personally made ap huge unit 3

the shared beliefs, values, practices, behavior, and technology of a society

visible and invisible attributes that combine to make up a group's culture

visible, physical objects created by a culture

the ways in which a society behaves and organizes institutions

the ideas, beliefs, values and knowledge of a culture

small, similar groups of people, often living in isolated rural areas and unlikely to change

large, different groups of people, often living in urban areas that are interconnected through globalization and the internet. quick to change

materials from local physical environment

materials from factories and manufactured

unique attributes of a specific location. distinctiveness

loss of uniqueness of place in the cultural landscape so that one place looks like the next

judging other cultures in terms of one's own standards and often includes the belief that one's own culture is better than others

unbiased way of viewing another culture, the goal of this is to promote understanding of cultural practices that are not typically part of one's own culture

a natural landscape that has been modified by humans, reflecting their cultural beliefs and values

cultural groups leave their cultural imprints when they live in a place, each contributing to the overall cultural landscape overtime

diverse designs, representative of popular culture

areas of the world that share cultural traits

characteristics that unify a country and provide stability

characteristics that divide a country and create instability, conflict, violence

the geographic origin of a culture or cultural trait

the movement or spread of cultural traits, knowledge, ideas, trends from hearths to other geographic areas

spread of a cultural trait through migration of peopl

spread of a cultural trait through interaction between people (ANYTHING BUT MIGRATION)

a cultural trait spreads rapidly, widely, and continuously from its hearth through close contact between people

the spread of cultural traits fromt he most interconnected, powerful, wealthy people/organizations down to others

the spread of cultural traits from the least interconnected, wealthy, or powerful people/organizations to tohers

as cultural traits spread they are altered/modifed due to a cultural barrier, taboo or difference

the dominance of one country over another country through diplomacy or force

when a powerful country establishes settlements in a less powerful country for economic and/or political gain

an extremely simplified, limited language used by two people that speak 2 different languages

a pidgin language that develops into a new combined language with native speakers. frequently developed through settings of colonization or slavery

a common language used by speakers of two different languages for communication. usually for business, trade, commerce or popular culture

variations in accent, grammar. develop out of geographic distance or isolation

the effect distance has on cultural interactions (larger the distance, less interaction)

as a cultural trait diffuses, the people who adopt it might alter it. things change over distance and time

trend toward increased cultural and economic connectedness between people, businesses, organizations throughout the world without regard to borders or barriers

the shrinking of the world due to improvements in communication and transportation technologies

the process of two or more cultures coming into contact with each other and adopting each other's traits to become more alike

cultures become less alike due to both cultural and physical barriers. the process of a culture restricting contact with other cultures in an attempt to retain its originality. serpating/distinguishing from mainstream

largest group of related languages which are connected through a common, ancient ancestry and trace back to a common hearth

collection of languages that share a common origin from 1000s of years ago. distinct languages but related

collection of languages that share a more recent past with similar vocabularies and some overlaop

a geographic boundary within which a particular linguistic feature occurs. lines that divide dialects

prolonged contact between 2 or more cultures, when people in 1 culture adopt traits of another

1 culture abandons their culture and adopts another. sometimes voluntary, mostly forced

acceptance and tolerance of many different cultures in close proximity of each other

2 cultures traits blend together and form a new culture trait. happens through imperialism, military conquest, immigration, intermarriage