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AP Human unit 3
AP Human Geography unit 3 vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aculturation | the adoption of behavior patterns of the surrounding culture |
| Assimilation | the process of acculturating or blending in to a new culture or surrounding |
| Cultural core | Idea that the core maintains the main economic power of a region and the outlying region or periphery possesses lesser economic ties |
| Culture realm | a geographical region where cultural traits maintain homogeneity. |
| Adaptive strategys | The way humans adapt to the physical and cultural landscape they are living in. |
| Built environment | That part of the physical landscape that represents materrial culture; the buildings, roads, bridges, and similar structures large and small of the cultural landscape. |
| Material culture | The tangible, physical items produced and used by members of a specific culture group and reflective of their traditions, lifestyles and technologies. |
| Nonmaterial culture | the nonphysical ideas that people have about their culture, including beliefs, values, rules, norms, morals, language |
| Fulk culture | cultural traditions that are done at a local level and which are derived from longstanding cultural practices. |
| Popular culture | recognized by members of a society as a set of the practices, beliefs, and objects that are dominant or prevalent in a society at a given point in time |
| Fulk housing | traditional housing |
| Creole | A Language derived from a pidgin language that has acquired a fuller vocabulary and become the native laguage of its speakers. |
| Dialect | a regional variation of a language that can be distinguished by its distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and spelling. |
| Indo-European languages | a family of several hundred related languages and dialects |
| Isogloss | a boundary line between two distinct linguistic regions |
| Lingua franca | An existing, well established language of communication and commerce used widely where it is not a mother tongue. |
| Official language | The language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and publication of documents |
| Pidgin | involves the natural combination of two or more languages into one fluid and changeable dialect. |
| Toponym | another word for name, but is specific to locations |
| Trade language | restructured language used especially in commercial communication. |
| Animism | the belief that objects, such as natural events have a discrete spirit and conscious life. |
| Buddhism | A universalizing religion, primarily of eastern and central asia, based on teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, the Blank that suffering is inherent in all life but can be relieved by mental and moral self-purification. |
| Christianity | the religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, or its beliefs and practices. |
| Ethnic religion | relate closely to culture, ethnic heritage, and to the physical geography of a particular place. |
| Fundamentalism | Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch, denomination, or sect). |
| Hadj | The muslim pilgrimige to Mecca, the birthplace of Muhammad |
| Hinduism | The main religion of India which includes the worship of many gods and the belief that after you die you return to life in a different form. |
| Interfaith boundaries | Boundaries within a single major faith. |
| Islam | based on the teachings of Muhammad. He received the truth directly from Allah written then in the Koran |
| Jainism | one of the oldest reigions where they belive in becoming liberated from the endless cycle of rebirth and to achieve an all-knowing state called moksha. |
| Landscapes of the dead | the certain areas where people are commonly burred in religion |
| Monotheism | one god |
| Polytheism | more than one God |
| Mormonism | a term used to describe religious, ideological, and cultural aspects of the various denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement. It is important because a lot of people around the world practice Mormonism. |
| Proselytic religion | Universalizing Religion, to appeal to all people, wherever they are on Earth, not just those of 1 culture or location. help(to try to convert another person to your religion.) |
| Religious cultural hearth | This is where most religions are born. Most major religions have come from the Middle East near Israel, but a few have come from India too. This is important to HG because where religions are created, civilizations are too. |
| Religions toponyms | This refers to the origin and meaning of the names of religions. This is important to HG because many names mean significant things including beliefs of cultures. |
| Sacred place | Sacred space is the place where religious figures and congregations meet to perform religious ceremonies. This is important to HG because a lot of history has taken place at sacred spaces. |
| Secularism | This is the belief that humans should be based on facts and not religious beliefs. |
| Sharia law | Islam's legal system derived from the Quran |
| Shintoism | a religion that originated in Japan |
| Sikhism | a monotheistic religion founded in Punjab in the 15th century by Guru Nanak. |
| Syncretic religion | blending of two or more religious belief systems into a new system, or the incorporation into a religious tradition of beliefs from unrelated traditions. |
| Theocracy | the government is presumed to be divinely ordained by God. |
| Univerializing religion | they offer belief systems that are attractive to the universal population. |
| Zoroastrianism | is an ancient Persian religion |
| Barrio | a district of a town in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries. |
| Cultural shatter belt | A politically unstable region where differing cultural elements come into contact and conflict |
| Ethnic cleansing | Process in which more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogeneous region |
| Ethic enclave | a small area occupied by a distinctive minority culture |
| Ethnic homeland | a sizable area inhabited by an ethnic minority that exhibits a strong sense of attachment to the region and often exercises some measure of political and social control over it. |
| Ethnicity | Identity with a group of people that share distinct physical and mental traits as a product of common heredity and cultural traditions. |
| Ethnocentrism | Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group. |
| Ghetto | A poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions |
| Race | A group of human beings distinguished by physical traits, blood types, genetic code patterns or genetically inherited characteristics. |
| Judaism | monotheistic religion, roots in the teachings of Abraham |
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