trend is spread from one segment of society to another in a pattern

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Contagious expansion diffusion

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when a cultural trend is transmitted from person to person from an original source to numerous others

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Stimulus expansion diffusion

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when a cultural trend spreads but is changed by those adopting the idea

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Relocation diffusion

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when people move from their original location to another and bring their innovations with them

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Innovation adoption

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the entry of users into various categories, based on their willingness to accept new technology or an idea

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Maladaptive diffusion

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the adoption of diffusing traits that are not practical or reflective of a region’s environment or culture

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Sequent occupance

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the interaction of cultures over time within a single, shared space

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Multiculturalism

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the presence of several distinct cultural or ethnic groups within a society

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Syncretism

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the combining of different beliefs, while blending practices of various schools of thought

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Secularism

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the principle of separation of the state from religious institutions

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Taboo
a social or religious custom prohibiting or forbidding discussion of a particular practice
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Sense of place
characterizes the relationship between people and spatial settings
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Diaspora
the dispersion of the Jewish people beyond Israel
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Cultural relativism
the idea that a person's beliefs, values, and practices should be understood based on that person's own culture, rather than be judged against the criteria of another
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Custom
a traditional and widely accepted way of behaving or doing something that is specific to a particular society, place, or time
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Ethnocentrism
evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture
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Creole
a person of mixed European and black descent, especially in the Caribbean
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Dialect
a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group
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Indo-European language
a large language family native to western and southern Eurasia
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Isogloss
a line on a dialect map marking the boundary between linguistic features
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Language
the principal method of human communication
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Language family
Language a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestral language
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Language group
a collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin
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Language subfamily
a smaller group of related languages within a language family
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Lingua franca
a language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages
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Linguistic diversity
a specific measure of the density of language
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Mutually intelligible
a relationship between languages or dialects in which speakers of different but related varieties can readily understand each other
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Monolingual/multilangual
the use of more than one language
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Official language
a language given a special status in a particular country
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Pidgin
a grammatically simplified means of communication
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Toponym
a place name, especially one derived from a topographical feature
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Trade language
A language used by speakers of different native languages for communication in commercial trade
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Animism
the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence
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Buddhism
a non-theistic religion also considered a philosophy and a moral discipline, originating in India
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Branch
a large and fundamental division within a religion
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Cargo cult
a belief system in which adherents practice rituals which they believe will cause a more technologically advanced society to deliver goods
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Christianity
the religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth
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Confucianism
a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China
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Ethnic religion
a religion or belief associated with a particular ethnic group
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Exclave/enclave
a territory that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state/may exist within territorial waters
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Fundamentalism
a form of a religion that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture
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Geomancy
a method of divination that interprets markings on the ground or the patterns formed by tossed handfuls of soil, rocks, or sand
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Hajj
an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia
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Hinduism
an Indian religion and dharma
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Interfaith boundaries
the boundaries between the world's major religions
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Islam
a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah
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Sunni Islam
the largest denomination of Islam
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Shia Islam
one of the two main branches of Islam
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Jainism
a nontheistic religion founded in India as a reaction against the teachings of orthodox Brahmanism
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Judaism
an ethnic religion comprising the collective religious, cultural and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people
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Landscapes of the dead
the certain areas where people have commonly been buried
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Monotheism/polytheism
a religion that worships a single deity/divides the supernatural forces of the universe between many gods
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Mormonism
a religious group that embrace concepts of Christianity as well as revelations made by their founder
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Pilgrimage
a journey, often into an unknown or foreign place
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Proselytic religion
a religion that seeks converts and to become a global or universal religion
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Reincarnation
the rebirth of a soul in a new body
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Religious architectural styles
a religious architectural practice concerned with the design and construction of places of worship or sacred or intentional space
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Religious conflict
a conflict primarily caused or justified by differences in religion
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Religious toponym
the origin and meaning of the names of religions
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Sacred space
the place where religious figures and congregations meet to perform religious ceremonies
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Shamanism
a religious practice that involves a practitioner, a shaman, who is believed to interact with a spirit world through altered states of consciousness
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Sharia law
a religious law forming part of the Islamic tradition
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Shintoism
a polytheistic belief system involving the veneration of many deities
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Sikhism
an Indian religion related to Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism
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Taoism
a Chinese philosophy based on the writings of Lao-tzu advocating humility and religious piety
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Theocracy
a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God
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Universalizing
giving a universal character
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Zoroastrianism
monotheistic pre-Islamic religion of ancient Persia founded by Zoroaster
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Adaptive strategies
describes a society's system of economic production
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Anglo-American landscape characteristics
an American, whose language and ancestry are English
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Built environment
the human-made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity
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Folk culture
a culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups
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Material culture
the aspect of social reality grounded in the objects and architecture that surround people
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Nonmaterial culture
the abstract ideas and ways of thinking that make up a culture
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Popular culture
culture based on the tastes of ordinary people rather than an educated elite
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Survey systems
the surveying method developed and used in the United States to plat, or divide, real property for sale and settling
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Traditional architecture
a dynamic concept that has changed over the years addressing the many existing issues of housing in our society
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Dowry
property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage
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Enfranchisement
the giving of a right or privilege
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Gender
the range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between, masculinity and femininity
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Gender gap
the discrepancy in opportunities, status, attitudes, etc., between men and women
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Infanticide
the crime of killing a child within a year of birth

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