Human Geography Unit 5 Vocabulary Review

Any item, made by humans, that represents a material aspect of culture is known as what?

• Primary Source

• Possession

• Artifact

• Tool

Locations on earth’s surface where specific cultures first arose is known as what?

• Cultural Evolution

• Region

• Toponym

• Cultural Hearth

Practices followed by the people of a particular cultural group.

• Customs

• Habits

• Taboos

• Norms

What is the name of a culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups?

• Folk Culture

• Pop Culture

• Expansion Diffusion

• Contagious Diffusion

What is the name of a repetitive act that a particular individual performs?

• Trait

• Taboo

• Custom

• Habit

What is the name for a a restriction on a behavior imposed by a social custom like not eating beef?

• Trait

• Taboo

• Custom

• Habit

What is the name of a culture based in large, heterogeneous societies (MDCs) permitting considerable individualism, innovation, and change

• Folk Culture

• Pop Culture

• Expansion Diffusion

• Contagious Diffusion

The manner in which people speak and the way words are pronounced in different parts of the world is called what?

• Drawl

• Accent

• Slang

• language

The name for being able to speak two languages is what?

• Bilingual

• Dual Languages

• Dual Linguistic

• Smart

What is the name for a regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation?

• Jargon

• Drawl

• Dialect

• Slang