AP Human Geography - Unit 3 Vocabulary

when people move from their original location to another and bring their innovations with them

• Multiculturalism

• Relocation

• Expansion

• Assimilation

a type of cultural diffusion that occurs when cultural aspects or values spread beyond their host cultures while remaining strong among the host culture

• Contagious

• Syncretism

• Relocation

• Expansion

when a cultural trend is spread from one segment of society to another in a pattern, such as hip hop spreading from cities to less populated areas

• Hierarchical

• Acculturation

• Conntagious

• Multiculturalism

the process of an idea being spread rapidly throughout the population; all places and individuals in the region are affected

• Assimilation

• Contagious

• Stimulus

• Expansion

the process through which individuals and groups of differing heritages acquire the basic habits, attitudes, and mode of life of an embracing culture

• Multiculturalism

• Relocation

• Assimilation

• Hierarchical

the process by which the culture of a society in a subordinate position is modified to conform to the culture of the dominant society

• Contagious

• Hierarchical

• Syncretism

• Acculturation

showing how different beliefs and practices merge when cultures interact

• Stimulus

• Assimilation

• Syncretism

• Multiculturalism

the spread of cultural objects and ideas among people, within a culture or between different cultures

• Multiculturalism

• Expansion

• Syncretism

• Relocation

a group of different languages that all descend from a particular common language

• Vernacular

• Language Family

• Dialect

a regional variety of a language differing from the standard language

• Vernacular

• Language Family

• Dialect