Chapter 4 Flashcards
Assimilation
Behavioral an structural process where a little population reduces and loses its culture to dominate society
Acculturation
Process by which a person from one culture adopts traits of another culture
Cultural core
A culture region’s centralized zone of concentration, with the greatest homogeneity culture traits that characterize it
Cultural adaption
people adapt to culture of previously existing culture
Cultural landscape
a landscape that had been changed by humans in a way that reflects their culture
Culture
knowledge and values shared by a society
Culture region
An area in which people have shared cultural traits
Cultural ecology
Multiple interactions and relationships between a culture and the natural environment
Culture realm
cluster of regions in which related culture system prevails
Cultural identity
Belief in belonging to a group or central cultural aspect
Innovation adoption
study of how, why, and at what rate new technology spreads throughout a culture
Maladaptive diffusion
what works well in one culture does not work in another
Sequent occupance
when an area has been inhabited and transformed by a succession of culture groups which leave their imprint
Cultural traits
Specific customs that are apart of everyday life of a particular culture
Cultural integration
The process of combining cultures together
Core, periphery, domain
the core house the main economic power of the region and the outlying region and that the periphery houses the lesser economic ties
Syncretism
The fusion of two distinctive cultural traits into a unique new hybrid trait
Cultural transition zones
Areas where two cultures come together
Adaptive strategies
a society’s system of economic production, used to help a species survive
Anglo-American landscape
an American whose language and ancestry are English
Formal region
an area in which everyone shares in one of more distinctive characteristic
Functional region
a region defined by a particular set of activities or interactions that occur within it
Architectural form
The look of a house effected by the available materials in the environment
Built environment
part of the physical landscape that represent material culture
Folk culture
traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups
Folk food
Traditional food
Passed down recipes
Folk house
Type of housing based on the environment and popularity at the time
Folk songs
anonymously composed songs ; tells a story ; everyday life
Folklore
Undocumented lore (stories, riddles, songs) of a culture
Material culture
Object of natural or cultural significance
Popular culture
Culture found in a large, heterogenous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics
Survey systems
step of the system analysis to further define the nature and scope of the project and identify the strengths and weaknesses of the company
Traditional architecture
traditional building styles of different cultures, religions and places
Cultural hearth
Where customs originate from
Sense of place
State of mind derived through the infusion of a place with meaning and emotion by remembering important events that occurred in that place
Vernacular region
Based on perception
People believe a place exists because of culture
Expansion diffusion
How a culture spreads
Hierarchical diffusion
through established structure
Contagious diffusion
spreads uniformly throughout an area
Stimulus diffusion
Diffuses from the hearth, the original idea is changed by adopters ; ex is tea
Relocation diffusion
Entire group of people leave
Diffusion
Process by which innovation is transmitted across space
Role of diffusion and globalization on popular culture
Spreads popular culture faster
-Internet, television
Effects things like food and clothing
Role of diffusion and globalization on folk culture
Globalization is lessening folk culture
Younger generations are more influenced by popular culture
Less isolated
Impact on natural resources
Folk and popular culture depletes the natural resources
