AP hug vocab unit 3 18-20

A linear settlement where farms are situated at one end of a long, narrow rectangular lot. Each has access to a major linear resource (river or major road)

long -lot settlement pattern

Physical objects created/used by members of cultural (buildings, food, art, clothes, instruments)

Material culture

Intangable elements of culture (beliefs, values, myths, music)

Nonmaterial culture

Single aspect of a culture

Cultural trait

rural , ethnically homogenous culture deeply connected to the local land

Local culture

A local culture that is no longer the dominant ethnic group within its traditional home (because of migration, colonization)

Indigenous culture

Heterogeneous culture that is more influenced by urban areas and quick to adopt new tech

Popular culture

Concepts and ideas in societies shaped by culture

Cultural attitudes

Mutually agreed upon system of symbolic communication

Language

A person who is fluent in multiple languages (Bilingual)

Polyglot

A structured set of beliefs and practices which seeks harmony with the universe or higher powers

Religion

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

Ethnic group

Historically defined by physical characteristics of a group by skin colour

Race

Study of spatial aspects of ethnicity

Ethnic geography

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

Multiculturalism

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

Ethnocentric approach

An approach to understanding other cultures that seeks to understand individuals and cultures from a wider perspective of cultural logic

Cultural relativism

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

Physical landscape

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

Placelessness

A functional, rational, and orderly style for building designers

modernist architecture

A style that is dramatic, artistic and serves a variety of functions

Postmodern architecture

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 function or meaning of those places and left behind layers of meaning

Sequent occupance

Natural or human-made sites that possess religious meaning and are recognized as worthy of feelings

Sacred Spaces

Less influence of religion

Secular

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

Subculture

Making places better serves the needs/culture of residents and fosters a stronger community

Sense of place/placemaking

A force that brings people together and unifies a place

Centripetal forces

A force that threatens the cohesion of a place

Centrifugal forces

The process where religion becomes less dominant

Secularization