Ch.4 Flashcards
(28 cards)
Habit. Pg.115 KI 1
A repetitive act that an individual performs.
Ex.You going to the bathroom after you wake up.
Custom. Pg 115 KI 1
Repetition of an act to the extent that it becomes a characteristic of the group.
Ex.Going to a restaurant every Friday with your family.
Popular Culture. Pg.114 KI 1
Found in large, heterogeneous groups that share habits despite differences in other personal characteristics.
Ex. Hip Hop
Folk Culture Pg.114 KI 1
Traditionally practiced primarily by small, homogeneous groups.
Ex. Tribe dances
Taboo. Pg.124 KI 2
A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom.
Ex. Mormons not drinking alcohol
Uniform Landscape
Land areas that look the same.
Ex. Housing Tract
Perception
The way you or maybe someone else sees something
Ex. Me thinking that people are dumb.
Cultural Landscape
Land areas that are affected by culture
Ex.tribal areas
Culture realm
Where a culture exists.
Ex. Washington Redskins
Culture Hearth
Where a culture begins.
Ex. Hindus in India
Acculturation.
Modification of the culture of one or more people.
Ex.changing someone who likes something to another thing.
Cultural Ecology pg.34
A geographic approach that emphasizes human environmental relationship
Ex. A person who likes landscape and environment
Cultural/Environmental
Concept that people of diff. culture observe environment
Cultural convergence
Contact of two different cultures
Ex. Christians meeting Hindus
Core Domain Sphere Model
Concentration of culture traits that characterize a religion is greatest
Ex. LA
Built Environment
Man made surrounding
Ex.Houses. Turf
Artifact
Item that represents material from folk culture
Ex. An old vase
Assimilation
Act or process of assimilation or change in sound of speech .
Ex. Accent
Sociopath
Social structures of a culture, such as tribes
Ex. Hierarchy
Sequent occupance
Societies that leave cultural implant on a place
Ex. Cultural footprint
Possibilism
Environment sets limits on people but people can still overcome it
Mentifact
Ideas and beliefs of a culture
Ex.no eating foods.
Material Culture
Physical evidence of a culture in the objects and architecture
Globalization
Growth to a global or worldwide scale
Ex.hip hop
