Unit 3 Flashcards
Acculturation
The change that results from two cultures 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 culture group
Culture differences
Broad categories or themes that geographers study
Culture realms
That largest culture regions
Culture region
Area wherein a social group possesses all behavior and structures that identify is as a culture group
Culture traits
Culture traits are those learned elements of culture such as language
Diffusion
The distribution or spreading of a culture and or a culture trait
Emile Durkheim
Argues that totemism was the basic beginning of all other
Ethnic group
Related to a culture groups location
Expansion diffusion
Describes how the number of the people that possess a particular culture trait increases
Folk culture
The beliefs and customs of a cultural group that is relatively isolated from other cultures groups influenced
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
