Chapter 2 Roots and Meaning of Culture: Introduction

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Relocation diffusion

________ is when innovation is brought to new areas by migrating people who possess it.

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Humans

________ began using metal instead of stones and they modified plants, terrain and water.

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Geographers

________ also believe in cultural autonomy which states that cultures are equally likely to build any set of cultural traits no matter what environmental circumstances are like.

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hunter gatherers

Humans were all ________ and people depended on the year- round availability of food and animals.

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cultural landscape

The ________ represents how a given culture modified and left its record on the land.

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available technology

The carrying capacity of a region depends on the ________ which was quite low for the hunter- gatherers.

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Expansion diffusion

________ is when the spread of a culture trait is adopted after contact with those who do practice the trait.

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Diffusion

________ is the process by which an idea or innovation is transmitted from one individual or group to another across space.

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Premodern

________ and traditional societies are not very innovative because they resist change as it can bring a new reality of different socioeconomic conditions.

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sociological subsystem

The ________ is about the patterns of interpersonal relations and social rituals in a culture.

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Culture hearth

________ is used to describe the centers of innovation and invention.

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Cultures

________ do not exist in isolation; they all overlap and are interrelated in a way.

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Hierarchical diffusion

________ is when an idea transfers from a larger area to a smaller area or between more important individuals before the general population.

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Contagious diffusion

________ is when one area practices something and it spreads to a neighboring area.

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Cultural differences

________ can represent the difference between a human from the stone age to a human living in New York, but it can also be as subtle as the "feel "of urban Paris, Moscow and New York.

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social scientist

To a(n) ________, culture is the specialized behavioral patterns, understandings, adaptations, and social systems that summarize a group of peoples learned way of life.

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Cultural convergence

________ is where humans share their technology, organizational structures and cultural traits 2.6 The Structure of Culture.

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Humans

________ always modify their environment and cater it to their cultural landscape.

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