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Cultural integration
Combining diverse cultures into a one cohesive society.
Formal region
An area defined by official boundaries and recognized by governmental or administrative entities.
Functional region
An area defined by a specific function or activity, often centered around a node or focal point, such as a metropolitan area or a trade zone.
Vernacular region
An area defined by people's perceptions and cultural identity rather than official boundaries, often based on local knowledge and language.
Cultural ecology
The study of how human cultures adapt to and modify their environments.
Maladaptive diffusion
The spread of cultural traits or practices that are harmful or detrimental to the environment or society.
Adaptive strategies
Methods that cultures use to survive and thrive in their environments.
Cultural hearth
The geographic area where a particular culture originated and developed.
Anglo American landscape
Cultural and physical imprint of English colonization of North America.
Material culture
The physical objects, resources, and spaces that people use to define their culture, including tools, clothing, and buildings.
Role of diffusion
The process by which cultural elements spread from one society to another, influencing social practices and lifestyles across different regions.
Globalization and popular culture characteristics
The worldwide spread of culture.
Nonmaterial culture
The intangible aspects of culture, such as beliefs, values, norms, and practices that shape a society's identity.
Architectural form
The style and design of buildings that reflect cultural values and practices, often influenced by geographical and historical factors.
Cultural shatter belt
A region where diverse cultural groups coexist and compete, often leading to conflict and fragmentation due to differing identities and interests.
Ethnic conflict
Disputes between ethnic groups.
Ethnic cleansing
The systematic removal or extermination of an ethnic group from a particular territory.
Sequent occupance
The process by which successive societies inhabit and transform a specific area, each leaving their cultural imprint.
Relocation diffusion
The spread of cultural traits through the movement of people from one place to another, leaving the hearth behind where it dies out.
Expansion diffusion
The diffusion of culture without leaving or allowing the hearth to die out.
Cultural core/ periphery pattern
The idea that the core holds the most influential and dominant traits of a culture, with the surrounding areas holding less influential ones.
Innovation adoption
The process of adopting new ideas and practices into a culture or just accepting them.
Syncretism
The blending of differing beliefs and practices to create a new, hybrid culture or belief system.
Cultural realm
A major area of cultural influence that encompasses a group of related culture regions sharing similar traits and characteristics.
Cultural complex
Smallest units of culture learned through relationships and interactions.
Cultural convergence
The process in which cultures become more similar.
Cultural transition zones
Areas where different cultures meet and blend.
Acculturation
One culture adopting traits from a more dominant culture while still maintaining its own traits.
Assimilation
Fully adopting the dominant culture and losing original cultural traits.
Ethnic enclave
A small area predominantly occupied by a particular ethnicity.
Ethnicity
Identity based off of culture, not genetic like race.
Ethnocentrism
The tendency of a culture to judge another culture against its own.
Race
Classification of humans based on physical characteristics like skin color.
Racism
The belief that race is the primary determinant of human capability.
Cultural landscape
The visible mark of human effects on the environment.
Chain migration
The process of one person migrating to a new area and then their family/ friends joining them.
Ethnic neighborhood
A neighborhood dominated by a particular ethnicity.
Ghetto
Minority dominated urban area, often poor.
Barrio
A Spanish speaking neighborhood.
Ethnic regions
Areas associated with a certain ethnicity.
Ethnic homeland
Place of origin for an ethnic group, often holding symbolic importance.
Popular culture
Worldwide, quickly spreading mass created culture like trends and entertainment.
Built environment
Human made structures and spaces.
Survey systems
Methods for dividing land, such as townships or range.
Folk culture
Traditional customs and practices, passed orally, that are specific to certain communities.
Traditional architecture
Architecture that reflects a culture, history and environment.
Impact on natural resources
Cultural effects on the environment, including resource consumption and sustainability.
Folk food
Traditional foods unique to a culture.
Folk house
Styles of houses specific to a culture, reflects resources and culture.
Sense of place
Emotional and cultural significance attributed to an area by its inhabitants.
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