Chapter 6 Vocabulary (APHG)

The beliefs, values, practices, behaviors, and technologies shared by a society and passed down from generation to generation.

• Cultural trait

• Cultural norm

• Culture

• Sociofact

A shared object or cultural practice

• Cultural norm

• Cultural landscape

• Mentifact

• Cultural Trait

A visible object or technology that a culture creates.

• Artifacts

• Sociofacts

• Mentifacts

• Cultural landscape

A structure or organization of a culture that influences social behavior.

• Artifacts

• Sociofacts

• Mentifacts

• Cultural landscape

A central, enduring element of a culture that reflects its shared ideas, values, knowledge and beliefs.

• Artifacts

• Sociofacts

• Mentifacts

• Cultural landscape

The widespread behaviors, beliefs and practices of ordinary people in society at a given point in time.

• Cultural Relativism

• Traditional (Local/Folk) Culture

• Globalization

• Popular Culture

The long-established behaviors, beliefs, and practices passed down from generation to generation.

• Cultural Relativism

• Traditional (Local/Folk) Culture

• Globalization

• Popular Culture

A shared standard or patterns that guides the behavior of a group of people.

• Cultural norm

• Cultural trait

• Cultural convergence

• Cultural appropriation

The tendency of ethnic groups to evaluate other groups according to preconceived ideas originating from their own culture.

• Cultural relativism

• Ethnocentrism

• Ethnonationalism

• Cultural convergence

The evaluation of a culture by its own standards

• Cultural relativism

• Ethnocentrism

• Ethnonationalism

• Cultural convergence