A.P. Human Geography Unit 3 vocabulary test 1

Culture

the shared beliefs, values, practice, behaviors, and technologies of a society

Cultural traits

visible and invisible attributes that combine to makeup a group’s culture

Cultural hearths

the geographic origin of a culture or cultural trait.

Diffuse

the movement or spread of cultural traits, knowledge, ideas, trends from hearths to other geographic areas

Folk culture

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

Indigenous culture

When members of an ethnic group reside in their ancestral lands, and typically possess unique cultural traits, such as speaking their own exclusive language

Globalization

the trend toward increased cultural and economic connectedness between people, business, and organizations throughout the world without regard to borders or barriers

Popular culture

large heterogeneous groups of people often living in urban areas that are interconnected through globalization and the internet/social media

cultural landscape

a natural landscape that has been modified by humans reflecting their cultural beliefs and values

mentifacts

the ideas beliefs values and knowledge of a culture

sociofacts

behaves and organizes institutions

artifacts

visible, physical objects created by a culture

placelessness

the loss of uniqueness of a place because it looks similar to other places.

ethnicity

is a sense of belonging or identity within a group of people bound by common ancestry and culture

ethnic enclaves

people of the same ethnicity that cluster together in a specific location typically within a major city

cultural regions

determined based on characteristics such as religion language and ethnicity. In these zones two cultures mix and people exhibit traits of people

sacred place

many specific places and natural features that have religious significance

Diaspora

when one group of people is dispersed to various locations

Sequent Occupance

the idea that societal or cultural groups leave their cultural imprints when they live in a place, each contributing to the overall cultural landscape over there. Most Cultural landscapes are a mixture of historic and modern structures.

Neocolonialism

the process of re-embracing the uniqunessand authenticity of a place

centripetal forces

characteristics that unify a country and provide stability

centrifugal

characteristics that divide a country and create instability conflict and violence

fundamentalism

the strict adherence to a particular ethnic groups

cultural appropriation

the action of adopting traits, icons, or other elements of another culture

expansion diffusion

the spread of a cultural trait through the interaction between people.

contagious diffusion

a cultural trait spread rapidly, widely, and continuously from its hearth through close contact between people

Hierarchical diffusion

The spread of cultural traits from the most interconnected powerful wealthy people organizations down to others

Stimulus diffusion

as cultural traits spread they are altered/modified due to a cultural barrier, taboo, or difference