unit 3 Flashcards
What are cultural traits?
Characteristics that define a culture.
What is ethnocentrism?
The belief in the superiority of one’s own culture.
What is cultural relativism?
The practice of understanding a culture on its own terms.
What is popular culture?
Mainstream cultural elements that are widely accepted.
What is folk culture?
Traditional practices and customs of a specific group.
What is a cultural landscape?
Forms humans superimpose on their surroundings.
What is sequent occupancy?
Layering of different groups on a cultural landscape.
What is an ethnic neighborhood?
A community with a high concentration of a particular ethnic group.
What does indigenous mean?
What was there originally, before colonizers.
What is centripetal?
Something that bonds people together.
What is centrifugal?
Something that drives people away from each other.
What is acculturation?
Forcing culture on a different group, e.g., forcing Christianity.
What is assimilation?
A minority group adds itself to a larger group.
What is multiculturalism?
The coexistence of multiple cultures in a society.
What is syncretism?
The blending of different cultural elements.
What is imperialism?
The policy of extending a country’s power and influence.
What is colonialism?
The practice of acquiring full or partial control over another country.
What is lingua franca?
A global language used for trade.
What is creolization?
When a new language is formed from two different languages.
What does contemporary mean?
Modern day.
What is cultural convergence?
Two cultures combining through interaction.
What is cultural divergence?
A culture dividing into two or more through isolation.
What does homogenizing mean?
To make something one, putting it under one group.
What is globalization?
The increase of interconnection of the world.
