AP HuG 3.1-3.3

Culture

the social heritage of a group or their way of life. Major components are language, religion, ethnicity, food, and gender roles

Artifacts

The material manifestation of culture, including tools, housing, systems of land use, clothing, etc. "What a culture uses"

Secularism

a philosophy that interprets life on principles taken solely from the material world, without recourse to religion.

Taboo

something that is forbidden by a culture or a religion, sometimes so forbidden that it is often not even discussed

Mentifacts

The central, enduring elements of a culture expressing its values and beliefs, including language, religion, folklore, and etc. "What a culture believes"

Sociofacts

The institutions and links between individuals and groups that unite a culture, including family structure and political, educational and religious institutions. "What a culture does"

Architecture

the art or practice of designing and constructing buildings.

Cultural relativism

the idea that a person's beliefs, values, and practices should be understood based on that person's own culture, rather than be judged through the eyes of another culture

Custom

something that a group of people does repeatedly that becomes part of their culture (for example, bowing instead of shaking hands in Japan)

Ethnocentrism

judging people or traditions based on your own cultural standards

Cultural Landscape

the title of our textbook and more importantly, the visible changes that humans make to the environment including buildings, crops, and signs

Caste System

a rigid set of social classes that provides privileges for the higher classes and limits on the lower classes

Indigenous people

the original settlers of a given region, in contrast to groups that have settled the area more recently

Sequent Occupance

the idea that the current cultural landscape is a combination of all the societies who lived there previously and the changes each group made

Sense of place

a strong feeling of identity that is deeply felt by inhabitants and visitors of a location

Acculturation

adoption of cultural traits, such as language, by one group under the influence of another

Assimilation

the process of a person or group losing the cultural traits that made them distinct from the people around them

Multiculturalism

when various ethnic groups coexist with one another without having to sacrifice their particular identities

Syncretism

the blending traits from two different cultures to form a new trait