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APHG chapter 4-8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Describe folk culture | Little change over a long period of time; little variation from person to person; much variation from place to place Ex: the Amish |
| Describe popular culture | Little variation from place to place; much variation from time to time; much variation from person to person Ex: Justin Beber |
| What is hierarchical diffusion? | A form of diffusion in which ideas or innovations are spread by passing first among the most connected places or people. (bigest to smallest) Ex: fashion trends |
| What is material culture? | The housing, art, clothing, sports, dances, foods, and other similar items constructed by a group of people |
| What is nonmaterial culture? | The beliefs, practices, aesthetics, and values of a group of people |
| What is ethnocentrism? | A judgement perspective; when you judge others and there way of life based on your culture. |
| What is cultural relativism? | A non-judgment perspective-judge others and their way of life through the eyes of the people that live that way. |
| What is culture appropriation? | The process by which other cultures adopt customs and knowledges and use rotten for their own good |
| What is commodification? | Process through which something that previously was not regards as an object that could be bought or sold now can be. Ex: Justin Bebers hair |
| What is cultural landscape? | The visible imprint of human activity on the landscape. |
| What is placelessness? | The loss of uniqueness in the cultural landscape. Ex: hard rock cafe in Tokyo |
| What is culture? | A group of belief systems, norms, and values practiced by a group of people |
| What is a hearth? | The point of origin or the cases of first diffusion |
| What is assimilation? | To make or covert people to your culture ( forces a change in culture) Ex: Americans made Indians be like them |
| What is a custom? | A practice that a group of people routinely follow |
| What is distance decay? | No longer works as it once did; the farther something is from the hearth, the less likely it will be accepted |
| What is time-space decay? | Explains how quickly inovations diffuse and refers to who closely we are connected through transportation and communication technologies |
| What is reterriorialization? | A popular culture within a local culture |
| What is invasion and succession? | When one immigrant group lives in an area and then a newer immigrant group moves in and the old group eventually moves out. |
| What kind of language does America have | A standard language, not official |
| What is a isogloss? | A geographic boundary within which a particular linguistic feature occurs (rarely a simple line) |
| What do we break down languages into? | Families and subfamilies |
| What is a lingua Franca? | A language used among most speakers of different languages for the purpose of trade and commerce |
| What is a pidgin language? | When people speaking 2 or more languages are in contact with each other and they combine parts of both languages into one simplified structure and vocabulary |
| What is a creole language? | A pidgin language that has a more complex structure and vocabulary and has become the native language if a group of people |
| List 6 characteristics of culture | It is learned, it is universal (all have has a culture), it is unique (no 2 are exactly alike), it is integrative (a change in one trait influences another), it is dynamic (all change, but at diff. rates), it is symbolic (passed through generations) |
| What are the two ways to approach the study of culture? | Ethnocentrism (a judgement perspective) and cultural relativism (a non-judgement perspective) |
| What is "place"? | The uniqueness of a location |
| What are toponyms? | Place names |
| What is secularism? | An idea that ethical and moral standards should be formatted and adhered to for the life on earth (opposite of theocracy) |
| What is a monotheistic religion? | A religion that worships a single God |
| What is a polytheistic religion? | A religion that worships more that one god |
| What is an animistic religion? | Religions that are centered on the belief that inanimate objects (mountains, rivers, trees) hold spirits and should be revered |
| What are universalizing religions? | Religions that actively seek converts bc they view themselves as the onlyones right (Christanity) |
| What are ethic religions? | People born into the religion and converts are not actively sought |
| What religion did Buddhism come from? | Hinduism, about 2500 years ago |
| What religion is most widely dispersed? | Christianity |
| What religion is the youngest of the 5 major religions? | Islam |
| What did Islam come from? | Muslims, Judaism, and Christianity/traced to Muhammad in 571 AD who received it's truths from Allah |
| How long does Hinduism date back? | About 4000 years/ one of the oldest religions in the modern world |
| What religion has no prophet or single book of scriptures? | Hinduism (has a caste system) |
| What is diaspora? | The scattering of Jews after the Roman destruction of Jerusalem |
| What is Zionism? | The belief that Jews should not be absorbed into other societies |
| What are the two types of Muslims? | Sunni (most) and Shi'ite (mostly in Iran) |
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