Culture
The shared beliefs, practices, traits and behaviors of a society is a _______
Cultural traits
Visible and invisible traits of a culture group
Artifacts
Physical objects that were created by a culture
Sociofacts
The structure and organization of a culture that influence a culture
Mentifacts
The beliefs, ideas, values, and knowledge of a culture (Not physical)
Traditional culture
Small groups of people that usually come from a certain area in a world and dont have much change to their culture
Global/popular culture
Large cultures that are full of change and “trends“. Connected with online social media and changing much overtime
Cultural Norms
Normal agreed upon practices in a culture that guide the behavior of a culture
Cultural taboos
Things in a culture that are usually frowned upon and disapproving
Ethnocentrism
comparing and judging another culture upon your own beliefs. Usually means that one side believes that their side is more correct than another side
Nativism
the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
Cultural Relativism
An unbiased way of looking at another culture and their beliefs
Cultural landscape
areas of land that have been reshaped by humans to project their viewing of their cultural beliefs
Sequent Occupance
The idea that cultures usually change the area around them to imprint their cultural beliefs
Ethnic neighborhoods/enclaves
Areas in the world where 1 culture and group are collected together in 1 spot/town/area
Ethnic patterns
Predictable movement/distribution of people in different cultures
Gendered spaces
Places in cultural landscapes that have been changed to accomodate for both/all genders
land use patterns
cultural landscapes patterns
cultural realm
an area of the world that share the same or similar cultural belief
Centripetal forces
Forces that unify and connect and PASTE a country/culture/realm
Centrifugal forces
Characteristics that divide/FRACTURE a country/cultural/realm
Cultural Hearth
The area where a culture originated from and where its diffused from
Diffusion
The movement and spread of a culture and their traits, knowledge, ideas, and trends
Contagious diffusion
A culture being spread through close contact with other people
Hierarchical diffusion
Diffusion through wealthy higher classed people down to classes beneath them
Reverse hierarchical diffusion
The spread of culture from lower less wealthy classes UP to higher more wealthy classes
Stimulus diffusion
As cultures are diffused they are modified/changed to fit that certain areas needs
Acculturation
Long contact between 2 cultures will result in ___________ where one of the cultures adopt some traits from the other culture
Assimilation
When one culture abandons their own culture and entirely joins another one
Multiculturalism
The acceptance and tolerance of multiple cultures living close together
Syncretism
When 2 cultures or cultural traits fuse together and create a new SYNCED culture or cultural traits that represents both cultures
Imperialism
The power to dominate over another country through force or diplomacy
Colonialism
When a country creates settlements in another country to get political and/or economic gain
Neocolonialism
where dominance over another country can be obtained through cultural/political/economic INFLUENCE
Pidgin language
extremely simplified language that can be understood anywhere
Creole language
2 languages fused together to create a language that both cultures can understand and use
Lingua Franca
The most extremely common set language that most people can understand. Used for mostly business
Dialects
Different tones or ways of speaking a certain language
Friction of distance
The farther away a culture is diffused from a heath, the more it is changed or altered or even far enough where it is unable to diffuse anymore
Globalization
the trend of increased cultural and economic connectedness around the WORLD
time space compression
the shrinking of the world due to advancements and technology and easier access to connectedness
Cultural Divergence
People leaving cultures or partially leaving cultures for different reasons
Cultural convergence
The process of two or more cultures coming into contact with each other and adopting each other’s traits to become more alike
Language Family
Largest group of related languages which are connected through a common, ancient ancestry and trace back to a common hearth.
language branch
Collection of languages that share a common origin from thousands of years ago. They were separated from other languages in their family and now are distinctive although related.
language group
Collection of languages that share a more recent past with similar vocabularies and some overlap.