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AP Human Geography > 3.1 vocab > Flashcards

3.1 vocab Flashcards

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the manner in which people speak and the way words are pronounced in different parts of the world

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Accent

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The adoption of cultural traits, such as language, by one group under the influence of another.

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Acculturation

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3
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Belief that nothing can be known about whether God exists.

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Agnostic

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the concept that multiethnic societies become a merger of the culture traits of their member groups.

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Amalgamation Theory

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proposes that the dispersal of Proto-Indo-Europeans originated in Neolithic Anatolia

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Anatolian Hypothesis

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Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and life.

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Animism

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the language of Islam

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Arabic

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Any item, made by humans, that represents a material aspect of culture

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artifact

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the process through which people lose originally differentiating traits, when they come into contact with another society or culture (dominant)

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Assimilation

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Belief that God doesn’t exist.

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Atheism

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A religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally.

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Autonomous Religion

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A monotheistic religion a development of Babiism, emphasizing the essential oneness of human kind and of all religions and seeking world peace.

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Baha’i

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A large and fundamental division within a religion

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Branch

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the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth.

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Buddhism

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the tangible (able to touch) human creation on the landscape

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Built Environment

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The class or distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned according to religious law

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Caste

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a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as embodied in the New Testament, emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior.

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Christianity

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an ancient Chinese belief system, which focuses on the importance of personal ethics and morality.

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Confucianism

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a model that shows the place where concentration of culture traits that characterizes a region is greatest

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Core-Domain-Sphere Model

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A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe

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Cosomogony

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languages that are formed by the combination of two or more languages

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Creole

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a process in which an individual adopts, acquires and adjusts to a new cultural environment.

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Cultural Autonomy

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where different cultures become similar or even come together.

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Cultural Convergence

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in which cultures become separate and different from others

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Cultural Divergence

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the study of human adaptations to social and physical environments.

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Cultural Ecology

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Cultural attributes of an area often used to describe a place

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Cultural Landscape

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The concept that people of different culture will definitely observe and interpret their environment and make different decision about its nature, potentiality and use.

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Cultural Perception

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The group of traits that define a particular culture

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Cultural complex

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a place of origin for a widespread cultural trend.

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Cultural Hearth

30
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is a geographical region where cultural traits maintain homogeneity (all the same/same kind)

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Culture Realm

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a geographic region that is characterized by a predominantly uniform culture

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Culture Region

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The specific customs that are part of the everyday life of a particular culture

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Culture Trait

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The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group of people performing the act

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