Human Geography 2
Terms
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- Cultural Geography?
- The study of living cultures
- Archaeology?
- The study of past cultures
- Gregarious?
- Likes to be with other people (we naturally want to be in groups that are similar to us)
- Cultural Diffusion?
- Borrowing from other cultures- food, clothihng styles etc.; spread of culture to another area
- Acculturation?
- Process by which a person from another culture adopts traits of another culture
- Prejudice?
- Umreasonable attitude or bias against a group or culture based on supposed characteristics
- Bias?
- Personal, distorted judgement that influences objective perception; one-sided
- Sterotype?
- Over-simplified, commonly held opinion of a person or a group; often a composite of traits; generalizations about an entire group
- Ethnocentric?
- Believing that one's own culture is the best or even better that others; negative if extreme; positive if establishes self-pride
- Xenophobia?
- A fear of foreigners or things foreign
- What are humans basic needs?
- Food/water, shelter, clothing, defense, defence, transportation, sprituallity
- Culture?
- Language, religious beliefs, values, customs, and other ways of life shared by a group of people
- Cultural Trait?
- A behavoral characteristic of a people, such as a language, skill, or custom, passed from one gerneration to another
- Technology?
- Tools and skills that people need to use them; the practical use of scientific skills, especially in the indusrty
- Cultural landscape?
- A landscape that has been changed by human beings that reflects their culture
- Agriculture?
- Farming; includes growing crops and raising livestock
- Social Structure?
- The ways in which people within a culture are oragnized intop smaller groups; each smaller group has its own paticular tasks
- Nuclear Family
- A family unit that includes a mother, a father, and their children
- Extended family?
- A family unit that may include parents, children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and other relatives, other living with or near eachother
- Ethinics?
- The standards or code of moral behavior that distingushes between right and wrong for a paticular person, religion, group, profession, etc.
- Economy?
- A system for producing, distributimg, consuming, and owning goods, services, and wealth
- Producer?
- A person who makes products that are used by other people
- Goods?
- Products that are made to be sold: cars, baskets, computers, and paper are some examples of goods
- Services?
- Work done or duties performed for other people
- Consumer?
- A person who buys goods and services
- Capitalism?
- An economic system in which people and privatly owned companies own both basic and nonbasic bussinessess and industries
- Socialism?
- An economic system in which the government owns most basic industries such as transportaion, communications, and banking.
- Communism?
- A theory of government in which property such as farms and factories is owned by the government for the benefit of all citizens
- Government?
- the system that establishes and enforces laws and institutions in society
- Direct Democracy?
- A system of government in which the people participate directly in deision making
- Monarchy?
- A system or authoritarian government headed by a monarch- usually a king or queen who inherits the throne by birth
- Constitution?
- A set of laws that defines and limits a governments power
- Representative democracy?
- A system of government in which the people elect representatives to run affairs of the country
- Dictator?
- A ruler who has complete power over a country
- What are four important developments in human culture?
- Invention of tools, discovery of fire, growth of agriculture, and the use of writing
- What is the basic unit of a culture?
- The family
- What are 3 important features of a culture?
- Language, Religions and beliefs, Social groups
- What are 3 types of economice systems?
- Capitalism, Socialism, and communism
- What are three things that cause culture to change?
- Change in enviorment, a new idea, or technology
- What is global village?
- A term used for the people of Earth; referring to the way people are connected by modern transportation and communication