Unit 4 Culture - Vocabulary Flashcards
Acculturation
adoption of certain cultural and social characteristics of one society by another society
Assimilation
to force people of indigenous cultures to adopt dominant cultures
Artifact
Material objects made by a humans to represent an aspect of a culture
Built environment
The part of the physical landscape that represents material culture, including buildings, roads, bridges, etc
Core-domain-sphere model
Core: the zone of greatest concentration of homogeneity of he culture traits that characterizes a region
Domain- the area outside the of the core of a culture region in which the culture is still dominant but less intense
Sphere- the zone of outer influence for a culture region
Cultural convergence
The tendency for cultures to become more alike as they increasingly share technology and organizational structures in a modern world united by improved transportation and communication
Cultural perception
The concept that people of different cultures will definitely observe and interpret their environment and make different decisions about its nature, potentiality, and use
Cultural ecology
A geographic approach that emphasizes human-environment relationships
Cultural landscape
The fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group
Culture realm
The entire region throughout which a culture prevails. Criteria that may be chosen to define culture realms include religion, language, diet, customs, or economic development
Culture hearth
Locations on earth’s surface where specific cultures first arose
Culture complex
The group of traits that define a particular culture
Culture traits
The specific customs that are part of the everyday life of a particular culture, such as language, religion, ethnicity, social institutions, and aspects of popular culture
Culture region
A formal or functional region within which common cultural characteristics prevail
Custom
The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group of people performing the act
Environmental Determinsm
A 19th and early 20th century approach to the study of geography which argued that the general laws sought by human geographers could be found in physical sciences. Geography was therefore the study of how physical environment caused human activities
Folk culture
Culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups
Globalization
Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope
Glocalization
the practice of conducting business according to both local and global considerations
Habit
A repetitive act performed by a particular individual
Material culture
The tangible, physical items produced and used by members of a specific culture group and reflective of their traditions, lifestyles and technologies
Mentifact
The central, enduring elements of a culture expressing its values and beliefs, including language, religion, folklore, etc
Nonmaterial culture
includes creations and abstract ideas that are not embodied in physical objects. In other words, any intangible products created and shared between the members of a culture over time are aspects of their nonmaterial culture
Popular culture
Culture found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics
Possibilism
The theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives
Sequent occupance
The notion that successive societies leave their cultural imprints on a place, each contributing to the cumulative cultural landscape
Sociofact
The institutions and links between individuals and groups that unit a culture, including family structure and political, educational, and religious institutions
Taboo
A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom
Uniform landscape
How popular culture’s landscape looks the same
Ubiquitous landscape
Found everywhere
Vernacular region
An area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity
