APHUG Unit 3

Cultural Diffusion

Spread of a cultural trait, aspect, practice, or innovation from a group of people to another

Folk Culture

Traditional cultures and practices usually from rural small groups of people that can’t be changed very easily

Popular Culture

Culture practices found in large heterogenous groups of people that share certain characteristics while being physically different

Cultural Landscape

Landscape where many cultures are present and human activity represents this

Language Family

Group of languages that have share the same ancestral language

Globalization

Ideas and cultures spreading across the world through people and trade

Cultural convergence

When cultures become very similar as they interact more

Cultural divergence

When cultures become more different or separated as they interact more

Placelessness

Loss of uniqueness in a place as the landscape loses the uniqueness and special characteristisc

Ethnocentrism

Belief that someone’s own culture is superior is better than someone elses comparing their standards to the others.