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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acculturation | all the knowledge and values shared by a society |
| assimilation | the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another |
| artifact | an object made by human beings; often refers to a primitive tool or other relic from an earlier period |
| built environment | The man-made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity, ranging in scale from personal shelter to neighborhoods to the large-scale civic surroundings. |
| commodification | The process through which something is given monetary value; occurs when a good or idea that previously was not regarded as an object to be bought and sold is turned into something that has a particular price and that can be traded in a market economy. |
| core-domain-sphere model | The place where concentration of culture traits that characterizes a region is greatest. |
| 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. |
| cultural determinism | Cultural determinism is the belief that the culture in which we are raised determines who we are at emotional and behavioral levels. This supports the theory that environmental influences dominate who we are instead of biologically inherited traits. |
| cultural hearth | A center where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions spread outward. |
| perception | the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events. |
| cultural ecology | Geographic approach that emphasizes human-environment relationships. |
| cultural landscape | the visible imprint of human activity and culture on the landscape |
| culture realm | A collective of culture regions sharing related culture systems; a major world area having sufficient distinctiveness to be perceived as set apart from other realms in terms of cultural characteristics and complexes. |
| culture complex | A related set of culture traits descriptive of one aspect of a society's behavior or activity (may be assoc. with religious beliefs or business practices). |
| culture trait | A single, distinguishing feature of regular occurrence within a culture, such as the use of chopsticks or the observance of a particular caste system. A single element of learned behavior. |
| culture region | an area in which people have many shared culture traits |
| custom | The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group of people performing the act |
| environmental determinism | see ch1 |
| folk culture | Culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups. |
| globalization | The trend toward increased cultural and economic connectedness between people, businesses, and organizations throughout the world. |
| glocalization | The process by which people in a local place mediate and alter regional, national, and global processes |
| habit | A repetitive act performed by a particular individual. |
| material culture | a set of material artifacts held by a group |
| mentifact | The central, enduring elements of a culture expressing its values and beliefs, including language, religion, folklore, and etc. |
| popular culture | Culture found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics. |
| possibilism | see ch1 |
| sequent occupance | the notion that successive societies leave their cultural imprints on a place, each contributing to the cumulative cultural landscape |
| sociofact | The institutions and links between individuals and groups that unit a culture, including family structure and political, educational and religious institutions. |
| taboo | an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion |
| terrior | The conribution of a location's distinctive physical features to the way food tastes |
| transculturation | cultural borrowing that occurs when different cultures of approximately equal complexity and technological level come into close contact |
| uniform landscape | The spatial expression of a popular custom in one location being similar to another. |
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