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Culture

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The beliefs, values, practices, behaviors, and technologies shared by a society and passed down from generation to generation.

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Cultural Trait

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a single attribute of a culture.

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Artifacts

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Visible objects and technologies that a culture creates.

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Sociofacts

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Structures and organizations that influence social behavior.

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Popular Culture

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Widespread behaviors, beliefs, and practices of ordinary people in society that a given point in time tend to change quickly.

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Traditional Culture

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Composed of long established behaviors, beliefs, and practices passed down from generation to generation.

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Cultural Norms

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Shared standards and patterns that guide the behavior of a group of people, play an important role in upholding traditions and keep traditional culture from changing.

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Ethnocentrism

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The tendency of ethnic groups to evaluate other groups according to preconceived ideas originating from their own culture.

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Cultural Relativism

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Evaluation of a culture solely by its unique standards.

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Cultural Landscape

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A natural landscape that has been modified by humans reflecting their cultural beliefs and values.

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Identity

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How humans make sense of themselves and how they wish to be viewed by others.

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Sequent Occupance

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The notion that successive societies leave behind their cultural imprint.

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Ethnicity

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The state of belonging to a group of people who share common cultural characteristics.

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Ethnic Neighborhoods

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Cultural landscapes within communities of people outside their areas of origin.

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Traditional Architecture

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Established building styles of different cultures, religions, and places.

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Postmodern Architecture

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Emerged in the 1960’s as a reaction to modern designs which emphasized form, structure and materials.

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Religion

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A system of spiritual beliefs that helps firm cultural perceptions, attitudes, beliefs, and values.

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Pilgrimage

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A journey to a holy place for spiritual reasons.

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Language

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Carrier of human thoughts and cultural identities.

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Toponyms

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Help define what is unique about a place

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Gendered Spaces

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When a society has strict roles for men and women, certain spaces may be designed and deliberately incorporated into the landscape to accommodate gender roles.

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Gender Identity

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How individuals perceive themselves and what they call themselves.

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Safe Space

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Spaces of acceptance for people such as members of the LGBTQIA+ community who are sometimes marginalized by society.

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Gentrification

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The renovations and improvements conforming to middle class preferences

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Third Space
Refers to a communal space
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Sense of place
A geographic location with meaning by connecting memories and feelings to it.
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Placemaking
Community driven process in which people collaborate to create a place where they can live, work, play, and learn.
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Dialects
Variation of a standard language specific to a general area.
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Adherents
A person who is loyal to a belief, religion, or organization.
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Denomination
A separate church organization that unites a number of local congregations.
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Sect
A relatively Small group that has separated from an established denomination.
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Centripetal Force
A forces that unites a group of people
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Centrifugal Force
A force that divides a group of people
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Expansion Diffusion
the spread of a cultural trait outward from where it originated
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Contagious Diffusion
the process by which an idea or cultural trait spreads rapidly among people of all social classes and levels of power
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Hierarchical Diffusion
the spread of an idea or trait from a person or place of power or authority to other people or places
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Stimulus Diffusion
the process by which a cultural trait or idea spreads to another culture or region but is modified to adapt to the new culture
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Lingua Franca
common language used among speakers of different languages
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Creolization
the blending of two or more languages that may not include the features of either original language
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Cultural Convergence
the process by which cultures become more similar through interaction
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Cultural Divergence
the process by which cultures become less similar due to conflicting beliefs or other barriers
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Acculturation
the process by which people within one culture adopt some of the traits of another while still retaining their own distinct culture
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Assimilation
a category of acculturation in which the interaction of two cultures results in one culture adopting almost all of the customs, traditions, language, and other cultural traits of the other
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Syncretism
process of innovation combining different cultural features into something new
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Multiculturalism
a situation in which different cultures live together without assimilating
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Collectivist Cultures
a culture in which people are expected to conform to collective responsibility within the family and to be obedient to and respectful of elder family members
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Cultural Appropriation
the act of adopting elements of another culture
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Language Family
a group of languages that share a common ancestral language from a particular hearth, or region of origin
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Isolate
a language that is unrelated to any other known language
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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
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Language Groups
languages within a language branch that share a common ancestor in the relatively recent past and have vocabularies with a high degree of overlap
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Universalizing Religion
a religion that tries to appeal to all humans and is open to membership by everyone
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Ethnic Religions
a religion that is closely tied with a particular ethnic group living in a particular place
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Secularists
focused on worldly rather than spiritual concerns
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Indigenous
peoples defined in international or national legislation as having a set of specific rights based on their historical ties to a particular territory
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Ethnic Enclave
a neighborhood, district, or suburb which retains some cultural distinction from a larger, surrounding area
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Ethnic Island
a small rural area settled by a single, distinctive ethnic group that placed its imprint on the landscape
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Linguistic
A system of communication through the use of speech
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Colonialism
the process by which one nation exercises near complete control over another country which they have settled and taken over
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Imperialism
Forceful extension of a nation's authority by conquest or by establishing economic and political domination of other nations that aren't it's colonies.
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Ethnic Cleansing
Process in which more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogeneous region
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Genocide
the deliberate and systematic destruction of a group of people because of their ethnicity, nationality, religion, or race
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Hajj
Muslim Pilgrimage. If physically and financially able, a Muslim makes a pilgrimage to Makkah (Mecca). They usually make the trip around Ramadan.
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Minaret
A tall tower that is part of a mosque with a balcony from which a muezzin calls Muslims to prayer.
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Dome of the Rock
Mosque constructed adjacent to western wall. Believe the rock it is built around where mohammed arrived from mecca and then ascended to heaven
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Western Wall Temple Mount
located in Jerusalem, it is the holiest of Jewish sites and supported the Second Temple, also known as the "Wailing Wall
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Sacred Sites
the place where religious figures and congregations meet to perform religious ceremonies.
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Shinto
Religion located in Japan and related to Buddhism.
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Confucianism
The system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and conduct
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Isogloss
a boundary line between two distinct linguistic regions
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Racism
a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.
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Race
A group of human beings distinguished by physical traits, blood types, genetic code patterns or genetically inherited characteristics
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Animism
Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life
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Polytheistic Religion
belief in multiple gods, usually that are responsible for different areas of the universe and of human experience
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Monotheistic Religion
the belief that there is only one god or divine being
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Reincarnation
the idea that after this life you will come back in another life either as a plant, animal, or a human life
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Caste System
a set of rigid social categories that determined not only a person's occupation and economic potential, but also his or her position in society.
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Pidgin Language
A form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca, used for communications among speakers of two different languages.
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Non-Material Culture
Anything on the landscape that comprises culture that cannot be physically touched

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