Unit 3 AP Human Geo Vocab

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Culture

The shared learned behaviors, beliefs, traditions, and values of a group of people, including their language, technology, customs, and social norms

Assimilation

The process where a minority group fully integrates into the dominant culture, adopting the customs, language, and values of the majority society, often losing aspects of their original culture in the process

Acculturation

The process where a group of people adopts cultural traits from another culture, usually when they are exposed to a new society

Creole

A language that develops when a pidgin language evolves into a fully-fledged, complex language with native speakers

Religious Syncretism

The blending or merging of different religious beliefs and practices, resulting in a new and unique belief system

Universalizing Religion

A religion that actively seeks to convert people from diverse backgrounds across the globe

Ethnic Religion

A religious belief system that is closely tied to a specific ethnic group, culture, and geographic location

Gender

The sex of a person.

Gender Roles

Societal norms dictating appropriate behavior based on gender.

Cultural Hearth

A geographic region where a distinct culture originated and from which cultural traits, practices, and innovations spread to surrounding areas through diffusion

Isogloss

A boundary line on a map that separates two distinct linguistic regions, indicating where a particular word, pronunciation, or dialect feature changes from one area to another

Cultural Landscape

The visible imprint of a culture on a geographic area, encompassing the physical features of a landscape that have been shaped by human activity

Cultural Trait

A single, identifiable element within a culture, like a custom, belief, or practice, that is part of a larger cultural system

Lingua Franca

A language used as a common means of communication between people who speak different native languages

Interfaith Religious Boundary

A geographical line that separates areas dominated by different major world religions

Intrafaith Religious Boundary

Boundaries within a single religion, such as different denominations of Christianity