AP Human Geography - Unit 3 - Culture

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Across
  1. 11. The theory that the more cultures interact, the more their values, ideologies, behaviors, arts, and customs will start to reflect each other
  2. 15. culture found in a large, heterogenous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics
  3. 23. The theory that common patterns of human behavior, attitudes, and values are the result of cultural factors rather than environmental factors
  4. 26. the process of adjustment to the dominant culture
  5. 28. the process of giving up cultural traditions and adopting the social customs of the dominant culture of a place
  6. 29. the contribution of a location's distinctive physical features to the way food tastes
Down
  1. 1. The spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in an additive process; the number of people using or adhering to the trend/feature is increasing
  2. 2. The rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout the population; "going viral"
  3. 3. All physical, tangible objects made and used by members of a cultural group, such as clothing, buildings, tools and utensils, instruments, furniture, and artwork; the visible aspect of culture
  4. 4. A group of interrelated cultural traits.
  5. 5. The theory that societies, or groups within a society, become increasingly dissimilar with the passage of time
  6. 6. The body of customary beliefs, social forms and material traits that together constitute a group’s distinct tradition
  7. 7. Any trait of human activity acquired in social life and transmitted by communication including material culture, non-material culture, customs, and taboos
  8. 8. A union or attempted fusion of different religions, cultures, or philosophies
  9. 9. a restriction on behavior imposed by social custom
  10. 10. The spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places
  11. 12. identity with a group of people who are perceived to share a physiological trait, such as skin color
  12. 13. the frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group of people performing the act
  13. 14. A culture group that constitutes the original inhabitants of a territory, distinct from the dominant national culture, which is often derived from colonial occupation
  14. 16. The wide range of stories, songs, beliefs, values, and customs that pass from generation to generation as part of an oral or written tradition
  15. 17. The idea that a person's beliefs, values, and practices should be understood based on that person's own culture, rather than be judged against the criteria of another.
  16. 18. The spread of an underlying principle even though a specific characteristic is rejected. The overall idea is spreading but specific characteristics may be altered
  17. 19. The spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time
  18. 20. agricultural and industrial practices, religious and linguistic characteristics, evidence of sequent occupancy, and other expressions of culture including traditional and postmodern architecture and land-use patterns
  19. 21. the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
  20. 22. The quality or state of being all the same or all of the same kind
  21. 24. The inclusion of the views and contributions of diverse members of a society while maintaining respect for their differences and withholding the demand for their assimilation into the dominant culture
  22. 25. culture traditionally practiced y a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups
  23. 27. a repetitive act performed by a particular individual