Ch 6 Vocab
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| Culture | The beliefs, values, practices, behaviors, and technologies shared by a society and passed down from generation to generation
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| Cultural Trait | A shared object or cultural practice
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| Artifacts | A visible object or technology that a culture creates
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| Sociofacts | A structure or organization of a culture that influences social behavior
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| Mentifacts | A central, enduring element of a culture that reflects its shared ideas, values, knowledge, and beliefs
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| Popular Culture | The widespread behaviors, beliefs, and practices of ordinary people in society at a given points in time
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| Traditional Culture | The long-established behaviors, beliefs, and practices passed down from generation to generation
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| Cultural Norms | A shared standard or pattern that guides the behavior of a group of people
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| Ethnocentrism | The tendency of ethnic groups to evaluate other groups according to preconceived ideas originating from their own culture
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| Cultural Relativism | The evaluation of a culture by its own standards
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| Cultural Landscape | A natural landscape that has been modified by humans, reflecting their cultural beliefs and values
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| Identity | The ways in which humans make sense of themselves and how they wish to be viewed by others
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| Sequent Occupance | The notion that successive societies leave behind their cultural imprint, a collection of evidence about human character and experiences within a geographic region, which shapes the cultural landscape
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| Ethnicity | The state belonging to a group of people who share common cultural characteristics
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| Ethnic Neighborhoods | A cultural landscape within a community of people outside of their area of origin
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| Traditional Architecture | An established building style of different cultures, religions, and places
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| Postmodern Architecture | A building style that emerged as a reaction to "modern" designs and values diversity in design
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| Religion | A system of spiritual beliefs that helps form cultural perceptions, attitudes, beliefs and values
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| Pilgrimage | A journey to a holy place for spiritual reasons
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| Language | A distinct system of communication that is the carrier of human thoughts and cultural identities
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| Toponyms | A place name
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| Gendered Spaces | A space designed and deliberately incorporated into the landscape to accommodate gender roles
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| Gender Identity | An individual's innermost concept of self as male, female, a blend of both or neither
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| Safe Spaces | A space of acceptance for people who are sometimes marginalized by society
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| Gentrification | The renovations and improvements conforming to middle-class preferences
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| Third Place | A communal space that is separate from home (first place) or work (second place)
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| Sense of Place | The subjective feelings and memories people associate with a geographic location
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| Placemaking | A community-driven process in which people collaborate to create a place where they can live, work, play and learn
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| Dialects | A variation of a standard language specific to a general area, with differences in pronunciation, degree of rapidity in speech, word choice, and spelling
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| Adherents | A person who is loyal to a belief, religion or organization
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| Denominations | A separate church organization that unites a number of local congregations
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| Sect | A relatively small group that has separated from an established religious denomination
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| Centripetal Force | A force that unites a group of people
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| Centrifugal Force | A force that divides a group of people
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