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unit 3 Flashcards

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culture

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made up of shared attitudes, practices, behaviors, and technology in a society

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culture trait

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a single attribute of a culture,
such as the behavior of bowing to show respect

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A particular religious trait might impact a woman’s role in society, voting power, and rates of populations NIR

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cultural placemaking

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the making of a place’s unique combination of a culture trait and their reflection in the landscape

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Certain trait define place: give an example.

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the cultural trait related to country music contribute to the the cultural placemaking of Nashville, Tennesee

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cultural relativism

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looking at a culture in a different POV, their own

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Ethnocentrism

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religions think they are the best, thought that your culture is the “center” of the cultural universe: putting culture on pedastol

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cultural landscape

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imprints of cultural traits

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ethnicity

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a people or group of people who identify with each other

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what are the types of diffusion

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expansion, contagious, hierarchical, reverse hierarchical, relocation, stimulus

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relocation diffusion

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the spread of culture or cultural traits by people who migrate and carry their cultural trait with them

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expansion diffusion

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the spread of cultural traits outward through exchange without migration: different person must adopt trait

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contagious diffusion

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cultural trait spreads continuously outward from its hearth through CONTACT AMONG PEOPLE

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Hierarchical diffusion

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when the culture trait spreads from a place or person of power to another leveled patterm

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Reverse Hierarchical diffusion

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a trait diffusing from a group of lower status people to a group of higher status

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Ethnic neighborhood

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an area within a city that has a concentrated population of a particular ethnic group

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feminist geography focuses on gender roles in various societies and how it shapes the way people intersct with cultural landscape

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Acculuration

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Acculturation refers to a person retaining significant parts of his or her previous culture while adopting some parts of the new culture.

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Assimilation

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Assimilation occurs when a person moves into a new culture and retains very few, if any, of his or her their previous cultural traits

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Culture Trait

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representative of a religious belief system, a nonmaterial cultural trait.

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Syncretism

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Syncretism is the blending of different cultures or religions

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sequent occupancy

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involves looking in a cultural landscape for traits for imprints of different groups or people who occupied the space before and left cultural traits

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universalizing religion

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try to have a universal appeal and attract all people to their beliefs

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ethnic religions

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attempt to appeal not to all people, but only to one group

ethnic religions spread through relocation proccesses

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language families

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what languages are organized into based on their hearths

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language divergence

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when speakers of the same language relocate and develop variations or dialects to it to meet their new surroundings

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language shifts

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language shifts is when speakers come into context with other languages and a blending of two or more languages occur

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toponyms

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place names that reflect cultural identity

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Ways toponyms can relate to cultural identity
EXAMPLES

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physical features: Grand Canyon (big canyon)
historical events happened in the place
value, aspirations of place: Jerusalem (Jews live there)

30
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cultural imperalism

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invasion of CULTURE with the intent of dominating the invaded culture politically, economically, or socially

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cultural nationalism

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the resistance by a group of people against cultural imperialism

32
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Name a way culture can diffuse through modern culure.

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Social Media!

33
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cultural convergence

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occurs when two cultures interact and become more alike

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globalization

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how cultures interact on a global scale

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material culture

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clothing
food
literature/art
houses/public buildings

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nonmaterial culture

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language/religion
education systems
government/law systems
music/holidays

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a sense of place

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a phenomenon or feeling with a particular geographical location

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centripetal forces

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unites place/people

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centrifugal forces

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forces that divide a country

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Lingua Franca

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a language which is commoly spoken and understood by members of society

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diaspora

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the dispersion of people from their OG homeland

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syncretism

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syncretism: development of a new cultural trait as a result of the blending of two distinct but interacting cultures

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