AP Human Geography Chapter 4: Culture and Social Media Vocab

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Where are Cultural Groups Distributed, Where are Leisure & Material Culture Distributed, Why is Access to Culture Unequal, and Why do Cultures Face Sustainability Challenges

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Alternative Fact

A statement that can be proved false

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Cyber Espionage

The unauthorized and clandestine deployment of a virus to observe or destroy in the computer systems of government agencies and large corporations

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Franchise

An agreement between a corporation and businesspeople to market that corporation's products in a local area

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Popular Culture

Culture found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics

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Terroir

The contribution of a location's distinctive physical features to the way food tastes

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Cultural Homogenization

The process of reduction in cultural diversity through the diffusion of popular culture

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Fake News

A false report disseminated under the guise of an authentic news report, created to maliciously spread misinformation and mislead consumers of the content

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Habit

A repetitive act performed by a particular individual

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Ransomware

A form of malware that encrypts the victim's files, making them inaccessible, until a ransom is paid to decrypt them

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Trolling

The practice of posting deliberately inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in social media in order to provoke quarrels or otherwise agitate people

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Custom

The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group of people performing the act

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Folk Culture

Culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups

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Malware

Hostile or intrusive software designed to cause intentional harm

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Taboo

A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom

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Assimilation

Abandoning your cultural traits for new ones

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Material Culture

Something tangible that's been given value (cars, homes, Air Jordan)

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Neolocalism

Building a sense of community (New Ulm)

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Glocalization

A product is distributed globally but adjusted to fit local market

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Cultural Landscape

All things humans do to alter the landscape, unique "fingerprint"

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Non-material Culture

Ideas or practices that are dear to a group (government, weddings)

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Commodification

Turning a trait into a product to sell (baseball sweatshirts)

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Global-local Continuum

The notion that what happens at the global scale has a direct effect on what happens at the local scale, and vice versa (a local agriculture community might export food globally)

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Cultural Hearth

Place of origin for a widespread cultural trend

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Cultural Appropriation

The adoption of customs by other cultures (dream catchers)

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Placelessness

Loss of uniqueness in a culture landscape (result of globalization and convergence creating a uniform landscape)

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