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Practice for ap hug chapter 4 culture test

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show The traditions and beliefs among a group of people. This is learned behavior that is passed down from one generation to the next.  
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Cultural Traits   show
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show A group of related cultural traits. Ex: A car in the us reflects daily life, social status, how the car is used in movies, transportation, etc.  
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show The shared, repeated characteristic acts, behavioral patterns, artistic traditions and conventions regulating social life of a group  
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Cultural Systems   show
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Cultural Ecology   show
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show the theory that the physical environment causes social and cultural development  
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show All elements of a society are interwoven with the dominant culture. The process of combining cultures together into one.  
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Core-Domain Sphere Model   show
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show A place that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity. This comes from peoples informal sense of place such as mental maps. A region defined by peoples beliefs.  
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show A geographic assemblage of related culture regions (Ex: Latin America, Anglo America, Western Europe, sub-saharan Africa)  
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show An area around the boundary between two culture regions that exhibits traits from both cultures Ex:Southwest US-Northern Mexico (that area exhibits traits from both the california and mexico region)  
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show a repetitive act by an individual  
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Custom   show
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Tradition   show
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Core   show
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Sphere   show
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Examples of Folk Culture   show
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Pop Culture   show
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show A group of homogeneous people in a particular place who see themselves as a collective or a community (usually small), who share experiences, customs, and traits, and who work to preserve those traits and customs in order to claim uniqueness and to distin  
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Contagious Diffusion   show
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Hierarchical Diffusion   show
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show Innovative idea diffuses from its hearth outward, but the original idea is changed by the new adopters For EX: Diffusion of iced tea to the South and then modified by southerners to fit their sweet-toothed needs resulting in “sweet tea”  
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Material Culture   show
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show The beliefs, practices, aesthetics, and values of a group of people. Examples-religion, language, traditions & customs  
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show the process by which a less dominant culture adopts some of the traits of a more dominant culture  
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show the process by which a less dominant culture adopts the traits of a more dominant culture so completely that the two cultures become indistinguishable  
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show 1. keeping other cultures out to avoid assimilation. (ie. create a boundary around itself) 2. keeping their own culture in. (ie. avoid cultural appropriation-the adoption of customs by other cultures  
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show By defining a place (a town or a neighborhood) or a space for a short amount of time (an annual festival) as representing a culture and its values, members of a local culture can maintain (or reestablish) its customs and reinforce its beliefs.  
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show seeking out the regional culture and reinvigorating it in response to the uncertainty of the modern world.  
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show Can better separate their culture from others and from popular culture. (Amish, Mennonites, Hutterites & Mormons have done this Can define their own space.  
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Urban Folk Cultures   show
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Commodification   show
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Authenticity   show
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Distance Decay vs. Time space compression   show
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show Characterized by: Quickly changing attributes. Urban population. Globalization. Uniform landscapes.  
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show New York Los Angeles  
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Reterritorialization   show
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show Spread of an idea or trait through the physical movement of people from one place to another. Ex: spread of baseball to Japan, spread of English to the British Colonies  
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show Syncretism-a fusion of old and new to create a new cultural trait EX: Shalom Y'all  
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Cultural Landscape   show
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show Interstate highways Strip malls Restaurant chains skyscrapers  
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Placelessness   show
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show One way we classify folk houses and farmsteads is by the type of building materials used Structures tend to blend nicely with the natural landscape Farm dwellings range from: massive houses of stone for permanency, to temporary brush thatch huts  
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Cultural Adoption   show
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Cultural Possibilism   show
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show The suburbs are too boring and not fun for young people. Younger people like the cultural amenities the city has to offer. Many college grads who are childless could care less about the school systems which have a reputation for being bad in the city.  
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show A region with a center hub (node) surrounded by interconnecting linkages. Usually connections relate to trade, communication, transportation, etc.  
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World Pop Culture Hearths   show
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show Climate, Vegetation, Geomorphology(physical features)  
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