Chapter 4 vocab

Question 1

the frequent rrepetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristics of the group of people preforming the act

Answer 1

custom

Question 2

culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups

Answer 2

folk culture

Question 3

Songs tell a story or convey information about daily activities such as farming, life-cycle events, or mysterious events such as storms and earthquakes

Answer 3

folk music

Question 4

a repetitive act preformed by a particular individual

Answer 4

habit

Question 5

culture found in a large heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics

Answer 5

popular culture

Question 6

a restriction on behavior imposed by social customs

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taboo

Question 7

the contribution of a location’s distinctive physical features to the way food tastes

Answer 7

terroir

Question 8

the spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places

Answer 8

hierarchial diffusion

Question 9

the spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another

Answer 9

relocation diffusion

Question 10

music produced for the common trends and made for the purpose of being sold to a large number of people

Answer 10

popular music

Question 11

landscapes that are similiar or identical

Answer 11

uniform landscapes

Question 12

the study of how and why cultures vary over space

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cultural geography

Question 13

places that reveal a society’s cultural identity though nature as well as through architecture and artifacts

Answer 13

cultural landscape

Question 14

a landscape that comes about through the use of people over time

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vernacular landscape

Question 15

consciously designed to embody the cultural ideas of the designer(s)

Answer 15

designed landscape

Question 16

a landscape that is important because of a historic event, activity, or person

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historic site

Question 17

a landscape that contains both natural and cultural resources important to a certain group of people

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ethnographic landscape

Question 18

the combination of different cultural traits in distinctive ways. common values, beliefs,behaviors, and artifacts that make one place distinct

Answer 18

culture complex

Question 19

a group of interconnected culture complexes. any area with strong cultural ties that bind its people together

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culture system

Question 20

a large area marked by a number of cultural regions. it is set apart from other world areas because of these regions

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culture realm

Question 21

an area marked by culture that distinguishes it from other regions

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culture region

Question 22

the area where a cultural trait first began

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culture hearth

Question 23

cultural traits that develop in many hearths apart from interaction with one another

Answer 23

independent innovation/invention

Question 24

spread of culture to areas surrounding the cultural hearth

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cultural diffusion

Question 25

process of the less dominant culture adopting the traits of the more dominant one

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acculturation

Question 26

the less dominant culture loses native customs completely

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assimilation

Question 27

culture group made up of the original inhabitants of a territory that’s distinct from the dominant national culture

Answer 27

indigenous cultures

Question 28

culture group where norms are traditionally practices by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups

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folk culture region

Question 29

houses, furniture, instruments, books

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material culture

Question 30

houses, furniture, instruments, books/material culture

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artifcats

Question 31

two way flow of culture between the dominant and less dominant culture

Answer 31

transculturation

Question 32

combination of different cultural concepts into one

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syncretic

Question 33

practice of evaluating culture by its own standards

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culture relativism

Question 34

human culture is caused by the environment and as closer to the equator the civilizations are simpler

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environmental determinsm