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All the AP Human Geography: Unit 3 vocab terms.

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acculturation   adoption of cultural traits, such as language, by one group under the influence of another  
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architecture   the art of practice of constructing and designing buildings  
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artifacts   the material manifestation of culture, including tools, housing, systems of land use, clothing, etc. "What a culture uses"  
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assimilation   the process of a person or group losing the cultural traits that made them distinct from the people around them  
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branch   a major division within a religion  
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caste system   a rigid set of social classes that provides privileges for the higher classes and limits on the lower classes - a person is born in a caste and castes only change upon reincarnation  
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creole or creolized language   a language that began as a combination of two other languages and is spoken as the primary language of a group of people  
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cultural convergence   when two cultures become more similar because of frequent interactions  
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cultural divergence   when a culture splits into different cultures because of lack of interaction  
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cultural relativism   the idea that a person's beliefs, values, and practices should be understood based on that person's own culture, rather than be judged through the eyes of another culture  
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dialect   different forms of the same language used by groups that have some different vocabulary and pronunciations  
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diaspora   the scattering a of people from their homeland (especially the Jews from the Holy Land)  
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indigenous (folk/ethnic) culture   the cultural traditions that are generally held by a specific ethnic group, often localized in a specific area  
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indigenous language   a language that is native to a region and spoken by indigenous people  
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indigenous people   the original settlers of a given region, in contrast to groups that have settled the area more recently  
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language extinction   a language that is no longer spoken by anyone as their native lanugage  
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language family   a collection of languages that re all descended from an original proto-language  
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lingua franca   a language that groups of people who don't speak the same language use to communicate often for trade or business  
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mentifacts   the central, enduring elements of a culture expressing its values and beliefs, including language, religion, folklore, and etc. "What a culture believes"  
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multiculturalism   when various ethnic groups coexist with one another without having to sacrifice their particular identities  
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pilgrimage   a journey to a location that has religious significance  
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secularism   a philosophy that interprets life on principles taken solely from the material world, without recourse to religion  
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sense of place   a strong feeling of identity that is deeply felt by inhabitants and visitors of a location  
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sequent occupance   the idea that the current cultural landscape is a combination of all the societies who lived there previously and the changes each group made  
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sociofacts   the institutions and links between individuals and groups that unite a culture, including family structure and political, educational and religious institutions. "What a culture does"  
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syncretism   the blending traits from two different cultures to form a new trait  
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taboo   something that is forbidden by a culture or a religion, sometimes so forbidden that it is often not even discussed  
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universalizing religion   a religion that attempts to appeal to all people and has a worldwide focus as opposed to a regional focus  
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ethnic religion   a religion that is focused on a single ethnic group (often in a centralized area) that doesn't attempt to appeal to all people  
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ethnocentrism   judging people or traditions based on your own cultural standards  
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gender   cultural differences in the expectations of behavior by men and women in a specific society  
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