Unit 5-Cultural Geography

The process of adopting the traits of a culture or group is called...

• culture

• acculturation

• convergence

• folk

Popular culture is...

• goods, services, ideas and patterns of their use in a population.

• the state of a society.

• the place of origin of a cultural group.

• the spread of an idea/trait/concept through a group of people.

When people migrate or move to a new area and bring their ideas, objects and other things with them, this process is called?

• Contagious diffusion

• Multiculturalism

• Stimulus diffusion

• Relocation diffusion

Ethnicity is...

• the act of converging, moving toward union or uniformity.

• habit of viewing all groups, in relation or compared to one ethnic group.

• the identity of a group that shares genetic characteristics, culture, language, religion, or history.

• units of transmission that permit diffusion and create traditions.

The process by which people acquire the culture and habits of the dominant group is called...

• assimilation

• culture hearth

• indigenous religion

• convergence

Ethnocentrism is...

• the state of a society.

• the habit of viewing all groups in relation to or compared to one ethnoc group.

• diffusion in which one people receives a cultural element from another but gives it a new and unique form.

• the process of adopting the traits of a culture or group.

Cultural divergence is...

• style of music or art based on pleasant or traditional culture.

• place of origin of a cultural group.

• the restriction of a culture from outside cultural influences; the likelihood or tendency for cultures to become increasingly dissimilar with the passing of time.

• when people migrate or move to a new area, they bring their ideas, objects and the like with them.

The spread of an idea/trait/concept through a group of people is called...

• a contagious diffusion.

• an indigenous religion

• folk

• convergence

A culture hearth is...

• when people migrate or move to a new area where they bring their ideas, objects, etc. with them.

• units of transmission that permit diffusion and create traditions.

• a place of origin of a cultural group.

• style of music or art based on peasant or traditional culture.

The hierarchical diffusion is...

• a cultural diffusion that occurs when influential structures in society encourage the adoption of certain new cultures or cultural aspects.

• the process of adopting the traits of a culture or group.

• the art and science of cultivating land for growing crops (farming) or raising livestock (ranching).

• the ancestral religions of people who are native to particular landscapes.