Vocab 3 pt 2 Flashcards
Gentrification
the renovations and improvements conforming to middle-class preferences
Hierarchical diffusion
the spread of an idea or trait from a person or place of power or authority to other people or places
Identity
the ways in which humans make sense of themselves and how they with to be viewed by others
Isolate
a language that is unrelated to any other known language
Language
a distinct system of communication that is the carrier of human thoughts and cultural identities
Language branch
a collection of languages within a language family that share a common origin and separated from other branches in the same family several thousand years ago
Language family
a group of languages that share a common ancestral language from a particular hearth, or religion of origin
Language group
languages within a language branch that share a common ancestor in the relatively recent past and have vocabularies with a high degree of overlap
Lingua franca
common language used among speakers of different languages
Multiculturalism
a situation in which different cultures live together without assmilating
Pilgrimage
a journey to a holy place for spiritual reasons
Placemaking
a community-driven process in which people collaberate to create a place where they can live, work, play, and learn
Popular culture
the widespread behaviors, beliefs, and practices of ordinary people in society at a given point in time
Postmodern architecture
a building style that emerged as a reaction to “modern” designs, and values diversity in design
Religion
an area of Earth’s surface with certain characteristics that make it distinct yet cohesive from other areas
Relocation diffusion
the spread of culture traits through the movement of people
Seat
a relatively small group that has seperated from an established denomination
Secularized
focused on worldly rather than spiritual concerns
Sense of place
the subjective feelings and memories people associate with a geographic location
Stimulus Diffusion
the process by which a cultural trait or idea spread to another culture or region but its modified to adapt to the new culture
Syncretism
process of innovation combining different cultural features into something new
Traditional architecture
an established building style of different cultures, religions, and places
Traditional culture
the long established behaviors, beliefs, and practices passed down from generation to generation
