Unit 3 Vocab Flashcards
Cultural Complex
a group of culture traits coming from one culture
(online)
Popular Culture
various cultural traits that are diffused quickly over large areas and are adopted by multiple groups
Centripetal Forces
unify a group
Acculturation
assimilation to a different culture, typically the dominant one.
Lingua Franca
a languge mutually understood and used in trade by people who have different native languages
Apartheid
laws in south africa that physically seperated different races
(Not In Effect Anymore)
Indigeonous Culture
members of ethnic groups live on ancestral land and have own cultural traits, traditions and languages
Artifacts
physical, tangible items that one can use their senses to understand
Language Family
a collection of languages relating to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history
Menifacts
concepts and ideas of a culture that are not tangible but
are often shared amongst people with the same culture
Centrifugal Forces
divide a group
Multiculturism
Several cultures coexisting in one society
Syncretism
Blending of several traditions
Cultural Realms
larger area that is
made up of several regions
Habit
repetitive act that an individual completes
Cultural Hearth
Original place or source of culture
Taboo
behaviors discouraged by a culture
Ethnocentrism
evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one’s own culture.
Creole Language
language that results from the mixing of a colonizers language and the indigionous people’s language
Nativism
Beliefs against immigration, favoring native born people
Cultural Reletivism
Not judging a culture by there beliefs
(online)
Ethnicity
identity within a group of people that share distinct physical and mental traits as a product of common heredity and cultural traditions
Custom
repetitive act that a GROUP completes to the point where it becomes a characteristic of the group
Sociofacts
ways people organize their society and relate to each other
Assimilation
the process of resembling the dominant culture’s values, beliefs, and belaviors
Nationality
Allegence to a place because you live there or are born there
Folk Culture
group of people who often live in rural settings that are isolated from others leading to slower changes
