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Unit 3 Vocab Flashcards

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acculturation

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the process by which people within one culture adopt some of the traits of another while still retaining their own distinct culture

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assimilation

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category of which acculturation in which the interaction of two cultures results in one culture adopting almost all of the customs, traditions, language, and other cultural traits of the other.

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centrifugal force

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a force that divided a group of people

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centripetal force

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a force that unites a group of people

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collectivist cultures

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a culture in which people are expected to confirm to collective responsibility within a family and to be obedient and respectful of elderly family memebrs

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contagious diffusion

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the process by which an idea or cultural traits spreads rapidly among people of all social classes and levels of power

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creolization

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the blending of two or more languages that may not include the features of either original language

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cultural appropriation

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the act of adopting elements of another country

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cultural convergence

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the process by which cultures become more similar through interaction

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cultural divergence

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the process by which cultures become less similar due to conflicting beliefs or other barriers

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cultural hearth

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an area where cultural traits develope and from which cultural traits diffuse

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cultural landscape

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a natural landscape that has been modified by humans, relflecting their cultural beliefs and values

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cultural norm

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a shared standard or pattern that guides the behavior of a group of people

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cultural relativism

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the evalution of a culture by its own standards

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cultural trait

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a shared object or cultural practice

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culture

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the beliefs, values, practices, behaviors, and technologies shared by a society and passed down from generation to generation

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denomination

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a separate church organization that unites a number of local congregations

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dialect

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a viraration of a standard language specific to a gernal area with differences in pronunciation , degree of rapidity in speech word choice and spelling

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diffusion

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the process by which a cultural trait spreads from one place to another over time

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ethnic neighborhood

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a cultural landscape within a community of people outside of their area of origin

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ethnicity

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the state belonging to a group of people who share a common cultural characteristics

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ethnocentrism

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the tendency of ethnic groups to evaluate other groups according to proconvieved ideas originating from their own cultrue

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expansion diffusion

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the spread of cultural trait outward from where it originated

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gender identity

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an indiviual’s innermost concept of self as male, female, a blend of both, or neither

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genered space

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a space designed and deliperately incorporated into the landscape to accommadate gender roles

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gentrification

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the renovations and improvements conforming to middle-class preference

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heirachical diffusion

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the spread of an idea ot trait from a person or place of power or authority to other people or places

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idenitity

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the ways in which humans make sense of themselves and how they wish to be viewed by others

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isolate

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a language that is unrelated to any other known language

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language

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a distinct system of communication that is the carrier of human thoughts and cultural identity

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language branch

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a collection of languages within a language family that shares a common origin and seperated from other branches in the same family several thousand years ago

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language family

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a group of languages that share a common ancestral language from a particular hearth, or region of origin

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language group

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languages within a language branch that shares a common anceerotr in the relatively recent oast and have vocabularies with a high degree of overlap

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lingua franca

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common language used among speakers of different languages

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multiculturalism

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a situation in which different cultures live together without assimilating

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pilgrimage

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a journey to a holy place for spiritual reasons

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placemaking

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a community-dirven process in which people collaborate to create a place where they can live,work,play, and learn

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populare culture

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the widespread behaviors, belifsm and practice soft ordinary people in society at a given point in time

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postmodern architecture

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a building style that emerged as a reaction to “modern” designs, and values diversity in design

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religion

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a system of spiritual belifsm that helps form cultural perceptions, attuides, beliefs, and avalues

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relocation diffusion

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the spread of culture traits through the movement of people

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sect

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a relativity small group of people that have seperated from an established denomination

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secularized

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focused on worldly rather than spiritual concepts

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sense of place

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the subjective feelings and memories people associate with a geographic location

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stimulus diffusion

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the process by which a cultural trait or idea spreads to another culture or region but its modified to adapt to the new culture

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syncretism

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process of innovatin combining different cultural features into something new

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traditional architecture

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an established building style of different cultures, religions, and places

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traditional culture

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the long-establsihed behaviors, beliefs, and practices passed down from generation to generation

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universalizing religion

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a religion that tries to appeal to all humans and is open to membership by everyone.

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ethnic religion

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a religion that is closely tied with a particular ethnic group often living in a particular space

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