World's most versatile flashcards

or...
Reset Password Sign Up

1

        Help  

Folk and Popular Culture
Definition
ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES   a society’s system of economic production  
ANGLO-AMERICAN LANDSCAPE   distinguished by a set of cultural traits like language, beliefs, customs, norms of behavior, social institutions, way of life, artifacts etc.  
CHARACTERISTICS   Being a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing; distinctive  
ARCHITECTURAL FORM   the difference in architectural preference, mainly housing, based on social, economic, cultural and environmental factors  
BUILT ENVIRONMENT   refers to the man-made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity, ranging from the large-scale civic surroundings to the personal places.  
FOLK CULTURE   Culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups  
FOLK FOOD   every traditional society has its own particular regional food choices  
FOLK HOUSE   a house that is traditionally dwelled by the common people of a region  
FOLK SONGS   songs belonging to the folk music of a group of people or area, has many versions which vary from region to region  
FOLKLORE   legends, tales, and knowledge, often about nature and usually oral, developed by a society over time and repeated to successive generations  
MATERIAL CULTURE   The art, housing, clothing, sports, dances, foods, and other similar items constructed or created by a group of people  
NONMATERIAL CULTURE   The beliefs, practices, aesthics, and values of a group of people  
POPULAR CULTURE   Culture found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differances in other personal characteristics  
SURVEY SYSTEMS   it is a method used in the United States to survey and identify land parcels, particularly for rural land, and wild or undeveloped land  
TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE   a term used to categorize methods of construction which use locally available resources to address local needs  


   


 

 

 

 

 

 
Follow us on Twitter
Be a StudyStack fan on Facebook
www.eapps.com




Copyright ©2001-2009 John Weidner All rights reserved.
About -  Terms of Service -  Privacy Statement