Culture Vocab Flashcards
Define Culture
The customs of a social group of particular nation
Define Cultural Realms
The majority of the nation or region practices that one culture
Define cultural traits
Specific customs as part of the daily life a specific culture
Define Cultural Hearths
The origin of the cultural trend when it went widespread
Define Customs
A traditional way of acting or doing something to a specific society, place or time
Define Habit
regular tendency or practice
a specific society, place, or time
Folk Culture
practices of isolated small social groups living in rural places
Popular Culture
An aspect of a culture that is widespread, rapidly
changing, and disseminated by the mass media
Taboo
a prohibited practice or person, place, or thing
due to social norms
Terroir
contribution of a location’s distinctive
physical features to the way food tastes
Cultural Landscapes
to describe an Interaction between human activity and the environment.
Sequence Occupancy
describing the present landscape of the region
Cultural Imperialism
imposed by politically
ruling community
Cultural Relativism
ethical and social standards show the cultural context from where they originated from
Ethnocentrism
Evaluate of other cultures based on preconceptions gained from their own culture’s standards and customs
Mentifacts
The core and enduring element of the culture that expresses its values and beliefs
Sociofacts
Connections between individuals and groups that unify culture and family, political, educational, and religious institutions.
Artifacts
A man made relic usually from an ancient time period
Cultural Extinction
The erasure of a culture
due to war, disease, etc
Cultural Pluralism
Groups in the same region but they have very different ways of living
Cultural Patterns/Cultural Complex
the way
people act in a certain culture
Natural Landscape
environment that has not touch by human affair
Symbolic Landscape
a piece of land that has a large meaning to a culture due to what it looks like
Adaptive Strategy
people adapting to the landscape due to the physical or cultural area
Acculturation
adopting and learning different cultural practices and using them
Transculturation
The process of merging cultures
Syncretism
combining different religions and giving a sense of unity that allows for more inclusivity
Landscape Pollution
Waste materials on land or underground
Resource Depletion
using resources faster than they can be replaced
Cultural Geography
A type of human geography
Cultural Convergence
an idea that shows relationships changing and experience with new media
Assimilation
when people lose there originality after coming into contact with another culture
Marginalization:
treating a person or a group as insignificant
Cultural Divergence
The result of a culture being influenced by a foreign culture
Multiculturalism
Beliefs that different cultures or ethnic groups have the right to be unique and not conform to norms
Separatism
The political motion of part of a political unit closer to independence.
