Unit 3 Flashcards
What is culture?
the way a group of people live and interact,
Cultural Hearth
Place where an idea or innovation began.
Taboos
behaviors heavily discouraged by a culture
Folk Culture
culture traits of usually small, traditional, homogenous, rural
communities
Popular Culture
culture traits of large, heterogeneous, urban populations
Material Culture
the art, housing, clothing, sports, dances, foods, and other similar items constructed or created by a group of people
Ethnicity
a group of people who share a common cultural identity
Ethnic Enclaves
neighborhoods filled primarily with people of the same ethnic group
Sequent Occupance
successive societies leave their cultural imprints on a place
Ethnocentrism
judging another culture based on the values of one’s own culture
Cultural Relativism
Understanding another culture based on the values of ones own culture.
Cultural Convergence
cultures become more alike as their interactions increase
Cultural Divergence
Cultures become more different as their interactions decrease
Imperialism
dominance of one culture over another.
Animism
belief that inanimate objects possess spirits and should be revered
Lingua Franca
a language mutually understood by people who speak different
languages
Pidgin Language
a simplified mixture of two languages
Creole Language
mixing of different languages
Linguists
scientists who study languages
Romance Language
Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, and Romanian
Isogloss
the boundaries between languaged
Dialect
variant of a standard language
Toponyms
place-names that can uncover historical information about a place and its origins
Nativist
anti-immigrant
Syncretism
the blending of different cultural elements into a new, unique expression
Secularism
The separation of religion from civil affairs.
Theocracy
A form of government in which a deity of some kind is viewed as the ultimate authority
Fundamentalism
A type of religious movement characterized by strict conformity to a religious text.
