Unit 3 Gradesaver Review

Refers to a person's identity with a group of people who share a common cultural heritage, often including language, religion, traditions, and ancestry, which ties them to a specific homeland or hearth.

• Indigenous Community

• Culture

• Ethnicity

• Cultural Hearth

Refers to the policy of a powerful nation exerting control over other territories, often through military force or political influence, to gain economic or political advantages, usually without establishing large settlements in the conquered land.

• Imperialism

• Ethnocentrism

• Religion

• Colonialism

Refers to the design and construction of buildings, reflecting the cultural traditions, technological capabilities, and environmental adaptations of a society, essentially representing the built environment of a place and often revealing significant details about the people who inhabit it.

• Architecture

• Urbanization

• Folk Culture

• Globalization

The spread of a cultural trait or innovation from a central point to surrounding areas, where the original hearth (source) continues to practice or exhibit the trait.

• Expansion Diffusion

• Contagious Diffusion

• Relocation Diffusion

• Stimulus Diffusion

Refers to the intangible aspects of a culture, including beliefs, values, ideas, norms, and practices, which cannot be physically touched. For example, Greetings and gestures: Handshakes, bowing, or specific hand gestures depending on the culture.

• Relocation Diffusion

• Stimulus Diffusion

• Hierarchical Diffusion

• Nonmaterial Culture

Refers to the process where cultures become increasingly distinct from one another, often due to geographical isolation, political boundaries, or a conscious effort to preserve unique traditions.

• Cultural Convergence

• Cultural Divergence

• Material Culture

• Cultural Traits

Refers to a factor that tends to divide a state or country by pulling people apart, often due to differences in ethnicity, religion, language, or economic disparities, creating tensions and potentially leading to political instability.

• Social Constructs

• Cultural Hearth

• Centrifugal Force

• Centripetal Force

The shared way of life of a group of people, encompassing learned features like language, beliefs, behaviors, technology, and government practices, essentially representing the total set of customs and traditions that distinguish a particular society.

• Ethnicity

• Culture

• Indigenous Community

• Lingua Franca

Refers to the intentional process of designing and managing public spaces to foster a strong sense of community and belonging within a place, by considering the needs and aspirations of local residents, often involving community engagement to create spaces that reflect the unique cultural and social identity of that area.

• Folk Culture

• Creolization

• Placemaking

• Sense of Place

Refers to the spread of cultural traits or ideas from one place to another through the physical movement of people, essentially meaning that when people migrate, they bring their cultural practices with them to their new location, thus spreading those practices to the new area.

• Contagious Diffusion

• Stimulus Diffusion

• Sequent Occupancy

• Relocation Diffusion