Culture Word Scramble
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| Sociofacts | The education and political institutions, religious organizations, family structure, etc. That make up the non-material aspects of a culture |
| Habit | A repetitive act performed by an INDIVIDUAL |
| Cultural divergence | is the tendency for cultures to become dissimilar over time. |
| Postmodern architecture | Combines traditional and contemporary influences |
| Placemaking | The deliberate shaping of an environment to facilitate social interaction and improve a community's quality of life (Think parks) |
| Cultural artifacts | Anything created by humans which gives information about the culture of its creator and users. (Think about the cultural artifact assignment.) |
| Culture | The enduring behaviors, ideas attitudes, and traditions shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next |
| Nativism | Favoring the interests of native-born people over foreign-born people |
| Traditional architecture | Buildings use building materials available and reflect social/environmental customs of the people (EX log cabins) |
| Cultural relativism | The ability to understand a culture on its own terms and not to make judgements using the standards of one's own culture. The goal of this is promote understanding of cultural practices that are not typically part of one's own culture. |
| Mentifacts | Language, religion, artistic pursuits, folk stories, myths that make up the non-material aspects of a culture. |
| Custom | The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group of people performing the act. |
| Multiculturalism | The coexistence of several cultures in one society, with the ideal of all cultures being valued and worth of study. (U.S.A) |
| Ethnocentrism | A belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group |
| Cultural convergence | Cultural convergence is the theory that two cultures will be more and more like each other as their interactions increase. Basically, the more that cultures interact, the more that their values, behaviors, arts, and customs will start to reflect each other. This is because of improved transportation and communication |
| Sequent occupancy | The notion that successive societies leave their cultural imprints on a place, each contributing to the cumulative cultural landscape. |
| Centripetal forces | A cultural value that tends to unify people |
| Built environment | The man-made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity, ranging in scale from personal shelter to neighborhoods to large cities |
| Centrifugal forces | A cultural value that tends to pull people apart |
| Assimilation | The process of giving up ALL or MOST of the cultural traditions and adopting the social customs of the dominant culture of a place. |
| Sense of place | The special perception we have a certain place based on our feelings, emotions, and associations with that place. |
| Popular culture | Culture found in a large, HETEROGENEOUS society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics. |
| Transculturation | When an equal exchange of traits or influence between two culture groups occurs |
| Placelessness | Loss of uniqueness in a place (think uniform landscape) |
| Syncretism | The birth of a new culture trait from blending two or more cultural traits |
| Toponyms | Place names |
| Diffusion | The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time |
| Ethnic enclave | A place with a high concentration of an ethnic group that is distinct from those in the surrounding area (China Town, San Francisco) |
| Taboo | A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom. |
| Cultural hearth | The area in which a unique culture or specific trait develops/originates . |
| Acculturation | The process of adjustment to the dominant culture. but still maintain major elements of their own culture |
| Cultural beliefs | The predominant beliefs in a culture about right and wrong, what is most important in life, and how life should be lived. May also include beliefs about where and how life originated and what happens after death. |
| Indigenous people | Native to a particular region (Native Americans) |
| Uniform landscape | The spatial expression of a popular custom in one location that will be similar to another (McDonald's world wide) |
| Cultural practices | The social activities and interactions-ranging from religious rituals to food preferences to clothing that collectively distinguish group identity. |
| Folk culture | Culture traditionally practiced by a small, HOMOGENEOUS, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups. |
| Globalization | Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope. |
| Cultural landscape | The visible imprint of human activity and culture on the landscape (built environment) |
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