Unit 3 Terms

Question 1

Cultural trait

Answer 1

Material and non material things that make up the culture

Question 2

Cultural relativism

Answer 2

Not judging anyone’s beliefs and actions and trying to understand why they do that.

Question 3

Ethnocentrism

Answer 3

Judging others culture’s based on your beliefs and culture.

Question 4

Cultural landscape

Answer 4

Landscape that has been shaped by human involvement, that have expressions of regional identity.

Question 5

Traditional Architecture

Answer 5

Buildings built by local people with local materials and resources as well as local techniques.

Question 6

Postmodern Architecture

Answer 6

Buildings that go against the formality and lack of variety in modern architecture.

Question 7

Linguistic

Answer 7

Language

Question 8

Ethnic Neighborhood

Answer 8

A place where the majority residing are from the same ethnic background.

Question 9

Ethnicity

Answer 9

Identity with a group of people who share a common identity with a specific homeland or hearth.

Question 10

Land use patterns

Answer 10

The way land is utilized and organized in a specific area. (Sequent occupance is show)

Question 11

Indigenous communities

Answer 11

A group of people who live within or are attached to geographically distinct traditional habitats.

Question 12

Place

Answer 12

A location

Question 13

Placemaking

Answer 13

A multifaceted approach to the planning, design and management of public spaces.

Question 14

Centripetal force

Answer 14

Forces that binds people or states together

Question 15

Centrifugal Force

Answer 15

Forces that push people away from a place or create a division within a state or area.

Question 16

Relocation

Answer 16

Moving people and their cultural traits from one place to another.

Question 17

Diffusion

Answer 17

The spread of an idea or characteristics over time.

Question 18

Hierarchical diffusion

Answer 18

When a cultural trend is spreading from one segment of society to another in a pattern

Question 19

Stimulus diffusion

Answer 19

When a cultural trait or idea diffuses from its origin to another place, and is changed by the adoptees.

Question 20

Contagious diffusion

Answer 20

An idea spreading from one person to another through contact.

Question 21

Expansion

Answer 21

The process of spreading anything beyond their origin, leading to a broader influence and adoption in new areas.

Question 22

Lingua franca

Answer 22

A common language that allows speakers to communicate without problems

Question 23

Creolization

Answer 23

The process of social and cultural change occurring in societies experiencing rapid social flux.

Question 24

Urbanization

Answer 24

The process of which cities and more urban areas grow and expand and the population increases.

Question 25

Colonialism

Answer 25

Where a country has almost complete control over a country that they have settled in.

Question 26

Imperialism

Answer 26

A policy that lets a country extend its power to take over a another country through colonization

Question 27

Globalization

Answer 27

The increasing connection between different characteristics wound the world

Question 28

Time Space Convergence

Answer 28

The decline in travel time to get from one place to another

Question 29

Cultural convergence

Answer 29

When two or more cultures influence each other and become increasingly similar.

Question 30

Cultural divergence

Answer 30

Where cultures become more and more different as time goes on.

Question 31

Language family

Answer 31

A group of languages that come from the same base language.

Question 32

Dialect

Answer 32

The distinct variation in the way a language is spoken.

Question 33

Ethnic culture

Answer 33

A shared set of customs, beliefs, languages, traditions which distinguishes different cultures.

Question 34

Cultural hearth

Answer 34

A center for innovation and invention, where new ideas are developed and then transmitted into other cultures

Question 35

Gender roles

Answer 35

the societal norms and expectations that dictate how individuals should behave, dress, and conduct themselves based on their perceived gender.

Question 36

Indo-European language family

Answer 36

a family of languages that includes branches like Celtic, Germanic, Italic, and Indo-Iranian, spoken across Europe and parts of Asia.

Question 37

Toponyms

Answer 37

A name given to a place.

Question 38

Universalizing religion

Answer 38

offer belief systems that are attractive to the universal population

Question 39

Gravity model

Answer 39

explains how regions of human populated areas interact and are influenced by the variables of their populations and the distance between them

Question 40

Ethnic religion

Answer 40

relate closely to culture, ethnic heritage, and to the physical geography of a particular place.

Question 41

Acculturation

Answer 41

the adoption of certain cultural and social characteristics of one society by another society

Question 42

Assimilation

Answer 42

the complete integration of someone of minority status into a dominant culture.

Question 43

Multiculturalism

Answer 43

the acceptance of different cultures in a society and the active support of these cultural differences by both the majority and minority group members.

Question 44

Folk Culture

Answer 44

Practices that are mostly done by smaller less dominant groups that increase uniqueness in that group

Question 45

Place Utility

Answer 45

How much a person like a place and its characteristics

Question 46

Push-Pull Factors

Answer 46

Factors that push and pull people towards, and away from a place

Question 47

Space-Time Compression

Answer 47

The shortening of the time to get from one place to another

Question 48

Popular Culture

Answer 48

A culture that is very dominant

Question 49

Functional Region

Answer 49

A region that is centered around a node.

Question 50

Perceptual Region

Answer 50

A region that is defined by how people believe it to be.

Question 51

Ethnic Enclave

Answer 51

A group of ethnic peoples that live in one area