Folk and Pop Culture (chp.4) Unit 3 Test

Question 1

Artifact

Answer 1

Any item, made by humans, that represents a material aspect of culture.

Question 2

Mentifact

Answer 2

The shared ideas, values, and beliefs of a culture.

Question 3

Sociofact

Answer 3

the structures and organizations of a culture which influence social behaviour.

Question 4

Acculturation

Answer 4

Occurs when an ethnic or migrant group adopts enough of the ways of the host society to be able to function economically and socially.

Question 5

Assimilation

Answer 5

Occurs when an ethnic or migrant group blends in with the host culture and loses many culturally distinctive traits.

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Syncretism

Answer 6

The blending of beliefs, ideas, practices, and traits, especially in a religious context.

Question 7

Multiculturism

Answer 7

A set of policies that promote the active participation and inclusion of minority groups in national histories, national politics, and cultural institutions with the goal of embracing difference within society.

Question 8

Cultural Traits

Answer 8

A single aspect of a given culture or society.

Question 9

Cultural Relativism

Answer 9

An approach to understanding other cultures that seeks to understand individuals cultures from a wider perspective of cultural logic.

Question 10

Ethnocentrism

Answer 10

the belief that one’s own culture or ethnic group is superior to others, often leading to the evaluation of other cultures based on the standards and values of one’s own.

Question 11

Cultural landscape

Answer 11

the visible imprint of human activity on the natural environment, showcasing the interplay between culture and nature.

Question 12

What are the types of expansion diffusion

Answer 12

hierarchical diffusion, contagious diffusion, stimulus difusion

Question 13

Relocation diffusion

Answer 13

When people move, or relocate, they spread ideas along with them.

Question 14

Stimulus Diffusion

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the process by which a specific trait or idea is spread from one culture or society to another, but is modified or adapted in the process.

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Hierarchical Diffusion

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when an idea spreads by passing first among the most connected individuals, then spreading to other individuals.

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Contagious Diffusion

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the distance-controlled spreading of an idea through a local population by contact from person to person.

Question 17

Convergence

Answer 17

Cultures are converging or becoming more alike.

Question 18

Divergance

Answer 18

the process through which distinct cultural groups become increasingly different from one another over time.

Question 19

Globalization

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the increasing connection of economic, cultural, and political characteristics across the world.

Question 20

Cultural Hearth

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A focused geographic area where important innovations are born and from which they spread.

Question 21

Pop culture

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Heterogenous culture that is influenced by key urban areas and quick to adopt new technologies; the opposite of a local culture.

Question 22

Habit

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A repetitive act performed by a particular individual

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Taboo

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A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom.

Question 24

Indigenous culture

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A local culture that is no longer the dominant ethnic group within its traditional homeland because of migration, colonization, or political marginalization.

Question 25

Traditional Architecture

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commercial buildings that are standard square-walled and made out of materials like stone or brick.

Question 26

Postmodern Architecture

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A design style that is a reaction against modernist architecture; it has a flair for the dramatic, creating a spectacle while serving a variety of functions.

Question 27

Sequence occupancy

Answer 27

Refers to the fact that many places have been controlled or affected by a variety of groups over a period of time; those groups have reshaped the functions or meanings of those places and left behind layer of meaning.