Geo Unit 4: Key Terms

The beliefs and practices of small, similar groups of people often living in rural areas that are relatively isolated and slow to change.

• Culture hearth

• Folk culture

• Mentifacts

• Popular culture

Cultural traits that spread quickly over a large area and are adopted by various groups; often begin in urban areas

• Popular culture

• Sociofacts

• Culture hearth

• Folk culture

The area in which a unique culture or a specific trait develops

• Cultural landscape

• Ethnic enclaves

• Folk culture

• Culture hearth

Physical objects made by people that tell us about their culture (tools, clothes, shelter, etc.)

• Sociofacts

• Mentifacts

• Artifacts

• None of these

The structures and organizations of a culture that influence social behavior (political forms and economic forms)

• Sociofacts

• Mentifacts

• Artifacts

• None of these

The shared values and beliefs of a culture (religion, language, philosophical beliefs)

• Sociofacts

• Mentifacts

• Artifacts

• None of these

When an ethnic or immigrant group moves to a new area and adopts the values and practices of the larger group that has received them while still maintaining major elements of their own culture.

• Ethnic enclave

• Acculturation

• Multiculturalism

• Assimilation

When an ethnic or immigrant group moves to a new area and can no longer be distinguished from the receiving group.

• Ethnic enclave

• Acculturation

• Multiculturalism

• Assimilation

Regional variations of a language

• Dialects

• Mentifacts

• Pop culture

• Sociofacts

The visible reflection of human culture on the built environment.

• Cultural landscape

• Culture hearth

• Folk culture

• Pop culture