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HumanGeo4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Custom | frequent repetition of an act so that it becomes characteristic of a group performing it |
| Folk Culture | traditions practiced by small, homogeneous rural groups living in relative isolation from other groups |
| Habit | The repetitive act performed by a particular individual |
| Popular Culture | culture found in large, heterogeneous societies that that share certain habits despite other differences |
| Taboo | A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom |
| cultural trait | individual characteristic; a characteristic or quality that distinguishes somebody |
| cultural hearths | cultural hearth is a source area in which a culture has become well established |
| terroir | the contribution of a location's physical features to the way food tastes |
| Tin Pan Alley | location of early publishers and writers of popular music in NYC in the early 20th Century |
| Amish | folk group in the USA that originated in 1600s Switzerland, reject modern technology & live much like their ancestors |
| Modern house styles | minimal traditional, ranch, split-level, contemporary, shed |
| Neo-eclectic | mansard, neo-Tudor, neo-French, neo-colonial |
| US housing groups | bungalow, irregular mansard, double pile, single pile, ranch |
| uniform landscapes | result of the spread of popular culture worldwide making many cities look similar to each other |
| acculturation | refers to an adoption of cultural traits by one group under the influence of another |
| assimilation | When integration of new arrivals into economic and cultural mainstream of a host society is complete |
| artifact | comprise the technological subsystem of culture;material objects necessary for meeting basic needs, such as tools |
| Built Environment/Cultural landscape | Fashioning of a landscape by a cultural group |
| cultural convergence | contact and interaction between the distinct cultures of two groups |
| localization | when a product or trend is introduced to another country |
| cultural/environmental perception | The way one’s culture or environment affects the way they see the world around them |
| material culture | refers to the physical objects created by a culture |
| cultural ecology | geographic approach that emphasizes the way humans interact with their environment |
| mentifact | comprise the ideological subsystem of the culture; ideas, beliefs, knowledge, & how they are communicated |
| culture realm | a region where cultural traits maintain homogeneity |
| culture complex | a group of cultural traits all interrelated and dominated by one essential trait |
| sociofact | comprise the sociological subsystem of a culture; including the expected and expected patterns if interpersonal relations within the people group |
| culture region | geographical location that seems to encompass a cultural group |
| syncretism | the development of a new cultural trait as a result of the fusion of two distinct but interacting cultures |
| Baby Bust | Large drop in fertility rates in the U.S. During the 1960s and 1970s. |
| Time distance decay | The idea that the longer it takes for something to spread, the less likelihood of interaction with it |
| Placelessness | Loss of distinct local features in favor of standardized landscape |
| Sense of Place | Term used to connote attachment to and comfort in a particular place |
| Cultural imperialism | dominance of one culture over another, historically a result of colonization, in present day as pop culture |
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