Week 7: Environmental Impact Flashcards
Acculturation
the change that results from two cultural groups coming into contact with one another
Assimilation
A type of acculturation wherein a culture gradually adopts the language
Contagious diffusion
Involves a rapid and invasive diffusion of a trait through the culture group
Culture complex
The combination of related traits that identify a specific cultural group
cultural differences
Broad categories or themes that geographer study
cultural realms
the largest cultural regions
Culture regions
Areas wherein a social group possesses all the behaviors and structures that identify it as a culture group
Culture traits
Culture traits are thise learned elements of culture such as language
Diffusion
The distribution of spreading of a culture and/or a culture trait
Emile Durkheim
Argued that totemism was the basic beginning of all other
Ethnic group
Related to a culture group’s location
Expansion diffusion
Describes how the number of people that possess a particular culture trait increases
Folk culture
The beliefs and customs of a cultural group that is relatively isolated from other culture group’s influences
Hierarchical diffusion
Diffusion that moves from powerful or large items to small or weaker items
Popular culture
Customs and beliefs that arise within a diverse culture realm that is made up of a variety of culture groups
