Chapter 6 Key Terms

Question 1

culture

Answer 1

all of a group’s learned behaviors, actions, beliefs, and objects (visible)

Question 2

cultural traits

Answer 2

shared belief systems, customs, and traditions (invisible)

Question 3

cultural complex

Answer 3

interrelated traits ex.an automobile may represent many different values, beliefs, and traditions

Question 4

culture hearth

Answer 4

area in which a unique culture or a specific trait develops

Question 5

taboos

Answer 5

behaviors heavily discouraged by a culture

Question 6

culture realms

Answer 6

include several regions. cultures inside a cultural realm have a few traits that they all share. ex. language families, religious traditions, food preferences, architecture, or a shared history

Question 7

globalization

Answer 7

the process of intensified interaction among people. governments, and companies of different countries around the globe

Question 8

popular culture

Answer 8

when traits spread quickly over a large area and are adopted by various groups e.x. clothing, music, movies, types of businesses, and the built landscape

Question 9

diffusion

Answer 9

the spreading of information, ideas, behaviors, and other aspects of culture over wider areas

Question 10

relocation diffusion

Answer 10

the spread of a cultural trait by people who migrate and carry their cultural traits with them

Question 11

expansion diffusion

Answer 11

the spread of cultural traits through direct or indirect exchange without migration

Question 12

contagious diffusion

Answer 12

when a cultural trait spreads continuously outward from its hearth through contact among people

Question 13

hierarchal diffusion

Answer 13

the spread of culture outward from the most interconnected places or from centers of wealth and importance

Question 14

reverse hierarchal diffusion

Answer 14

a trait that diffuses from a lower class to a higher class

Question 15

stimulus diffusion

Answer 15

when people in a culture adopt an underlying idea or process from another culture

Question 16

acculturation

Answer 16

when an ethnic or immigrant group moving to a new area adopts the values and practices of the larger group that has recieved them, while still maintaining major elements of their own culture

Question 17

multiculturalism

Answer 17

the coexistence of several cultures in one society, with the ideal of all cultures being valued and worthy of study. a major idea of multiculturalism is that the interaction of cultures enriches the lives of us all.

Question 18

nativist (anti-immigrant)

Answer 18

attitudes may form among the cultural majority, sometimes bringing violence or government actions against the immigrant or minority group