AP Human Geography Unit 3 Flashcards By Yours Truly

The shared beliefs, practices, traits and behaviors of a society is a _______

Visible and invisible traits of a culture group

Physical objects that were created by a culture

The structure and organization of a culture that influence a culture

The beliefs, ideas, values, and knowledge of a culture (Not physical)

Small groups of people that usually come from a certain area in a world and dont have much change to their culture

Large cultures that are full of change and “trends“. Connected with online social media and changing much overtime

Normal agreed upon practices in a culture that guide the behavior of a culture

Things in a culture that are usually frowned upon and disapproving

comparing and judging another culture upon your own beliefs. Usually means that one side believes that their side is more correct than another side

the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.

An unbiased way of looking at another culture and their beliefs

areas of land that have been reshaped by humans to project their viewing of their cultural beliefs

The idea that cultures usually change the area around them to imprint their cultural beliefs

Areas in the world where 1 culture and group are collected together in 1 spot/town/area

Predictable movement/distribution of people in different cultures

Places in cultural landscapes that have been changed to accomodate for both/all genders

cultural landscapes patterns

an area of the world that share the same or similar cultural belief

Forces that unify and connect and PASTE a country/culture/realm

Characteristics that divide/FRACTURE a country/cultural/realm

The area where a culture originated from and where its diffused from

The movement and spread of a culture and their traits, knowledge, ideas, and trends

A culture being spread through close contact with other people

Diffusion through wealthy higher classed people down to classes beneath them

The spread of culture from lower less wealthy classes UP to higher more wealthy classes

As cultures are diffused they are modified/changed to fit that certain areas needs

Long contact between 2 cultures will result in ___________ where one of the cultures adopt some traits from the other culture

When one culture abandons their own culture and entirely joins another one

The acceptance and tolerance of multiple cultures living close together

When 2 cultures or cultural traits fuse together and create a new SYNCED culture or cultural traits that represents both cultures

The power to dominate over another country through force or diplomacy

When a country creates settlements in another country to get political and/or economic gain

where dominance over another country can be obtained through cultural/political/economic INFLUENCE

extremely simplified language that can be understood anywhere

2 languages fused together to create a language that both cultures can understand and use

The most extremely common set language that most people can understand. Used for mostly business

Different tones or ways of speaking a certain language

The farther away a culture is diffused from a heath, the more it is changed or altered or even far enough where it is unable to diffuse anymore

the trend of increased cultural and economic connectedness around the WORLD

the shrinking of the world due to advancements and technology and easier access to connectedness

People leaving cultures or partially leaving cultures for different reasons

The process of two or more cultures coming into contact with each other and adopting each other’s traits to become more alike

Largest group of related languages which are connected through a common, ancient ancestry and trace back to a common hearth.

Collection of languages that share a common origin from thousands of years ago. They were separated from other languages in their family and now are distinctive although related. 

Collection of languages that share a more recent past with similar vocabularies and some overlap.