AP HUG Unit 3 Review

The phenomenon of a location losing its unique or distinct identity.

• Placelessness

• Homogeneity

• Urbanization

• Globalization

Individuals who follow or uphold a leader, cause, or belief.

• Supporters

• Adherents

• Opponents

• Critics

The structures and organizations of a culture that influence social behavior.

• Sociofacts

• Cultural norms

• Social constructs

• Traditions

Evaluating other cultures according to the standards of one's own culture.

• Cultural Relativism

• Ethnocentrism

• Multiculturalism

• Globalization

The process by which a minority group gradually adopts the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture.

• Integration

• Assimilation

• Acculturation

• Segregation

Type of diffusion where an idea behind a cultural trait stimulates a new, but related, trait

• Innovation

• Stimulus

• Cultural Exchange

• Diffusion

Primary writing system for a wide variety of languages, especially across Europe

• Cyrillic Script

• Arabic Script

• Latin Script

• Greek Script

A category of people who identify with each other based on shared cultural traits.

• Ethnicity

• Nationality

• Race

• Culture

Evaluating a culture by that culture’s standards. Example: Some cultures don’t allow men to touch women not in their family, so they don’t offer a handshake.

• Cultural Relativism

• Ethnocentrism

• Cultural Imperialism

• Cultural Assimilation

The geographic origins or sources of innovations, ideas, or ideologies.

• Cultural hearths

• Cultural diffusion

• Cultural landscapes

• Cultural regions