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AP Human Geography
AP Human Geography Unit 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cultural Divergence | When a culture separates or goes in a different direction |
| Cultural Convergence | The tendency for cultures to become more alike as they increasingly share technology and organizational structures in a modern world united by improved transportation and communication |
| Acculturation | The adoption of cultural traits, such as language, by one group under the influence of another |
| Syncretism | The blending of cultures and ideas from different places. |
| Assimilation | The process through which people lose originally differentiating traits, such as dress, speech particularities or mannerisms, when they come into contact with another society or culture. |
| Multiculturalism | The view that cultures, races, and ethnicities, particularly those of minority groups, deserve special acknowledgment of their differences within a dominant political culture. |
| Cultural Relativism | The principle that an individual human's beliefs and activities should be understood by others in terms of that individual's own culture. |
| Ethnocentrism | The feeling that one's own ethnic group is superior. |
| Local Culture | The set of behaviors, beliefs and customs that exist in a country |
| Non-Material Culture | Anything on the landscape that comprises culture that cannot be physically touched |
| Material Culture | Anything that can physically be seen on the landscape. |
| Cultural Hearth | A place of origin for a widespread cultural trend. |
| Indigenous Culture | a culture group that constitutes the original inhabitants of a territory, |
| Cultural Trait | The specific customs that are part of the everyday life of a particular culture, such as language, religion, ethnicity, social institutions, and aspects of popular culture. |
| Centripetal force | An attitude that unifies people and enhances support for a state. |
| Centrifugal force | Forces or attitudes that tend to divide a state. |
| Cultural Landscape | Cultural attributes of an area often used to describe a place (e.g., buildings, theaters, places of worship |
| Sequent Occupance | The notion that successive societies leave their cultural imprints on a place, each contributing to the cumulative cultural landscape. |
| Gender | The differences between men and woman |
| Gender Roles | The idea that there are certain social expectations and rights associated with being a man or a woman. |
| GII(Gender Inequality Index) | measure of the extent of each country's gender inequality in terms of reproductive health, empowerment, and the labor market. |
| Gendered Spaces | Areas in which particular genders of people, and particular types of gender expression, are considered welcome or appropriate, and other types are unwelcome or inappropriate. |