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placelessness cultural landscape all looks alike no matter the location
placemaking deliberately shaping the environment to reflect the values of the people
postmodern architecture swishes and swoops
relocation diffusion physical movement, e.g., migration
sense of place the emotional feelings about a place
sequent occupancy multiple cultures leave their landscapes over time
Sikhism Univerilizing, small spatial extent, Punjab, India, Golden Temple
small-scale process local level, e.g., decentralization
stimulus diffusion a trait evolves as it moves across time and space
syncretism blending of religions
time-space convergence things travel faster because of technology
toponym placename; reflects the culture of the people
traditional architecture local building materials
universalizing religion large spatial pattern, appeals to all ethnicities
urbanization the growth of cities
acculturation adopting some of the traits or a more dominant culture
architecture indigenous, traditional, modern, post modern
assimilation adopting all of the traits of a more dominant culture
Buddhism universalizing, east and southeast Asia, hearth is India
centrifugal force push factors
centripetal force pull factors
Christianity universalizing, global spatial pattern, hearth is Jeruslsum, Israel
colonialism Western Europeans spreading culture and people to the Americas
contagious diffusion person to person, e.g., viral videos
creolization blending of languages
cultural convergence cultures merging
cultural divergence cultures becoming more different
cultural hearth where a cultural trait begins
cultural landscape how humans impact the earth’s surface
cultural relativism analyzing a culture without judgment
culture shared beliefs, behaviors, and technologies of a people
culture trait one specific act of a people; language
ethnicity people with a shared homeland
ethnic neighborhood minority ethnic group surrounded by a majority ethnic groups, usually voluntary
ethnic religion a religion with a concentrated spatial pattern
ethnocentrist judging other cultures to your own
expansion diffusion spreading outward from a hearth; three types
gender roles the expected behaviors of a gender
globalization the interconnectedness of all places and people
hierarchical diffusion moves through nodes of power
Hinduism ethnic religion, mostly India, Hearth is Ganges Valley
imperialism European control of Asia and Africa
indigenous community a region of an area where the original people reside
Indo-European language family 5,000 ago the ancestor of most the world’s most spoken languages
Islam Universalizing, middle east, Eastern Europe, Northern Africa, hearth is Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Kaaba
Judaism ethnic, Israel, half in US hearth is Israel Western Wall
language dialect regional variation
language family ancestor of modern languages from 5,000 years ago
large-scale process affect a whole country or the whole world, e.g., financial crisis
lingua franca a bridge language between two different languages
linguistic language
multiculturalism the acceptance and promotion of multiple cultures
pilgrimage trip to a hearth of holy land; Hajj to Mecca
placelessness cultural landscape all looks alike no matter the location
placemaking deliberately shaping the environment to reflect the values of the people
postmodern architecture swishes and swoops
relocation diffusion physical movement, e.g., migration
sense of place the emotional feelings about a place
sequent occupancy multiple cultures leave their landscapes over time
Sikhism Univerilizing, small spatial extent, Punjab, India, Golden Temple
small-scale process local level, e.g., decentralization
stimulus diffusion a trait evolves as it moves across time and space
syncretism blending of religions
time-space convergence things travel faster because of technology
toponym placename; reflects the culture of the people
traditional architecture local building materials
universalizing religion large spatial pattern, appeals to all ethnicities
urbanization the growth of cities
acculturation
adopting some of the traits or a more dominant culture
architecture
indigenous, traditional, modern, post modern
assimilation
adopting all of the traits of a more dominant culture
Buddhism
universalizing, east and southeast Asia, hearth is India
centrifugal force
push factors
centripetal force
pull factors
Christianity
universalizing, global spatial pattern, hearth is Jeruslsum, Israel
colonialism
Western Europeans spreading culture and people to the Americas
contagious diffusion
person to person, e.g., viral videos
creolization
blending of languages
cultural convergence
cultures merging
cultural divergence
cultures becoming more different
cultural hearth
where a cultural trait begins
cultural landscape
how humans impact the earth's surface
cultural relativism
analyzing a culture without judgment
culture
shared beliefs, behaviors, and technologies of a people
culture trait
one specific act of a people; language
ethnicity
people with a shared homeland
ethnic neighborhood
minority ethnic group surrounded by a majority ethnic groups, usually voluntary
ethnic religion
a religion with a concentrated spatial pattern
ethnocentrist
judging other cultures to your own
expansion diffusion
spreading outward from a hearth; three types
gender roles
the expected behaviors of a gender
globalization
the interconnectedness of all places and people
hierarchical diffusion
moves through nodes of power
Hinduism
ethnic religion, mostly India, Hearth is Ganges Valley
imperialism
European control of Asia and Africa
indigenous community
a region of an area where the original people reside
Indo-European language family
5,000 ago the ancestor of most the world's most spoken languages
Islam
Universalizing, middle east, Eastern Europe, Northern Africa, hearth is Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Kaaba
Judaism
ethnic, Israel, half in US hearth is Israel Western Wall
language dialect
regional variation
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