unit 3 vocabulary human geography

centrifugal force

• a shared standard or pattern that guides the behavior of a group of people

• a force that divides a group of people

• a force that unites a group of people

• a journey to a holy place for spiritual reasons

centripetal force

•  a force that unites a group of people

• a relatively small group that has separated from an established religious denominations

• a community-driven process in which people collaborate to a create a place where the can live, work, play, and learn

• a force that divides a group of people

culture

• the process by which an idea or cultural trait spreads rapidly among people of all social classes and levels of power

• the act of adopting elements of another culture

• a religion that is closely tied with a particular ethnic group often living in a particular place

• the beliefs, values, practices, behaviors, and technologies shared by a society and passed down from generation to generation

cultural landscape

• a shared standard or pattern that guides the behavior of a group of people

• a cultural landscape within a communication of people outside their area of origin

• a natural landscape that has been modified by humans, reflecting their cultural beliefs and values

• the evaluation of a culture by its own standard

cultural norm

• a shared object or cultural practice

• the state belonging to a group of people who share common cultural characteristics

• a shared standard or pattern that guides the behavior of a group of people

• a language that is unrelated to any known language

cultural relativism

• the evaluation of a culture by its own standard

• a separate church organization that unites a number of local congregations

• a natural landscape that has been modified by humans, reflecting their cultural beliefs and values

• the act of adopting elements of another culture

cultural trait

• the evaluation of a culture by its own standard

• a shared object or cultural practice

• a natural landscape that has been modified by humans, reflecting their cultural beliefs and values

• a relatively small group that has separated from an established religious denominations

denomination

• the act of adopting elements of another culture

• a separate church organization that unites a number of local congregations

• a culture in which people are expected to conform to collective responsibility within the family and to be obedient to and respectful of elder family members

• a category of acculturation in which the interaction of two cultures results in one culture adopting almost of the customs, traditions, language, and other cultural traits of the other

dialect

• the long-established behaviors, beliefs, and practices passed down from generation to generation

• a religion that tries to appeal to all humans and is open to membership by everyone

• focused on worldly instead of spiritual concerns

• a variation of standard language specific to a general area, with differences in pronunciation, degree of rapidity in speech, word choice, and spelling

ethnicity

• the state belonging to a group of people who share common cultural characteristics

• a collection of languages within a language family that share a common origin and separated from other branches in the same family several thousand years ago

• a group of languages that share a common ancestral language from a particular hearth, or region of origin

• focused on worldly instead of spiritual concerns