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Culture
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a group of belief systems, norms, and values practiced by a group of people (the way people live and why they live that way) | culture |
| a culture that is local in nature, practiced by a homogeneous population, and changes slowly over time | folk culture |
| culture that is practiced by a widespread, heterogeneous population, and changes rapidly | popular culture |
| cultural traits that are constructed by people (buildings, food, clothing, music, art, etc.) | material culture |
| values, norms, and beliefs about the way things should be | nonmaterial culture |
| term that describes people's tastes about the way things should look | aesthetics |
| the origin of a cultural trait | hearth |
| a habit that is practiced by a large number of people | custom |
| the process in which a folk culture loses so many traits that it becomes indistinguishable from another culture | assimilation |
| the process by which a culture adopts a trait or custom from another culture and makes the trait its own | cultural appropriation |
| the process in which a culture takes on some of the traits of another culture but keeps other traditional practices | acculturation |
| folk culture group that practices communal living, uses farming technology, and is located mostly in the upper midwest | Hutterites |
| Native American group that has fought to preserve the cultural tradition of whale hunting | Makah |
| town in Kansas that is known as "Little Sweden" | Lindsborg |
| the seeking out of a regional/local culture and reinvigorating it | neolocalism |
| neighborhoods in which the majority of residents are part of a minority group within the larger society | ethnic neighborhoods |
| the phenomenon that involves making money by promoting and/or selling material and nonmaterial culture | commodification |
| business that builds "authentic" Irish pubs around the world | Irish Pub Company |
| the idea that technology allows greater communication and interaction among some places, thereby making the world seem "smaller" | time-space compression |
| the loss of uniqueness of places in the cultural landscape | placelessness |
| a process in which people start to produce an aspect of popular culture themselves, doing so in the context of their local culture and place | reterritorialization |
| the visible imprint of human activity on the landscape | cultural landscape |
| geographer who wrote "Axioms for Reading the Landscape" | Peirce Lewis |
| buildings created by a particular folk culture | folk architecture |
| landscapes that are designed primarily to entertain visitors | leisure landscapes |
| landscapes that have evolved as retirement or vaction home destinations | amenity landscapes |
| region of Kentucky where you can find lots of gentleman farms | Bluegrass |
| landscape characterized by wide streets, a strict north/south grid, unpainted barns, and large, brick houses | Mormon landscape |
| farms owned by wealthy individuals that often serve an aesthetic purpose more than a functional one | gentleman farms |
| landscapes heavily influenced by the tastes and desires of the wealthy | elitist landscapes |
| Middle Eastern city that has become a very uspscale tourist destination | Dubai |
| area of Long Island that has some of the most expensive real estate in the US | the Hamptons |
| folk dwelling of the Navaho people | hogan |
| cabin with an open-air passage-way between two main rooms | dogtrot |
| long, narrow house typically found in the southern US | shotgun house |
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