unit 3 test Flashcards
culture
all of a groups learned behaviors, actions, beliefs, and objects
folk culture
beliefs and practices of small homogeneous groups of people living in rural isolated areas and are slow to change
pop culture
cultural traits spread quickly over a large are and are adopted by various groups
cultural relativism
belief that cultures should be judged by their own standards
ethnocentrism
judging others by the rules of your culture
sequent occupance
ethnic groups move in and out of neighborhood and create new cultural imprints on the landscapes
centripetal force
unifies
centrifugal
divides
diffusion
the spread of info
relocation diffusion
the spread of cultural traits by people who migrate and carry with them
expansion diffusion
the spread if cultural traits through direct or indirect exchange without migration
contagious diffusion
person to person
hierarchical diffusion
when cultural traits spread from one important person, city, or powerful class to other important people, cities, or classes
stimulus expansion
a cultural trait is adopted bu modified
cultural traits
building blocks of culture
creolization
two languages mix and develop a new language with a more formal structure and vocab
lingua franca
common language used by people who do not share the same native language
colonialism
attempt by one country to establish settlement and to impose political, economical, and cultural, principles in another territory
cultural imperialism
spread or advance of one culture at the expense of others or imposition on other cultures which it modifies, replaces, or destroys
urbanization
process if developing towns and cities
globalization
process of intensified interaction among different countries around the world
cultural convergence
cultures become more alike as they share technology and organizational structures in a modern world
cultural divergence
the restriction of a culture from outside cultural influences
universalizing religions
actively seek converts
