Unit 3 Geography Flashcards
Culture
Shared practices, tech, attitudes, and behavior
Traits
Food preferences, architecture, land use, etc.
Cultural landscapes
Combos of physicals practices, beliefs, evidence of sequent occupancy, and other patterns
Cultural relativism
the notion that a culture should understand on its own terms, not using standards of another culture
Colonialism
process where one nation exercises near-complete control over another country which they have settled in and taken over
Imperialism
control of territory already occupied
Acculturation
adoption of cultural traits by 1 group under the influence of another
Assimilation
process of a person/ group losing cultural traits that made them distinct from people around them
Syncretism
blending traits from 2 different cultures to form a new one
Neocolonialism
influence a country and control them without troops