Geography Unit 3 Flashcards
christianity
The religion of a person teaching other people on jesus of nazareth, or its beliefs and practices
Ethnic enclave
A place with a high concentration of an ethnic group who is distinct from those in the surrounding the area, such as china town.
diffusion
The spreading of something from its hearth or origination point
assimilation
2 cultures meet, the one culture i absorbed completely by force, without any imprints of one culture
colonialism
attempt of one country establishing settlements and to impose its political, economical, and cultural principles of another territory
contagious diffusion
The rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature, trend, or idea through out a population regardless of its social classes and levels of power
culture
the beliefs, values, practices
diaspora
The distribution of people from their homeland
centripetal force
a force that tends to unify or bring together and enhance support for a state of community
centrifugal force
forces that divided up a state or pull apart from each other - internal religious, politicals, linguistic, ethnitic, or economic differences
Buddhism
The religion was found in india by a former prince who saw enlightenment. The hearth is india, and most andherits mainly live in eat or south east asia.
Acculturation
The process by which people within 1 culture adopts some other traits from another while keeping their original distinct culture.
Creolization
The process when 2 or more languages converge and make a new language.
Cultural landscapes
The natural landscape that has been modified by humans, reflecting their cultural beliefs, and values
Cultural relativism
evaluation of a culture by its own standards.
Dialect
A regional variety or unique languages distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and punctuation
Ethnocentrism
Evaluation or other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and costume of one’s culture.
Ethniticy
Identity of a group of people that share distinct, physical, and mental traits such as a product of common heredity and cultural tradition
Expansion diffusion
The spread of feature, trend, religion, or other culture among people from 1 area to another in a snowballing process. as it spreads it gets larger.
Gender roles
Sets of behavioral norms, assumed to accompany ones status male or female.
Gendered spaces
Certain locations that are designed and deliberately incorporated into the landscape to accomidate gender roles.
relocation diffusion
The spread of culture traits through the movement of people
Stimulus diffusion
A fundamental Idea behind a culture trait simulates a new innovation. The trait itself does not move, but triggers the idea that leads to a new cultural trait.
Hierarchical diffusion
The spread of a trend or feature to 1 key person higher then authority or power to other persons or places
Taboos
A restriction on behavior mainly
multiculturalism
A situation in which different or multiple ethnic groups exist separately within the same space and share equally in economic and political life.
