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Unit 3 part 1 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Culture | All of a group’s learned behaviors, actions, or beliefs, and objects are a part of this |
| cultural traits | these types of elements visible and invisible |
| Cultural complex | Such as the process of steps and acceptable behaviors related to greeting a person in different cultures |
| culture hearths | the area in which a unique culture or a specific trait is a _____ |
| diffuse | or spread to other places |
| taboos | behaviors heavily discouraged by a culture. |
| traditional culture | Is used to encompass all three cultural designations. All three types share the function of passing down long-held beliefs, values, and practices and are generally resistant to rapid changes in their culture. |
| Folk culture | the beliefs and practices of small, homogenous groups of people, often living in rural areas that are relatively isolated and slow to change |
| indigenous culture | when members of an ethnic group reside in their ancestral lands, and typically possess unique cultural traits, such as speaking their own exclusive language |
| globalization | specifically refers to the increased integration of the world economy since the 1970s. The process of intensified interaction among peoples, governments, and companies of different countries around the globe has had profound impacts on culture. |
| popular culture | When cultural traits such as clothing, music, movies, and types of businesses spread quickly over a large area and are adopted by various groups |
| global culture | These elements can quickly be adopted worldwide, making them a part of _____ |
| cultural landscape | also known as the built environment, is the modification of the environment by a group and is a visible reflection of that group’s cultural beliefs and values |
| Artifacts | these comprise of the material culture, which consist of tangible things. Can be unique to a particular culture, or can be shared |
| material culture | Consist of tangible things or those that can be experienced by the senses. Art, clothing, food, music, sports, and housing types. |
| mentifacts | comprise a groups nonmaterial culture and consist of intangible concepts, or those not having a physical presence. Can be unique or shared |
| Nonmaterial culture | Consist of non-tangible things |
| Sociofacts | are the ways people organize their society and relate to one another. Embodied through families, governments, sports teams, religious organizations, education systems, and other social constructs |
| placelessness | comparable incomes, a common American culture, similar architecture, related socioeconomic status, and other related factors. This phenomenon is known as ___ in which many modern cultural landscapes exhibit a great deal of homogeneity |
| Cultural landscape | visible reflection of a culture—or the built environment. |
| Built environment | Plants, the air, water, and animals are all part of the natural environment. Human geographers often refer to this |
| traditional architecture | style reflects a local cultures history, beliefs, values, and community adaptations to the environment, and typically utilizes locally available materials. |
| postmodern architecture | developed after the 1960s it’s a movement away from boxy, mostly concrete or brick structures toward high rise structure made from large amounts of steel and glass siding |
| contemporary architecture | during the 21st century this style emerged, it has an extension of postmodern architecture, uses multiple advances to create buildings that rotate, curve, and stretch the limits of the height. |
| ethnicity | Refers to membership within a group of people who have common experiences and share similar characteristics such as ancestry, language, customs, and history |
| ethnic enclaves | clusters of people of the same culture-that are often surrounded by people of the dominant culture in the region. |
| cultural regions | are usually determined based on characteristics such as religion, language, and ethnicity. Unless regions are defined by clear features, such as a mountain range, a transition zone often exists. |
| cultural realms | includes several regions which have cultures within a cultural realm that share very few traits |
| sacred place | Has religious significance as a site |
| diaspora | Occurs when one group of people is dispersed to various locations |
| Charter group | the first group to establish cultural and religious customs in a space known as the ______ |
| ethnic islands | are in rural areas and have less interaction with other groups than groups in cities, they maintain a strong and long-lasting sense of cohesion |
| sequent occupancy | ethnic groups move in and out of neighborhoods and create new cultural imprints on the landscape in a process geographers call ___ |
| neolocalism | the process of re-embracing the uniqueness and authenticity of a place |
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