3.1-3.3 Quiz Remediation Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards covering key human geography concepts from the 3.1-3.3 Quiz Remediation review list.

Non-Material Culture

The non-physical ideas, beliefs, values, customs, and social patterns that define a group of people.

Material Culture

The physical objects, artifacts, structures, and tools created and used by a culture.

Popular Culture

Cultural traits, practices, and products that are widespread across large, heterogeneous societies and diffuse rapidly.

Folk Culture

Traditional culture traditionally practiced by small, homogeneous, rural groups living in relative isolation.

Culture Trait

A single, individual attribute or custom characteristic of a culture.

Culture Complex

A group or combination of interrelated culture traits that define a specific cultural activity or identity.

Culture Realm

A large geographic area composed of multiple culture regions that share overarching cultural characteristics and complexes.

Ethnic Neighborhood

An urban area with a high concentration of a specific ethnic group, often formed through chain migration.

Cultural Landscape

The visible imprint of human activity and cultural features on the natural environment.

Taboo

A social, cultural, or religious prohibition against a particular practice or behavior, such as food taboos regarding pork.

Sequent Occupance

The sequential imprinting of human activity on the landscape, where successive cultures leave their visible footprint over time.

Ethnocentrism

The practice of judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one's own culture.