Chapter 4 Flashcards
A single attribute of a culture not necessarily confined to a single culture
Culture trait
Visible objects that a group possesses. objects which are left behind by a culture, help us to learn information about them
Material culture
A discrete combination of traits
Culture complex
The area within which a particular culture system prevails – is marked by all the attributes of culture
Culture region
An assemblage of culture regions
Culture realm
Defined by Carl sauer “quotations the forms of super imposed on the physical landscape by the activities of man “
Cultural landscape
Change within cultures is induced by innovation, diffusion, and Acculturation
Culture is dynamic
Cultural change
Areas where success and progress prevail
Cultural hearth
Process by which an idea or innovation transmitted from one individual or group to another across space
Cultural diffusion
Involves the actual movement of individuals who have already a doctor the idea or innovation
Relocation diffusion
When an innovation originate somewhere and enjoy strong, but brief adoption there
Migrant diffusion
Spread of an innovation or idea the three types are contagious hierarchical and stimulus
Expansion diffusion
Process by which a culture is substantially change through interaction with another culture
Acculturation
Fusion of old and new
Syncretism and hybridity
Describes the sharing of technologies, organizational structures, even cultural traits and artifacts that is so evident among widely separated societies and a modern world united by instantaneous communication and efficient transportation
Cultural convergence
