Unit 3 - In Class

What is the definition of culture?

• The material manifestation of culture, including tools, housing, systems of land use, clothing, etc.

• Beliefs, traditions, celebration, thoughts, values and ideas of a group.

• Body of materials, customary beliefs, and social forms that together constitute the distinct tradition of a group or people.

• Judging other cultures based on the rules of your culture.

What does nonmaterial culture include?

• Tools, housing, systems of land use, clothing, etc.

• Beliefs, traditions, celebration, thoughts, values and ideas of a group.

• A strong feeling of identity that is deeply felt by inhabitants and visitors of a location.

• The community of indigenous people living together to keep their culture alive.

What is cultural relativism?

• Judging other cultures based on the rules of your culture.

• A language that began as a combination of two other languages.

• The belief that a culture should be judged based on its own standards, not based on another culture.

• The spread of an idea through a population in a way that the number of those influenced becomes continuously larger.

What is language?

• A set of mutually intelligible sounds and symbols that are used for communication.

• The community of indigenous people living together to keep their culture alive.

• The spread of an idea through a population in a way that the number of those influenced becomes continuously larger.

• Judging other cultures based on the rules of your culture.

What is expansion diffusion?

• The spread of an idea through a population in a way that the number of those influenced becomes continuously larger.

• A form of diffusion where the ideas being diffused are transmitted by their carriers as they migrate to new areas.

• The community of indigenous people living together to keep their culture alive.

• Judging other cultures based on the rules of your culture.

What is contagious diffusion?

• Transmission of a phenomenon through close contact with nearby places, like diseases.

• A form of diffusion where the ideas being diffused are transmitted by their carriers as they migrate to new areas.

• The community of indigenous people living together to keep their culture alive.

• Judging other cultures based on the rules of your culture.

What is reverse hierarchical diffusion?

• Diffusion up a hierarchy, such as from a little city to a big one.

• A form of diffusion where the ideas being diffused are transmitted by their carriers as they migrate to new areas.

• The community of indigenous people living together to keep their culture alive.

• Judging other cultures based on the rules of your culture.

What is stimulus diffusion?

• A form of diffusion in which a cultural adaptation is created as a result of the introduction of a cultural trait from another place.

• A form of diffusion where the ideas being diffused are transmitted by their carriers as they migrate to new areas.

• The community of indigenous people living together to keep their culture alive.

• Judging other cultures based on the rules of your culture.

What is the term for a language that is native to a region and spoken by indigenous people?

• Dialect

• Indigenous language

• Language family

• Ethnic religion

Which concept describes the decline in travel time between geographical locations due to advancements in transportation and communication?

• Cultural Convergence

• Time-Space Convergence

• Cultural Divergence

• Social Relationships