Ap Human Geo Unit 3:Culture

A system of beliefs and practices that attempts to order life in terms of culturally perceived ultimate priorities. (ex. Islam)

• Reincarnation

• monotheistic religion

• religion

• polytheistic religion

• universalizing religions

A focused geographic area where important innovations are born and from which they are spread

• Cultural Hearth

• Minority Religion

• An Ethnic Group

• Universalizing Religion

A religion that actively seeks new members and believes its message has universal importance and Application

• Ethnic Religion

• Universalizing Religion

• Monotheistic Religion

• Polytheistic Religion

The Phenomenon whereby the introduction of new transportation technologies progressively reduce the time it takes to travel between places

• Time space continuum

• Difusion

• Time- Space Convergence

• Distance Decay

A language of communication and commerce spoken across a wide area where it is not a mother tongue

• imperialism

• Colonialism

• Lingua Franca

• Bilingualism

A force that threatens the Cohesion of a neighborhood, society or country.

• Centrifugal Force

• Secularization

• Centripetal force

• sense of place

A force that brings people together and unifies a neighborhood, society or country

• sense of place

• Placemaking

• Centrifugal Force

• centripetal force

The distinctive feeling of a place, or persons perception of place

• centripetal force

• centrifugal force

• Sense of place

• Place making

This type of Diffusion occurs when individuals or groups with a particular idea or practice migrate from one location to another, thereby bringing the idea or practice to their new homeland

• Relocation Diffusion

• Expansion Diffusion

Cultural identity through shared traits such as language or religion

• Race
• Ethnicity
• Habit
• Culture