Cultural Concepts Flashcards

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Acculturation

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Adopting some traits of another culture while retaining identity.

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Artifacts

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Objects reflecting cultural values and traditions.

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Assimilation

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Gradual adoption of dominant culture by a minority group.

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Centrifugal Forces

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Forces that divide populations, causing instability.

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Centripetal Forces

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Traits that unify a country and provide stability.

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Contagious Diffusion

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Rapid spread of culture through close contact.

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Cultural Convergence

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Cultures adopt traits from each other through contact.

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Cultural Hearth

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Origin of cultural traits or ideas.

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Cultural Landscape

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Visible imprint of human activity on the environment.

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Distance Decay

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The influence of a culture weakens with distance from its hearth.