AP Human Geography unit 3.1

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introduction to culture.

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Culture

The shared beliefs, values, practices, behaviors, and technologies of a society.

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Cultural traits

Visible and invisible attributes that combine to make up a group's culture. Examples include:

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What are some examples of cultural traits.

Artifacts, Sociofacts, Mentifacts.

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Artifact

Visible, physical objects created by a culture.

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What are some examples of an artifact?

Houses, Clothing, Architecture, Toys, Tools, and Furniture.

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Mentifacts

The ideas, beliefs, values and knowledge of a culture.

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What are some examples of mentifacts?

Religious Beliefs, Language, Food Preferences, & Taboos

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Sociofacts.

The ways in which a society behaves and organizes institutions.

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What are some examples of sociofacts?

Family, School/Education, Government, Religion, Land Use, and Gender Roles.

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What is local/traditional culture?

small, homogenous groups of people, often living in rural areas that are isolated and unlikely to change.

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Homogenous

the same/similar.

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What are some examples of local architecture?

Materials from the physical environment, like snow, mud, and stone.

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What are some examples of local land use?

Agricultural, Sense of place: Unique attributes and cultural influences.

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What is global/pop culture?

often living in urban areas that are connected through globalization and the internet/social media. Quick to change, time-space compression.

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Heterogenous

Largely populated.

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What are some examples of global pop architecture?

Materials from factories & manufactured.

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Glass, steel, drywall, cement.

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What are the two types of culture?

Local/traditional culture and global/pop culture.

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What are some global/pop land use examples?

Urban & suburban

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Placelessness: loss of uniqueness, very uniform.

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Local/traditional characteristics.

Homogeneous, oral traditions, changes slowly, emphasis on community, food is locally produced.

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Global/pop characteristics.

Heterogeneous, mass media, changes rapidly, emphasis on the individual, weakly defined gender roles.

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Cultural Norms.

Agreed upon cultural practices or standards that guide the behavior of a culture.

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Cultural Taboos

Behaviors heavily discouraged by a culture.

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Ethnocentrism

Judging another cultures because you believe yours is better.

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Eskimo related to ethnocentrism

Was a word used for outsiders, eaters of raw fish.

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Inuit related to ethnocentrism.

means real people, used by members of the group.

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Cultural Relativism.

Viewing a culture unbiased, just trying to understand another's culture.