Unit2: Chapter4-Folk and Pop Culture (vocab)

Question 1

Traditional Architecture

Answer 1

a term used to categorize methods of construction which use locally available resources to address local needs.

Question 2

Popular Culture

Answer 2

Culture found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics.

Question 3

Non-Material culture

Answer 3

The beliefs, practices, aesthetics, and values of a group of people.

Question 4

Material Culture

Answer 4

The art, housing, clothing, sports, dances, foods, and other similar items constructed or created by a group of people.

Question 5

Folklore

Answer 5

legends, tales, and knowledge, often about nature and usually oral, developed by a society over time and repeated to successive generations.

Question 6

Folk songs

Answer 6

songs belonging to the folk music of a group of people or area, has many versions which vary from region to region

Question 7

Folk House

Answer 7

housing that is traditionally dwelled by the common people of a region.

Question 8

Folk Food

Answer 8

traditional regional food choices.

Question 9

Folk Culture

Answer 9

Culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups

Question 10

Built Environment

Answer 10

refers to the man-made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity, ranging from the large-scale civic surroundings to the personal places.

Question 11

Adaptive Strategies

Answer 11

The unique way in which each culture uses its particular physical environment; Those aspects of culture that serve to provide the necessities of life - Food, clothing, shelter, and defense.