AP Human Geography Unit 3

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long -lot settlement pattern

A linear settlement pattern in which each farmstead is situated at one end of a long, narrow rectangular lot; each lot has access to a major linear resource, usually a river or a major road

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Material culture

The physical, visible objects made and used by members of a cultural group;

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Nonmaterial culture

Intangible elements of culture including a wide range of beliefs, values, myths, and symbolic meanings passed from generation to generation within a given society

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Cultural trait

A single aspect of a given culture or society

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Local culture

Rural, ethnically homogenous culture that is deeply connected to the local land; the opposite of a popular culture

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Indigenous culture

A local culture that is no longer the dominant ethnic group within its traditional homeland because of migration, colonization, or political marginalization

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Popular culture

Heterogeneous culture that is more influenced by key urban areas and quick to adopt new technologies; the opposite of a local culture

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Cultural attitudes

Concepts and ideas in a society that are shaped by cultural opinions, beliefs, and perspectives

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Language

A mutually agreed-upon system of symbolic communication

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Polyglot

A person who is fluent in more than two languages

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Religion

a structured set of beliefs and practices through which people seek mental and physical harmony with the powers of the universe

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Ethnic group

A people of common ancestry and cultural tradition; characterized by a strong feeling of group identity

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Race

Historically defined by the physical characteristics of a group, especially skin color

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Ethnic geography

The study of the spatial aspects of ethnicity

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Multiculturalism

A set of policies that promote the active participation and inclusion of minority groups in national histories, national politics, and cultural institutions with the goal of embracing difference within societ

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Ethnocentric approach

An approach to understanding other cultures that evaluates them from the perspective of the observer’s culture

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Physical landscape

All the natural physical surroundings that create and shape the places we are living in or examining

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Placelessness

The feeling resulting from the standardization of the built environment; occurs where local distinctiveness is erased and many places end up with similar cultural landscapes

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modernist architecture

A functional, rational, and orderly style for building designs

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Postmodern architecture

A design style that is a reaction against modernist architecture; it has a flair for the dramatic, creating a spectacle while serving a variety of functions

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Sequent occupance

Refers to the fact that many places have been controlled or affected by a variety of groups over a period of time; those groups have reshaped the functions or meanings of those places and left behind layers of meaning

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Secular

Less influenced or controlled by religion

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Subculture

A group of people with distinct norms, values, and material practices that differentiate them from the dominant culture surrounding them

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Sense of place/placemaking

How a person feels about a particular place and why it is important to them/Efforts to use and design public places to better serve the needs of residents and to foster a stronger community

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Centripetal forces

A force that brings people together and unifies a neighborhood, society, or country

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Centrifugal forces

A force that threatens the cohesion of a neighborhood, society, or country

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Secularization

The process whereby religion become a less dominant force in everyday life than it was in the past

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Absorbing barriers

Barriers that completely halt diffusion

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Permeable barriers

Barriers that slow diffusion but still allow some partial or weakened diffusion

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Pidgin

A trade language, characterized by a very small vocabulary derived from the languages of at least two or more groups in contact

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Creole

A combined language that has a fuller vocabulary than a pidgin language and becomes a native language

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Creolization

The linguistic process where languages converge and create new languages and forms of communication

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Lingua franca

A language of communication and commerce spoken across a wide area where it is not a mother tongue

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Bilingualism

The ability to speak two languages fluently

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Empire

A sovereign political entity that seeks to expand beyond its origin territory to control more territory politically and/or economically

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Imperialism

The motivating impulse to control greater amounts of territory

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Colonialism

The act of forcefully controlling a foreign territory, which becomes known as a colony

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Time-space convergence

The phenomenon whereby the introduction of new transportation technologies progressively reduces the time it takes to travel between places

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Endangered language

A language that is not taught to children by their parents and is not used actively in everyday matters

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Extinct language

A language that has only a few elderly speakers still living or no living speakers

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Convergence hypothesis

The idea that cultures are converging or becoming more alike

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Glocalization

Adapting global practices to fit local cultural practices and preferences

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Cultural hearth

A focused geographic area where important innovations are born and from which they spread

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Language family

A group of related languages that share a common ancestry

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Dialect

A regional variation of a language that is understood by people who speak other variations of that language

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Accent

A way of pronouncing words

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Monotheistic

Relating to the belief in only one god

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Universalizing religion

A religion that actively seeks new members and believes its message has universal importance and application

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Ethnic religion

A religion identified with a particular ethnic or tribal group that does not seek converts

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Toponyms

The names given to places

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Polytheistic

The belief in many gods

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Animistic religion

A faith that subscribes to the idea that souls or spirits exist not only in humans but also in animals, plants, rocks, natural phenomena such as thunder, geographic features such as mountains or rivers, and other entities of the natural environment

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Genocide

The systematic killing of members of a racial, ethnic, or linguistic group