Unit 3 Chapter 4

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Artifact

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A visible object that a group processes and leaves behind for the future.

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Built Environment

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The part of the physical landscape that represents material culture, like roads, bridges, buildings, etc.

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Core-Domain-Sphere Model

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Area where concentration of cultural traits in a region is highest.

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Cultural Convergence

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The tendecy of cultures to become more alike due to the sharing of customs with modern transportation and other methods of diffusion.

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Cultural/Environmental Perception

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The concept that people of different cultures will observe other environments and make different decisions about the land's potential and how it is used.

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Cultural Landscape

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How humans modify the land they are on and how the modifications reflect their culture.

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Culture Realm

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The area where a specific culture is. A culture realm's boundaries can be defined by the cultural traits, such as religion, ethnicity, language, diet, social institutions, and popular culture aspects.

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Culture Region

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A region with similar culture traits and cultural landscape features. It doesn't have to be one culture, necessarily.

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Culture Hearth

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A point on the Earth where a cultural trait began.

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Culture Complex

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A group of traits that make a culture unique.

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Cultural Traits

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Customs that help define specific cultures, such as language, religion, ethnicity, social institutions, diet, and aspects of popular culture.

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Custom

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A repetitive act of a group, performed on a basis that it becomes a characteristic of the group.

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Environmental Determinism

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The belief that the physical environment affects the social environment of a people, and that people cannot compete with the environment. This belief is not widely accepted anymore.

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Folk Culture

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Consists of cultural traits practiced in homogeneous, groups in isolated, rural areas.

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Food Attraction

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Reasons why a culture/group eats certain foods or food types.

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Habit

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An act that an individual performs on a regular basis.

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Material Culture

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The physical manifestations of human activity; includes tools, art, campsites, and structures. The most durable aspects of culture.

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Mentifact

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The central, enduring elements of a culture, such as language, religion, folklore, etc.

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Popular Culture

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Found in large, heterogeneous societies that share certain habits despite differences in personal characteristics.

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Possibilism

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The belief that people are not controlled by the environment, and that people can adapt the environment to live comfortably.

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Sociofact

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The links between individuals' habits and groups' customs that unite a culture, such as family structure and religious, educational, and political institutions.

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Taboo

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Restriction on behaivior imposed by social groups/customs.

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Uniform Landscape

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The expression of a popular culture trait/custom across an area that will be similar to another location.