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HUG Final Terms - U3
Unit 3 terms you need to know for the Human Geo Final!
Term | Definition |
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Ethnocentrism | The tendency of ethnic groups to evaluate other groups according to preconceived ideas originating from their own culture. (racisim) |
Cultural Relativism | The evaluation of a culture solely by its unique standards. Aka. not judging another culture because of its differences |
Cultural Landscape | A natural landscape that has been modified by humans to reflect their cultural beleifs. |
Uniform Landscape | the spatial expression of a popular custom in one location that will be similar to another. (ex. McDonalds logal is the same everywhere) |
Ethnic Neighborhoods (ethnic enclaves) | Cultural landscapes within communities of people outside of their areas of origin (ex. chinatown) |
Centripetal Forces | A force that unites a group of people |
Centrifugal Forces | A force that divides groups of people |
Relocation Diffusion | |
Expansion Diffusion | When an aspect of culture spreads outward from where it orginated while also remaining in it's hearth. |
Lingua Franca | A common language used among speakers of different languages (ex. english is the world's lingua franca) |
Creolization/Creole Language | Two or more cultural elements blending together (ex. Sikhism is a mix of Hinduism and Islam) |
Cultural Convergance | The more cultures interact with eachother, the more similar they become, adopting one another's cultural traits |
Cultural Divergence | Conflicting beleifs or other barriers between two cultures causing them to become less similar. |
Universalizing Religions | |
Ethnic Religions | |
Acculturation | |
Assimilation | |
Syncretism | |