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Cultural Geography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Culture | ways of living shared by a group of people that are passed from generation to generation |
| Cultural Traits | a characteristics or quality of a person that is acquired and communicated through social interaction |
| Surface Culture | culture traits that are externally visible |
| Sub-surface culture | culture traits that are not obvious unless communicated |
| Race | is a modern idea, no genetic basis, skin color is only skin deep. |
| Racism | the belief in, and practice of, the domination of one social group, identified as a "race", over another social group, identified as another "race" |
| Prejudice | unfair unreasonable opinion about someone that is formed before getting to know them. can be caused by a lack of knowledge, ignorance, and stereotyping |
| Privilege | a special right or advantage granted to a specific person or group; or the absence of barriers that other people or groups of people have |
| Ethnicity | usually refers to someone's cultural background or where they (or their ancestors) come from |
| Ritual | a customary ceremony where the actions and wording are performed in a specific sequence or order |
| Cultural Relativism | evaluating and judging a culture by it's own standards rather than viewing it through the lens of your own culture |
| Stereotype | a generalization, usually exaggerated or oversimplified and often offensive, that is used to describe or distinguish a group |
| Cultural Health | area where a cultural trait originated |
| Ethnocentrism | evaluating and judging another culture based on how it compares to your own cultural norms |
| Discrimination | the practice of unfairly treating a person or group of people differently from other people or people or groups of people |
| Relocation | people physically move to a new area and take their culture with them |
| Hierarchical | spreading from an authority or hearth |
| Contagious | spreading through contact from person to person, like a virus |
| Stimulus | spread on an idea that is modified or combined with another idea |
| In Action - Culture | the way a community celebrates holidays, speaks a language, or organizes families |
| In Action - Cultural Trait | eating with chopsticks, wearing hijabs, celebrating Halloween |
| In Action - Surface Culture | food, clothing, language, music, holidays |
| In Action - Sub-Surface Culture | beliefs about time, family roles, respect for elders |
| In Action - Race | categories such as Black, White, Asian |
| In Action - Ethnicity | Irish, Somali, Chinese heritage shaping food, language, customs |
| In Action - Racism | denying someone a job because of skin color |
| In Action - Prejudice | assuming someone is lazy because of where they're from |
| In Action - Privilege | getting hired more easily because of race or gender |
| In Actin - Discrimination | segregating schools by race |
| In Action - Cultural Relativism | trying unfamiliar food without judging it |
| In Action - Ethnocentrism | thinking another country's food is "gross" because it's unfamiliar |
| In Action - Stereotype | "All teens are irresponsible." |
| In Action - Ritual | Lighting candles for a holiday or saying a prayer before meals |
| In Action- Cultural Hearth | Jazz originating in New Orleans |
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