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AP HUG Vocab
Unit 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acculturation | the process where a less dominant culture adopts some of the traits of a more influential culture, while still retaining some of its own original customs |
| Assimilation | the process where a minority culture adopts the customs, behaviors, and values of a dominant one, resulting in the loss of the original cultural identity |
| Centrifugal Force | things that make people/countries hate each other |
| Centripetal Force | things that make people/countries like each other |
| Colonialism | control by 1 power over dependent areas/people |
| Contagious Diffusion | the rapid spread of a cultural trait or idea outward from a central source through direct contact with people |
| Creolized Language | when a native and indigenous language mix |
| Cultural Convergence | the tendency for cultures to become more alike as they increasingly share technology and organizational structure in a modern world united |
| Cultural Divergence | the likelihood or tendency for culture to become increasingly dissimilar with the passage of time |
| Cultural Hearth | place of origin of a major culture |
| Cultural Landscape | the artificial landscape; the visible human imprint on the land |
| Cultural Relativism | the idea that a person's beliefs, values, and practices should be understood based on that person's own culture, rather than the criteria of another |
| Culture | a total way of life held in common by a group of people, or the local, customary way of doing things |
| Culture Trait | a single element of normal practice in a culture |
| Ethnic Neighborhood | a voluntary community where people of like origin reside by choice |
| Ethnic Religion | a religion identified with a particular ethnic or tribal group |
| Ethnicity | affiliation or identify within a group of people bound by common ancestry and culture |
| Ethnocentrism | the attitude that one’s own race and culture are superior to others |
| Expansion Diffusion | the spread of ideas, behaviors, or other culture traits from one place to another though direct or indirect contact and exchange of information |
| Globalization | the increasing interconnection of all parts of the world as the full range of social, cultural, political, and economic processes becomes international in scale and effect |
| Hierarchical Diffusion | the spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places |
| Imperialism | a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force |
| Indigenous Religions | belief systems and philosophies practiced and traditionally passed from generation to generation among people within an indigenous tribe or group |
| Language Dialect | a distinctive local or regional variant of a language that remains mutually intelligible to speakers of other dialects of that language |
| Language Family | a group of related languages derived from a common ancestor |
| Lingua Franca | an existing, well-established language of communication and commerce used widely where it is not a mother tongue |
| Linguistic Geography | the study of the arrangement of languages |
| Multiculturalism | the presence of, or support for the presence of, several distinct cultural or ethnic groups within a society |
| Pidgin | a language derived with reduced vocabulary and simplified structure |
| Placelessness | the loss of locally distinctive characteristics and identity and replacement by standardized landscapes |
| Place Making | a people-centered approach to the planning, design and management of public spaces |
| Postmodern Architecture | an architectural style that emerged in the late-1960s and began to incorporate stylistic references that were often playful and symbolic |
| Relocation Diffusion | the transport of ideas, behaviors, or articles from one place to another through migration |
| Sense of Place | an overarching impression encompassing the general ways in which people feel about places |
| Sequent Occupancy | successive habitation of same area over time |
| Stimulus Diffusion | a form of diffusion in which a cultural adaptation is created as a result of the introduction of a cultural trait from another place |
| Sincretism | the development of a new form of culture trait by the fusion of two or more distinct cultural traits |
| Time-Space Convergence | the greatly accelerated movement of goods, information, and ideas during the 20th century because of new technology |
| Toponym | the name of a place |
| Universalizing Religion | religions that attempt to be global, to appeal to all people, wherever they may live in the world, not just to those of one culture or location |
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