Chapter 4 vocab Flashcards
the frequent rrepetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristics of the group of people preforming the act
custom
culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups
folk culture
Songs tell a story or convey information about daily activities such as farming, life-cycle events, or mysterious events such as storms and earthquakes
folk music
a repetitive act preformed by a particular individual
habit
culture found in a large heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics
popular culture
a restriction on behavior imposed by social customs
taboo
the contribution of a location’s distinctive physical features to the way food tastes
terroir
the spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places
hierarchial diffusion
the spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another
relocation diffusion
music produced for the common trends and made for the purpose of being sold to a large number of people
popular music
landscapes that are similiar or identical
uniform landscapes
the study of how and why cultures vary over space
cultural geography
places that reveal a society’s cultural identity though nature as well as through architecture and artifacts
cultural landscape
a landscape that comes about through the use of people over time
vernacular landscape
consciously designed to embody the cultural ideas of the designer(s)
designed landscape
a landscape that is important because of a historic event, activity, or person
historic site
a landscape that contains both natural and cultural resources important to a certain group of people
ethnographic landscape
the combination of different cultural traits in distinctive ways. common values, beliefs,behaviors, and artifacts that make one place distinct
culture complex
a group of interconnected culture complexes. any area with strong cultural ties that bind its people together
culture system
a large area marked by a number of cultural regions. it is set apart from other world areas because of these regions
culture realm
an area marked by culture that distinguishes it from other regions
culture region
the area where a cultural trait first began
culture hearth
cultural traits that develop in many hearths apart from interaction with one another
independent innovation/invention
spread of culture to areas surrounding the cultural hearth
cultural diffusion
process of the less dominant culture adopting the traits of the more dominant one
acculturation
the less dominant culture loses native customs completely
assimilation
culture group made up of the original inhabitants of a territory that’s distinct from the dominant national culture
indigenous cultures
culture group where norms are traditionally practices by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups
folk culture region
houses, furniture, instruments, books
material culture
houses, furniture, instruments, books/material culture
artifcats
two way flow of culture between the dominant and less dominant culture
transculturation
combination of different cultural concepts into one
syncretic
practice of evaluating culture by its own standards
culture relativism
human culture is caused by the environment and as closer to the equator the civilizations are simpler
environmental determinsm
