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Unit 3 Flashcards

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Culture

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Beliefs, values, practices, behaviors, and technologies shared by a society and passed down to generations

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Cultural traits

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Material objects and cultural practices shared by a group (Ex: Language, fashion, rituals)

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Artifacts

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the visible objects and technologies that a culture creates (Ex: Art, clothes, tools)

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Sociofacts

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structures and organizations that influence social behavior (Ex: Government, schools, family roles)

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Mentifacts

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the central, enduring elements that reflect its shared ideas, values, knowledge, and beliefs (Ex: Language, religion, morals)

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Popular culture

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widespread behaviors, beliefs, and practices of ordinary people in society at a given point in time. (Ex: PJ’s at school, one headphone in, entertainment)

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Traditional Culture

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original behaviors, beliefs, and practices passed down to generations. (Ex: No sex b4 marriage, no tech, men work women clean)

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Culture norms

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the shared behaviors that guide a society. (Ex: Tipping, school till 18, drinking caffeine in the morning)

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Ethnocentrism

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The belief that one’s own ethnic group is superior (Ex: Racism, white supremacy, opposite of cultural relativism)

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Cultural relativism

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Defends the principle that one should not impose one’s values onto others (Ex: Not judging other cultures for their practices, opposite of Ethnocentrism)

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Cultural landscape

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A natural landscape that has been modified by humans that reflects their cultural beliefs and values (Ex: Statue of Liberty, Vegas)

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Ethnic neighborhoods

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Cultural landscapes for people outside of their area of origin (Ex: Chinatown, Tehrangeles)

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Religion

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A system of spiritual beliefs that help form cultural perceptions, attitudes, beliefs, and values (Ex: Catholicism, Judaism, Muslim)

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Pilgrimage

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A journey to a holy place for spiritual reasons (Ex: Muslims walking around the Kabba)

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Toponyms

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A place’s name (Ex: United States, California, Narnia)

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Gendered spaces

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A space designed and deliberately incorporated into the landscape to enforce gender roles (Ex: Gendered bathrooms, locker rooms, sex-separate dorms)

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Gender identity

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Ones innermost concept of self as man, woman, both, or neither (Ex: Cisgender, transgender, non-binary)

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Third place

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A communal space that is separate from home (first place) or work (second place) (Ex: Store, restaurant, religious buildings)

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Sense of Place

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When people fill a geographic location with meaning by connecting memories and feelings to it. (Ex: Pflugerville, Stonehill)

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Dialects

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A variation of a standard language that is specific to a general area. (Ex: AAVE, Southern-American English, accents)

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Placemaking

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A community-driven process in which people collaborate to create a place where they can live, work, and learn. (Ex: Building a community garden)

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Adherents

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The people who are loyal to a belief, religion, or organization (Ex: Loyal Hindus, loyal republicans, loyal environmentalists)

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Denomination

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Separate organizations that unite in local congregations/religious groups (Ex: Protestantism and Catholicism from Christianity)

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Sect

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A small group that has separated from an establish denomination (Ex: The Amish, Army Of Mary)

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Centripetal force

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A force that unites people (Ex: Stable government, language, shared religion, holidays, external threats)

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Centrifugal force

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A force that divides people (Ex: Internal conflict, different languages/religions, unstable governments, physical geographic features like mountains)

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Ethnicity

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The identity of a group of people who share the culture of a particular homeland (Ex: Asian, Latinx, African)

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Language

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Method of human communication (Ex: English, ASL, Spanish, German)

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Safe spaces

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Places of acceptance for people in marginalized groups, like the LGBTQIA+, POC, women, disabled, and prisoners

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