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AP Human Geography Unit 3

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Cultural Divergence   When a culture separates or goes in a different direction  
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Cultural Convergence   The tendency for cultures to become more alike as they increasingly share technology and organizational structures in a modern world united by improved transportation and communication  
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Acculturation   The adoption of cultural traits, such as language, by one group under the influence of another  
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Syncretism   The blending of cultures and ideas from different places.  
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Assimilation   The process through which people lose originally differentiating traits, such as dress, speech particularities or mannerisms, when they come into contact with another society or culture.  
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Multiculturalism   The view that cultures, races, and ethnicities, particularly those of minority groups, deserve special acknowledgment of their differences within a dominant political culture.  
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Cultural Relativism   The principle that an individual human's beliefs and activities should be understood by others in terms of that individual's own culture.  
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Ethnocentrism   The feeling that one's own ethnic group is superior.  
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Local Culture   The set of behaviors, beliefs and customs that exist in a country  
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Non-Material Culture   Anything on the landscape that comprises culture that cannot be physically touched  
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Material Culture   Anything that can physically be seen on the landscape.  
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Cultural Hearth   A place of origin for a widespread cultural trend.  
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Indigenous Culture   a culture group that constitutes the original inhabitants of a territory,  
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Cultural Trait   The specific customs that are part of the everyday life of a particular culture, such as language, religion, ethnicity, social institutions, and aspects of popular culture.  
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Centripetal force   An attitude that unifies people and enhances support for a state.  
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Centrifugal force   Forces or attitudes that tend to divide a state.  
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Cultural Landscape   Cultural attributes of an area often used to describe a place (e.g., buildings, theaters, places of worship  
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Sequent Occupance   The notion that successive societies leave their cultural imprints on a place, each contributing to the cumulative cultural landscape.  
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Gender   The differences between men and woman  
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Gender Roles   The idea that there are certain social expectations and rights associated with being a man or a woman.  
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GII(Gender Inequality Index)   measure of the extent of each country's gender inequality in terms of reproductive health, empowerment, and the labor market.  
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Gendered Spaces   Areas in which particular genders of people, and particular types of gender expression, are considered welcome or appropriate, and other types are unwelcome or inappropriate.  
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