unit 3

Question 1

What is culture?

Answer 1

The shared beliefs, values, practices, behaviors, and technologies of a society.

Question 2

What are cultural traits?

Answer 2

Visible and invisible attributes that combine to make up a group’s culture.

Question 3

Sociofacts

Answer 3

The way in which a society, behaves and organizes institutions, for example, religion, government schooling, etc.

Question 4

Mentifacts

Answer 4

The ideas, beliefs, and values of a culture, for example, religion beliefs

Question 5

architecture

Answer 5

Materials from factories and manufactured

Question 6

land use

Answer 6

Sense of place, how a culture uses the land, urban, etc.

Question 7

cultural norms

Answer 7

Agreed-upon, cultural practices or standards that guide behavior of a culture

Question 8

cultural taboo

Answer 8

behaviors heavily discouraged by a culture

Question 9

cultural taboo

Answer 9

behaviors heavily discouraged by a culture

Question 10

Ethnocentrism

Answer 10

Judging another culture in terms of one standard, believes that one ethnic group is superior to others

Question 11

cultural relativism

Answer 11

Not allowing yourself to view another culture without judging, unfair

Question 12

cultural landscape

Answer 12

A landscape that has been modified by humans

Question 13

Sequent occupancy

Answer 13

The idea that certain cultures leave an imprint on society

Question 14

centipetal forces

Answer 14

Character characteristics that unify a country and provide stability. For example, several different languages, I think neighborhoods, etc..

Question 15

centrifugal forces

Answer 15

Violence between two groups, unstable, racism

Question 16

centrifugal forces

Answer 16

Violence between two groups, unstable, racism

Question 17

language family

Answer 17

linguistic geographer studied the hearths and diffusion of languages as well as their distribution and relationship between one another

Question 18

language branch

Answer 18

Collection of languages that share a common origin from thousands of years ago

Question 19

language group

Answer 19

Collection of languages that share a more recent past with similar vocabulary and some overlap

Question 20

isogloss

Answer 20

A geographic within a particular linguistic feature occurs. Lines that divide dialect.

Question 21

hierarchical diffusion

Answer 21

A process in which an idea or innovation spreads from a larger or more influential place to unless influential place/smaller. It often occurs through a structured or ranked orders, such as from cities to towns from leaders to followers. ( forced pond citizens )

Question 22

contagious diffusion

Answer 22

Rapid widespread spread of an idea, innovation or phenomenon through direct contact or interaction amongst people

Question 23

stimulus diffusion

Answer 23

wear an idea or innovation, spreads from one caliper to another, but is adapted or modified to fit the local or cultural context

Question 24

acculturation

Answer 24

when people within one culture adapt traits from another culture

Question 25

assimilation

Answer 25

when one culture abandons their original culture and adopts another culture (could be forced or voluntary)

Question 26

multiculturalism

Answer 26

the acceptance and tolerance of many different cultures which exist in close proximity to one another

Question 27

syncretism

Answer 27

when two cultures blend together and create something new

Question 28

globalization

Answer 28

Globalization is the process by which countries and people around the world become more connected through trade, communication, and cultural exchange.

Question 29

material culture

Answer 29

Material culture refers to the physical objects, resources, and spaces that people use to define their culture.

Question 30

diffusion

Answer 30

Diffusion is the process by which ideas, cultural practices, products, or innovations spread from one place or group to another. In simple terms, it’s how something, like a new trend or technology, spreads across different societies

Question 31

relocation diffusion

Answer 31

Relocation diffusion is the spread of cultural ideas, practices, or innovations when people move from one place to another.

Question 32

Expansion diffusion

Answer 32

Expansion diffusion is the spread of a cultural idea, trend, or innovation from its original place outward, growing in influence as more people adopt it.

Question 33

pidgin language

Answer 33

broken form of a primary language used for business

Question 34

creole language

Answer 34

a mix between two languages

Question 35

lingua franca

Answer 35

lingua franca is a common language used by people who speak different native languages to communicate with each other.