AP Human Geography Rubenstein Unit 4 Vocab – Flashcards
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acculturation
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the adoption of cultural traits by one group under the influence of another
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adaptive strategies
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technology, ecology, demography, and economics that define human behaviour
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anglo-american landscape
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an american whose language and ancestry are English
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architectural form
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the look of housing, affected by the available materials, the environment, and pop culture
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assimilation
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to process through which people loose cultural traits when they come into contact with another society or culture
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built environment
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the man-made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity ranging from personal shelter to neighbourhood to cities
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cultural adaption
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new people adapt to the culture of the previously existing people e
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cultural core/periphery pattern
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the cor/periphery idea that the core houses main economic power of region and the outlying region or periphery house lesser economic ties.
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cultural ecology
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geography approach that emphasises HEI relationships
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cultural identity
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ones belief in belonging to a group or certain cultural aspect
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cultural landscape
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the fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group
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cultural realm
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the entire region throughout which a culture prevails
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culture region
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a region defined by similar cultural traits and cultural traits and cultural landscape features
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formal culture region
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an area in which everyone shares one or more distinctive characteristics
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functional culture region
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an area organised around a node or focal point
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vernacular culture region
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an area people believe exists due to their cultural identity
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culture
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the body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that together constitute a group of people's distinct tradition
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custom
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the frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes a characteristic of that group of people
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diffusion
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the movement of ideas, notions, and innovations
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expansion diffusion
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spread of ideas through a snowballing process
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hierarchical diffusion
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the spread of ideas from high levels of authority to lower ones
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contagious diffusion
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rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population
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stimulus diffusion
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the spread of an underlying principle even though a specific characteristic is rejected
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relocation diffusion
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the spread of a feature of trend through the movement of people
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folk culture
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culture practical by small homogeneous groups
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folk food
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traditional food
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folk house
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common houses
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folk songs
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traditionally sung by the common people of a region and those of their culture
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folklore
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unwritten stories of a culture
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habit
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repetitive act performed by an individual
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innovation adoption
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study of how, why, and what rate new technology spreads throughout a culture
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maladaptive diffusion
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diffusion of an adaption that has turned harmful as time passes
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material culture
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visible objects that a group posses and leaves behind for the future
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non-material culture
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the belief, practices, and values of a group of people
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popular culture
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culture found in large heterogeneous societies
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sequent occupance
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the succeeding stages of human inhabitation over time on one site
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survey systems
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method used in the U.S. to identify land parcels
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taboo
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restriction of a behaviour imposed by a social custom
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terrior
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contribution of a location's physical features to how its food tastes
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traditional architecture
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traditional building styles of different cultures, religions, and places
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British Received Pronunciation (BRP)
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the dialect of upper class British people
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creole
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a language that results from the mixing of a colonist's language with the preexisting language
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benglish
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british and german mix
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dialect
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a regional variety of language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation
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ebonics
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dialect spoken by some african americcans
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extinct language
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a language no longer spoken
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franglais
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term used for American words that have become a part of the French language
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ideograms
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the system of writing often used in asian countries where each symbol represents an idea instead of a sound
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indo-european
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the family of languages spoken over the greater part of Europe, Asia, and Northern India
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isogloss
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a boundary that separates regions in which different language usages are more prevalent
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isolated language
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a language not attached to any other language family
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language
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a system of communication though sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning
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language branch
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a collection of language as related through a common ancestor
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language family
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language a part of the same language branch
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language group
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languages a part of the same language branch but very similar with a few different bits of grammar and vocabulary
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language subfamily
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languages a part of the same language branch but with an ancestor from a long time ago
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Lingua Franca
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a common language used by tradesmen
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linguistic diversity
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society has multiple languages
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literary tradition
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a language that is written as well as spoken
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monolingual
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a person who can only speak one language fluently
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multilingual
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a person who can speak more than one language fluently
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official language
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the language adopted for use by the government for business and publication of documents
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Pidgin Languance
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a shortened version of Lingua Franca
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spanglish
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combination of spanish and english
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standard language
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the form of a language used for official government business., education, and mass communications
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toponymy
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the study of place names
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trade language
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a common language spoken between traders who speak different languages
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vulger latin
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a form of latin used in daily conversation by ancient Romans as opposed to the standard dialect which was used for official documents
