AP FINAL EXAM UNIT 3

What is culture?

• Culture is the collective social behavior and norms of a group, including language, customs, and arts.
• Culture refers only to historical artifacts and monuments.
• Culture is a type of food from different regions.
• Culture is the biological makeup of an organism.

What does culture include?

• Geography and climate
• Physical appearance and health
• Mathematics and science
• Culture includes beliefs, customs, arts, social institutions, language, religion, cuisine, and social habits.

• Cultural Relativism vs. Ethnocentrism

• Ethnocentrism encourages the acceptance of all cultural practices.
• Cultural relativism denies the value of all cultures.
• Cultural relativism asserts that all cultures are equal in every aspect.
• Cultural relativism promotes understanding of different cultures, while ethnocentrism promotes superiority of one's own culture.

Cultural Landscape 

• Cultural landscape refers to natural features untouched by humans.
• Cultural landscape is a geographic area shaped by human activity.
• Cultural landscape is a term used for urban areas only.
• Cultural landscape is solely defined by historical events.

define Sequent Occupancy

• Sequent Occupancy is the successive use of a particular area by different cultures or groups over time.
• Sequent Occupancy describes the ecological succession of plant species in a given area.
• Sequent Occupancy is the practice of maintaining a single cultural identity over generations.
• Sequent Occupancy refers to the permanent settlement of a single culture in an area.

TYPES OF DIFFUSION in geography

• Natural diffusion
• Cultural diffusion
• Relocation diffusion, expansion diffusion, hierarchical diffusion
• Economic diffusion

• What 4 religions are universalizing

• Hinduism
• Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Sikhism
• Judaism
• Taoism

what two religions are ethnic

• Buddhism, Christianity
• Islam, Shinto
• Sikhism, Zoroastrianism
• Judaism, Hinduism

what is acculturation

• Acculturation is the process of cultural change and adaptation that occurs when individuals from one culture come into contact with another.
• Acculturation is the complete abandonment of cultural practices.
• Acculturation refers to the rejection of one's own culture.
• Acculturation is the process of cultural isolation from others.

what is Assimilation

• Assimilation is the process of cultural segregation.
• Assimilation is the process of cultural integration; individuals adopt the traits of another culture.

• Assimilation refers to the rejection of one's own culture.
• Assimilation is the act of creating new cultural practices.