Chapter 4: Culture

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Assimilation

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Process by which less dominant cultures loose their culture to a more dominant culture

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Occulturation

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The adoption of cultural traits, such as language, by one group under the influence of another

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Artifact

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Made and created by humans. Material culture

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Built environment

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Modifications made by humans to the environment. Reflects aspects of culture.

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Core domain sphere model

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Place where concentration of culture traits that characterizes a region is greatest.

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Cultural convergence

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Cultures that become more alike as diffusion of ideas and technology increases.

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Cultural/environment perception

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People of different culture will observe and interpret their environment and find it’s potential use.

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Cultural ecology

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The geographic study of human environmental relationships

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Cultural landscape

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Modification to landscape/environment made by humans. Visible

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Cultural realm

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A region that has a prevailing culture.

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Cultural hearth

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Where a culture develops or originates and then diffuses those characteristics

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Culture complex

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Set of culture traits that describes aspect of society’s behavior or activity.

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Cultural trait

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A particular feature that occurs often within a culture. Chopsticks

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Culture region

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A region that shares same culture.

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Custom

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Repetition of an act that goes to become a characteristic of person or group performing the act.

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Environmental determinism

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19th - 20th century approach of what was the study of geography. Physical environment caused human activities.

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Folk culture

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Tradition practiced by small groups of people living in isolated rural areas.

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Globalization

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Expansion of anything that soon becomes world wide.

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Glocalization

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Process in which people in a local place practice regional,national, and global practices

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Habit

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A repeated act performed by a person or group

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Material culture

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Physical things that are created by humans. The durable aspects of culture (tools art structures)

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Mentifact

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Ideas, beliefs, and values that people hold

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Popular culture

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Large groups of people that share certain habits

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Possiblism

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Theory that environment may set limits on humans but humans have the ability to adapt and choose what to do

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Sequent occupance

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Successful societies have their cultural imprint that contributes to cultural landscape

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Sociofact

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Ways in which people organize their society and relate to one another

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Taboo

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Behavior or habit that is looked down upon by society or social custom

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Uniform landscape

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Popular custom in one location that may be similar to another location