Culture~ human geo

identity

race

Ethnicity

A group of people with a common national or cultural tie

nationality

Ethnocentrism

Judging another culture by closely they resemble one’s own’s cultural standards

stereotype

A mental idea/ thought that comes to mind when a group of people are mentioned( usually biased and false)

prejudice

A strong emotional dislike/ like of a ethnic, racial or cultural group

discrimination

treating another racial, ethnic, or cultural group unequally

culture

the common way of life of a group of people

cultural trait

a person’s traditions, food and language, religion, dress etc. 

custom

repetitive act of a GROUP that is usually seen as a characteristic of a group

cultural norm

cultural taboo

diversity

material culture

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popular culture

large. heterogeneous groups of culture that is widespread. 

folk culture 

a culture that is in small/ native and homogeneous groups

language family

collection of languages that a re related to a common big language.

lingua franca

A language of international communication

dialect

A part of language that has a particular and distinct pronunciation, vocab different from other dialects.

culture region

An area that shares the same culture.

cultural trait

a traits or qualites of a culture that make up that culture like religion, beliefs, and traditions.

indigenous culture

culture of the people who lived their before being colonized.

cultural diffusion

the spread of culture through interaction, military conquest, trade migration.

culture hearth

the place where a culture originated from

migration

the movement of people from one place to another leading to the spread of their beliefs, ideas, and practices. 

refugee

A person who fled away to another country for safety because of war persecution, or natural disasters.  

cultural preservation

the preservation or safe keeping of a culture by protecting tanglible places (churches, buildings, artifacts,) and folklore, lang’s + trads.

globalization

The spread of goods and ideas through countries.

cultural assimilation

when one groups culture it changed to fit the needs of another and it leads to a loss o f their own culture. 

melting pot 

A society in which multiple cultures mix together to form one, new, big culture. 

salad bowl/ mosaic

A society in which multiple distinct cultures can coexist without assimilating or destroying any culture.

monotheism and an example

A religion that believes in one god.Ex: Christianity and Islam

polytheism

A religion that believes in many gods. Ex: Hinduism

agnoticism

A person who doesn’t believes that God can be proven or disapoven.

atheism

There is no god at all.

branch/ denomination

a part of a religion/ section: Ex: sunni and shia from Islam

universalizing religion + ex

A religion that spread it’s beliefs to get more followers. Ex: Islam and Christianity

cultural landscape

The geographical area in which a societies’ culture has touched

Christianity

Islam

A religion about submitting to God and seeing Muhammad as the true Prophet and Ishmael as the correct son.

Judaism

A monotheistic religion that believes that Messiah is the true one that will save them.

Asian cultures bowing when they meet is an example of a …

custom 

denomination

a specific smaller part of a denomination of a religion or the overall religion.

Is baptist a denomination of Christianity or branch?

denomination