Cultural Geography Concepts

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Cultural Geography

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Study of cultural products and norms and their variations across spaces and places

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Cultural Landscape

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Visible imprint of human activity on the landscape

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Cultural Diffusion

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Spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another

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Cultural Hearth

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Origin point of a major culture

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Ethnocentrism

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Belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group

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Cultural Relativism

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Understanding a culture on its own terms without judgment

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Globalization

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Process of interaction and integration among people worldwide

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Cultural Identity

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Feeling of belonging to a group

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Acculturation

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Process of cultural change and psychological change that results following meeting between cultures

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Assimilation

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Process by which a person or a group's language and/or culture come to resemble those of another group