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Unit 3 AP Human Geo
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Centrifugal force | A force that divides a group of people |
| Centripetal Force | A force that unites a group of people |
| Culture | The beliefs, values, practices, behaviors, and technologies shared by a society and passed down from generation to generation |
| Cultural Landscape | A natural landscape that has been modified by humans, reflecting their cultural beliefs and values |
| Cultural Norm | A shared standard or pattern that guides a group of people |
| Cultural Relatavism | The evaluation of a culture by it’s own standards |
| Adherent | A person who is loyal to a religion, belief, or organization |
| Denomination | A separate church organization that unites a number of local conjugations |
| Dialect | A variation of a standard language |
| Ethnic neighborhood | little Italy and china town |
| ethnocentricism | The belief that one’s culture is better than another’s |
| gender identity | An individuals opinion on there identity/sexuality |
| is andrew gay | Yes |
| Gentrification | the renovations and improvements conforming to middle class prefrences |
| identity | humans opinions on them selfs |
| language | Communication |
| mentifact | central element of a culture that reflects is shared ideas and beliefs |
| placemaking | A process in rich people cohabitate to create a place of living |
| popular culutre | socail media and AI Andrew pics |
| post modern archatecture | a building style of modern disegns |
| Sect | a reletivley small group that has seperated from established from religious denomination |
| Sequence occupance | the notion that successive societies leave behind their cultural imprint |
| sociofact | a structure organization of culture that influences social behavior |
| third place | A place that isn’t home or work |
| Toponym | a name for a place |
| Traditional architecture | an established building style of different cultures, religions, and places |
| Traditional culture | the long-established behaviors, beliefs, and practices passed from from generation to generation |
| acculturation | taking someone else’s culture while keeping yours |
| Collectivist culture | a culture in which people are expected to conform to collective responsibility within the family and to be obidient |
| contagious diffusion | diffusion by spreading among people of all social classes and power |
| creolization | the blending of two or more languages |
| Cultural appropriation | The act of adopting elements from another culture |
| cultural convergence | the process in which cultures become more similar through interaction |
| cultural divergence | the process by which cultures become less similar due to conflicting beliefs or barriers |
| expansion diffusion | the spread of ideas where people date in one place |
| lingua franca | A common language among people |
| multiculturalism | a situation in which cultures live together without assimilating |
| relocation diffusion | diffusion by people relocating |
| stimulus diffusion | diffusion where a culture trait changes in a new area |
| syncretism | Identifying with a culture but not participating in the culture |
| language family | a group of languages that share a common origin |
| language branch | a group off a language family |
| language group | a group of a language branch like romance languages |
| indo-european | The language family where most languages came from |
| sikhism | a universalizing religion that believes everyone is equal |
| securalized | focused on worldly rather than spiritual concerns |