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AP Human Geography > U3 Vocab > Flashcards

U3 Vocab Flashcards

1
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cultural relativism

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others should understand beliefs & actions by their culture

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sense of place

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emotions attached to area based on experience

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3
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relocation

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type of diffusion; innovations spread through people’s physical movements

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expansion

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type of diffusion; innovations spread in one place while staying strong in the original

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5
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creolization

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2+ languages form a new language

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cultural convergence

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2 cultures interact more = more similar

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7
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lingua franca

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language that results from blend of colonizer’s language w/ indigenous language

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universalizing

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type of religion; appeals to everyone

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dialect

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regional difference of vocab & pronunciation

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hearth

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starting place for cultural trend

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11
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Indo-European

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largest lang fam

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12
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Chrisitanity

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religion; most followers in world

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Buddhism

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religion; followers pursue Nirvana

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Judaism

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religion; Orthodox, Conservative, & Reformed denominations

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acculturation

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less dominant culture picks up traits from more dominant

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multiculturism

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support of diversity in cultural or ethnic groups

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17
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animism

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belief that objects & events have spirit & conscious life

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folk

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type of culture; practiced by small, homogenous populations

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isogloss

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boundary line between 2 different linguistic regions

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missionary

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person who spreads their religion

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monotheism

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belief in one god/being

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romance languages

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languages from Vulgar Latin

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taboo

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limit on behavior established by social custom

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isolated

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orphan language

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atheism

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belief that God doesn’t exist

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sect

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small group of people who break away from a religion

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nativist

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person who favors non-immigrants in their country

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ethnocentrism

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feeling one’s ethnic group/culture is superior

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cultural landscape

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change of nature by cultural group

30
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ethnic enclave

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neighborhood that keeps portion of culture from another area

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contagious

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diffusion type; something spreads wide & fast

32
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hierarchial

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diffusion type; concept from powerful influence those w/ less power

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stimulus

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diffusion type; culture receives change from other, gives unique form

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pidgin

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speech w/ basic grammar & small amount of vocab from lingua franca, used by speakers of 2 diff langs

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cultural divergence

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limit of culture from external influences

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ethnic

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type of religion; passed down, doesn’t try to appeal to everyone

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language family

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language collection similar to each other through common ancestor before recorded history

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Sikihism

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religion; blends Hinduism & Islam

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Islam

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religion; uses Koran as holy text

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Hinduism

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religion; counts karma as core belief

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assimilation

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minority culture absorbed into majority’s culture

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syncretism

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blending traits from 2 diff cultures to form new trait

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popular

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culture found in large, different societies

44
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fundamentalism

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literal adherence to basic principles of religion

45
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polytheism

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belief in/worship of more than one god

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official language

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language country uses in conducting business & official accounts

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sequent occupance

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idea that successive societies leave cultural imprints, each contributing to cultural landscape

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agnostic

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belief that nothing is known about existence of a god

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