chapter 4 vocab Word Scramble
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words | definitions |
artifact | object made by human beings |
core | the zone of the greatest concentration or homogeneity of the culture traits that characterize a region |
culture | the shared understandings that guide behavior and values and condition a group's perception of the world. it is learned from one generation to the next and evolves over time. |
culture hearth | a center where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions spread outward |
custom | a repetitive act of a group performed to the extent that it becomes a characteristic |
domain | outside the core of the culture region in which the culture is still dominate but less intense |
environmental determinism | the view that the natural environment has a controlling influence over various aspects of human life, including cultural development, also referred to as environmentalism |
folk culture | culture traditionally practiced by a small,homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups |
habit | a repetitive act that a particular individual performs |
material culture | the physical manifestations of human activities; includes tools, campsites, art and structures. the most durable aspects of culture |
popular culture | culture found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics |
possiblism | the theory that the physical may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives |
region | an area characterized by similarity or by cohesiveness that sets it apart from other areas |
sequent occupancy | the interaction of cultures overtime within a single, shared space. |
urbanization | the process by which people live and are employed in a city. |
Universalizing Religions | Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam are the 3 universalizing major religions. |
world religions | religions that attempt to be global, to appeal to all people. |
Syncretism | the blending of cultures and ideas from different places. |
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