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AP HUG Unit 3
review of stuff you need to know for unit 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Culture | shared beliefs, practices, traits |
| Cultural Landscape | visible human imprint on land (buildings, fields, signs) |
| Folk Culture | culture that is local, traditional, slow to change (Amish - like the Grinch) |
| Popular Culture | culture that is widespread, fast-changing via mass media (Christianity) |
| Cultural Relativism | when people judge a culture by getting to know and understand it |
| Ethnocentrism | when people judge culture by their own culture and don't try to understand the other |
| Relocation Diffusion | spreads by people moving and carrying it. (Spanish --> Americas) |
| Contagious Diffusion | Spreads to neighbors or people close by. (Social media tends) |
| Hierarchical Diffusion | spreads from the top down, big to small. (fashion trends from cities) |
| Stimulus Diffusion | Idea adapted byt not fully copied. (McDonald's menu in Japan) |
| Expansion Diffusion | Trait that spreads outward from origin. |
| Relocation | physical movement of people |
| Universalizing Religions | a religion that actively seeks converts or people to join the religion (Christianity, Islam, Buddhism) |
| Ethnic Religions | a religion that is tied to a people/place and doesn't seek new people (Hinduism, Judaism, Shinto) |
| Language Family | related languages through ancestral languages (Indo-European) |
| Lingua Franca | language made so people who don't speak the same language can communicate |
| Creole | the blending of diverse cultures to create new cultural forms |
| Language Extinction | globalization --> dominant languages replace local ones. |
| Acculturation | adopting traits but keeping original identity |
| Assimilation | fully absorbing into a dominant culture, normally without consent |
| Syncretism | blend of two cultures |