AP Human Geography Unit 3: Culture Vocabulary

Fill-in-the-blank practice flashcards covering all 34 key terms and definitions from AP Human Geography Unit 3: Culture.

__________ are the material things a culture uses or makes, such as tools, clothing, and housing.

Artifacts

The ideas, values, and beliefs of a culture, including language, religion, and folklore, are called __________.

Mentifacts

__________ are the ways people and groups organize and interact, including family, political, educational, and religious institutions.

Sociofacts

The art or practice of designing and constructing buildings is referred to as __________.

Architecture

Understanding a person's beliefs and practices within their own culture instead of judging them by another culture's standards is known as __________.

Cultural relativism

A repeated behavior or tradition that becomes part of a group's culture is a __________.

Custom

Judging another culture using the standards and beliefs of your own culture is called __________.

Ethnocentrism

A rigid social class system in which people are traditionally born into a caste, with different privileges and limits, is a __________.

Caste System

The original people of a region, before later groups settled there, are known as __________.

Indigenous people

__________ is the idea that a place's present cultural landscape reflects the changes made by the different societies that lived there over time.

Sequent Occupance

The feelings and identity that people connect to a particular location describe a __________.

Sense of place

A language that develops from contact between languages and becomes the main language of a community is a __________.

Creole or creolized language

The scattering or movement of people away from their homeland is called a __________.

Diaspora

A common language that people with different native languages use to communicate, often for trade or business, is a __________.

Lingua franca

The process in which two or more cultures become more similar through interaction is known as __________.

Cultural convergence

The process in which cultures become more different, often because they have little interaction, is called __________.

Cultural divergence

A language native to a region and traditionally spoken by its Indigenous people is an __________.

Indigenous language

The point at which a language is no longer spoken by anyone as a native language is called __________.

Language extinction

A form of a language used by a group, with differences in vocabulary or pronunciation, is a __________.

Dialect

Cultural traditions generally shared by a particular ethnic group, often in a specific area, are called __________.

Ethnic (folk) culture

A religion closely connected to a particular ethnic group and often concentrated in a specific region is an __________.

Ethnic religion

A group of languages that developed from the same original language, called a proto-language, is a __________.

Language family

A religion that seeks followers from all people and has a worldwide focus is a __________.

Universalizing religion

The adoption of some cultural traits by one group through contact with another culture is known as __________.

Acculturation

The process in which a person or group loses distinctive cultural traits and adopts those of the surrounding or dominant culture is called __________.

Assimilation

The coexistence of different ethnic or cultural groups while they maintain their identities is __________.

Multiculturalism

The blending of traits from two different cultures to create a new cultural trait is called __________.

Syncretism

A philosophy or approach to public life that does not rely on religious beliefs or authority is __________.

Secularism

Something that a culture or religion considers forbidden or unacceptable is a __________.

Taboo

Belief in only one god is called __________.

Monotheism

Belief in more than one god is called __________.

Polytheism

A major division within a religion is a __________.

Branch

In AP Human Geography, cultural differences in how men and women are treated and the roles expected of them define __________.

Gender

A journey to a place that has religious significance is a __________.

Pilgrimage