Unit 3 - Cultural Patterns and Processes Flashcards

1
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A group’s learned behaviors, actions, beliefs, and objects

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culture

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2
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Belief systems, customs, and traditions; building blocks of culture

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cultural trait

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3
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A group of culture traits all interrelated and dominated by one essential trait

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cultural complex

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4
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The unifying expressive components of everyday life as enacted by localized, tradition-bound groups

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folk culture

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5
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The area in which a unique culture or specific trait develops

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culture hearth

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6
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The broad areas where groups share similar but not identical cultural traits

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cultural region

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7
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Clearly defined by government or experts (states)

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formal region

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8
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Based on interaction and are usually focused on a node or focus point

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functional region

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9
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Based on how people think about certain places

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perceptual region

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10
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How the boundaries of a region reflect the human imprint on the environment

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cultural landscape

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11
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Clusters of people of the same culture, but surrounded by people of a culture that is dominant in that region

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ethnic enclaves

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12
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Larger areas that include several regions

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culture realm

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13
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the process of intensified interaction among peoples, governments, and companies of different countries around the globe

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globalization

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14
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The increasing sense of connectivity that seems to be bringing people closer together even though their distances are the same.

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space-time compression

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15
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When cultural traits such as clothing, music, movies, and types of business spread quickly over a large area

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popular culture

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16
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The spreading of information, ideas, behaviors, and other aspects of culture over wide areas

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diffusion

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17
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The spread of cultural traits by people migrate and carry their cultural traits with them

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relocation diffusion

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18
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The spread of cultural traits through direct or indirect exchange without migration

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expansion diffusion

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19
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A cultural trait that spreads continuously outward from its hearth through contact among people

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contagious diffusion

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20
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The spread of culture outward from the most interconnected places or from centers of wealth and importance

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hierarchical diffusion

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21
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When a trait diffuses from the lower class to the higher class

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reverse hierarchical diffusion

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22
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When people in a culture adopt an underlying idea or process from another culture, but modify it because they reject one trait of it.

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stimulus diffusion

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23
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Assimilation to a different culture, typically the dominant one.

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acculturation

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24
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When an ethnic group can no longer be distinguished from the receiving group

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assimilation

25
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The co-existence of diverse cultures, where culture includes racial, religious, or cultural groups

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multiculturalism

26
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The policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants

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nativist

27
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A scientist who studies languages

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linguist

28
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A large group of languages that might all have descended from a language spoken about 6,000 years ago.

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Indo-European language family

29
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Shows how several languages are related to one another

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language tree

30
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Languages that originate from Latin.

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Romance language

31
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The boundaries between variations in pronunciation or word usage

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isogloss

32
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Sayings that attempt to express a truth about life such as “the early bird gets the worm”

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adage

33
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A common language used by people who do not share a native language

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lingua franca

34
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Informal language

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slang

35
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Two or more separate languages that mix and create a more formal structure and vocabulary so that they are no longer a pidgin language.

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creole language

36
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A simplified mixture of two languages that has fewer grammar rules and a smaller vocabulary

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pidgin language

37
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trade between Arab-speaking merchants and Banty-speaking residents resulted in the creation of this language

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Swahili

38
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A language designated by law to be the language of the government

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official language

39
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Countries made up largely of ethnically similar people

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homogeneous

40
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Membership in a group of people who share characteristics such as ancestry, language, customs, history, and common experience

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ethnicity

41
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peoples connection with a particular country

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nationality

42
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the source or origin where a religion or ethnicity began

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culture hearth

43
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an attempt to follow a literal interpretation of a religious faith

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fundamentalism

44
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Countries whose governments are run by religious leaders

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theocracies

45
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An Islamic religious law that governs not only religious rituals but also aspects of day-to-day life in Islam.

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sharia

46
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The process of re-embracing the uniqueness of a place

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neolocalism

47
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having one god

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monotheistic

48
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A rigid class structure

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caste system

49
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The idea that behaviors have consequences in the present life or in a future life

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karma

50
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Belief traditions that emphasize strong ethnic characteristics among their followers

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ethnic religion

51
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Actively seeks converts to its faith regardless of ethnic background

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universal religion

52
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A religious journey that is taken by a person to a sacred place of his or her religion

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pilgrimage

53
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A global migration of Hindus from India

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Diaspora

54
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having many gods

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polytheistic

55
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The belief that non-living objects have a spirit

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animism

56
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The first group to establish cultural and religious customs in a space

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charter group

57
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ethnic concentrations

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ethnic island

58
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Ethnic groups that move in and out of the neighborhoods and create a new cultural imprint on the landscape.

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sequent occupancy