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Acculturation
Process of changes in culture that result from the meeting of two groups, each of which retains distinct cultural features
Assimilation
Process by which a group’s cultural features are altered to resemble those of another more dominant group
Contagious Diffusion
The rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population
Cultural Convergence
Theory that two cultures will be more and more like each other as their interactions increase
Cultural Divergence
Occurs when cultures become more different from other cultures
Cultural Landscape
An approach to geography that emphasizes the relationships among social and physical phenomena in a particular study area
Cultural Relativism
Not judging a culture to our own standards of what is right or wrong, strange, or normal. Trying to understand cultural practices of other groups in their own context
Diffusion
The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time
Ethnic Cultures
Group of people bound together by cultural characteristics and clustered together in the same area
Ethnocentricism
Belief that own culture is superior
Ethnic Religion
Religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whose principles are likely to be based on physical characteristics of the particular location in which its adherents are concentrated (Hinduism and Judaism)
Expansion Diffusion
Spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in an additive process
Indigenous Communities
Group of people that inhabited a region before people of different ethnicity arrived and became the majority
Hierarchical Diffusion
Spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places
Multiculturalism
Different cultures in a society deserve value and respect for unique differences
Relocation Diffusion
Spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another
Stimulus Diffusion
The spread of an underlying principle even though a specific characteristic is rejected (modification)
Syncretism
Combining of elements in two groups into a new cultural feature
Time Space Convergence
Reduction in the time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place as a result of improved communications and transportation systems
Centripetal Forces
An attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state
Centrifugal Forces
Forces or attitudes that tend to divide a state
Ethnic Neighborhoods
Concentrations of people from the same ethnicity in certain pockets of the city
Gender Roles
Conveys the idea that there are certain social expectations and rights associated with being a man or woman
Race vs. Ethnicity
The idea of race refers to superficial physical differences that a particular society considers significant, while ethnicity describes shared culture.
Creolization/Creolized Languages
A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer’s language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated
Dialect
A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation
Indo-European
Largest language family
Hearth
Region from which innovative ideas originate
Language Family
A collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history
Language
System of communication through the use of speech, collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning
Lingua Franca
Language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages
Toponyms
Name given to a portion of Earth’s surface
Universalizing Religion
A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location (Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Sikhism)
Sequent Occupance
cultures leave MARK on geographic location
Official Language
Used by government for law, reports, and public. Usually understood by majority of citizens
Language Family
Collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed before recorded history
Language Branch
Collection of languages in a family through common ancestral language
Language Group
Collection of languages within a branch with a common origin
Pidgin Language
Mix of simple language
Isogloss
Geographic boundaries for distribution of dialects and specific words
Ebonics
Combination of ebony and phonics
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