Chapter 2 Roots and Meaning of Culture: Introduction

Relocation diffusion

________ is when innovation is brought to new areas by migrating people who possess it.

Humans

________ began using metal instead of stones and they modified plants, terrain and water.

Geographers

________ also believe in cultural autonomy which states that cultures are equally likely to build any set of cultural traits no matter what environmental circumstances are like.

hunter gatherers

Humans were all ________ and people depended on the year- round availability of food and animals.

cultural landscape

The ________ represents how a given culture modified and left its record on the land.

available technology

The carrying capacity of a region depends on the ________ which was quite low for the hunter- gatherers.

Expansion diffusion

________ is when the spread of a culture trait is adopted after contact with those who do practice the trait.

Diffusion

________ is the process by which an idea or innovation is transmitted from one individual or group to another across space.

Premodern

________ and traditional societies are not very innovative because they resist change as it can bring a new reality of different socioeconomic conditions.

sociological subsystem

The ________ is about the patterns of interpersonal relations and social rituals in a culture.

Culture hearth

________ is used to describe the centers of innovation and invention.

Cultures

________ do not exist in isolation; they all overlap and are interrelated in a way.

Hierarchical diffusion

________ is when an idea transfers from a larger area to a smaller area or between more important individuals before the general population.

Contagious diffusion

________ is when one area practices something and it spreads to a neighboring area.

Cultural differences

________ can represent the difference between a human from the stone age to a human living in New York, but it can also be as subtle as the "feel "of urban Paris, Moscow and New York.

social scientist

To a(n) ________, culture is the specialized behavioral patterns, understandings, adaptations, and social systems that summarize a group of peoples learned way of life.

Cultural convergence

________ is where humans share their technology, organizational structures and cultural traits 2.6 The Structure of Culture.

Humans

________ always modify their environment and cater it to their cultural landscape.