AP HUG Unit 3.1

What is culture?

The shared practices

What are cultural traits?

Individual characteristics of a culture that can be observed or identified

What does the cultural iceberg model show?

Some aspects of culture are visible

What are examples of visible culture?

Language

What are examples of invisible culture?

Values

How can invisible culture explain visible cultural differences?

Underlying values and beliefs influence observable behaviors and practices.

What is an artifact?

A visible or material expression of culture

What is a sociofact?

A cultural structure that organizes social interactions

What is a mentifact?

The ideas

What are the three categories of cultural traits? Artifacts

sociofacts

How do food preferences reflect culture?

Foods and preparation methods can reflect a society's heritage

How does architecture reflect culture?

Buildings can reflect local traditions

How can land use reflect culture?

The way people divide

What is a long-lot settlement pattern?

A land-division pattern consisting of long

How can social interactions differ among cultures?

Cultures develop different norms for behaviors such as greetings

What is cultural relativism?

Evaluating and understanding a culture according to that culture's own standards and values rather than one's own.

What is ethnocentrism?

Evaluating another culture according to the standards of one's own culture

Cultural relativism vs. ethnocentrism

Cultural relativism: understand a culture on its own terms. Ethnocentrism: judge it using your own culture's standards.

How has globalization affected cultural differences?

Globalization has increased the spread of global popular culture

What is folklore?

A culture's collected stories

Why is folklore important to culture?

It helps transmit a society's history