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Unit 3
Key terms of Unit 3. Other terms are on quizlet
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is culture? | the set learned behaviors and values shared by a group of people. |
| define cultural trait | a single aspect or "piece" of a culture. Example: behaviors |
| define custom | practices followed by a group of people (A custom is a cultural trait). |
| define artifact | material aspect of culture that we can see, taste, feel, and/or hear (a physical piece of culture). |
| what is material culture? | the aspects of culture that can be detected with our senses. (Example: food, flags, fashion, holidays, music, etc.) |
| what is non material culture? | Non material culture are the values, opinions, and attitudes that underlie material culture. (Example: communication styles and rules, facial expressions/body languages, gestures, personal space, eye contact, approaches to religion, courtship, etc.) |
| what is culture complex? | the unique set of material and non material traits that are shared by a specific group of people. |
| define culture region | an area that shares a large number of culture traits. Culture regions can be defined in many ways and can vary in scale. |
| define culture realm | a large area of the world containing a group of culture regions that share many similar traits. |
| what is culture hearth | the source area for an important cultural trait. THINK ORIGIN |
| what is syncretism? | the blending of two or more cultural traits to form a new trait. (Country music, Christmas, Halloween, etc.) |
| what is dynamism? | the tendency for cultural traits and/or complexes to change and adapt over time |
| what is diffusion? | the spread of cultural traits and.or complexes from their hearths |
| define cultural variety? | cultural variety is the product of isolation. It is the variation of how different communities develop different customs over time. |
| what is cultural convergence? | cultural convergence is the product of interaction. It occurs when cultures/people borrow each other's ideas then over time their cultures appear similar. |
| define space-time compression | decreased time and relative distance between places |
| define distance decay | the farther away different places are from a place of origin, the less likely interaction will be with the original place |
| what is hierarchical diffusion | diffusion of a trait from one place to another without spreading to places in between |
| define relocation diffusion | diffusion that begins at a point of origin and the crosses a physical barrier (THINK THE TRAIT TRAVELS WITH A PERSON) |
| define contagious diffusion | THINK OF A WAVE EFFECT. diffusion that occurs in a point of origin but spreads to other surrounding areas |
| define stimulus diffusion | occurs when a group adopts an underlying idea or concept of a trait without the actual trait. These groups may change it to fit their unique circumstances/preferences. |
| what is an ethnic religion? | a religion that is concentrated in one area and does not seek converts. ( many are born into the religion) |
| what is a universalizing religion? | a religion that actively seeks converts |
| define heterogeneous | |
| define homogeneous | |
| define acculturation | |
| define assimialtion | |
| define glocalization |
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carmen.estupinan
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