Unit 3 AP Human Geography Vocab

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What are the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group?

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culture

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What is a characteristic of human action that's acquired by people socially and transmitted via various modes of communication?

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culture trait

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What is the art or practice of designing and constructing buildings?

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architecture

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What is the idea that a person's beliefs, values, and practices should be understood based on that person's own culture, rather than be judged against the criteria of another?

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cultural relativism

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What is the evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture?

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ethnocentrist

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What is a geographic area that includes cultural resources and natural resources associated with the interactions between nature and human behavior?

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cultural landscape

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What is a local or regional variations of a languages or dialect?

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linguistic

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What is it when successive societies leave their cultural imprints on a place that add up to the cultural landscape?

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sequent occupancy

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What is architecture characterized by the use of local materials and knowledge, usually without the supervision of professional architects?

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traditional architecture

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What is a style or movement which emerged in the 1960s as a reaction against the austerity, formality, and lack of variety of modern architecture?

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postmodern architecture