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Culture Terms
Mr. Lovejoy and Mrs. Lott-Jones
Anthropology
The study of people, their place in society, their culture, and their way of life.
CULTURAL LANDSCAPE How people’s culture effects and
imprints their surroundings.
EXAMPLE: Buildings, cars, technology, are all
examples of our cultural landscape. If all Americans were gone from the Earth, an anthropologist could look at what we left behind, the impression we left on the Earth.
A culture spreads out from its point of origin to a wider area.
Cultural Diffusion
Buddhism began in Nepal and spread to India, China, United States, Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Mongolia.
Example:
Subculture A group within society with its
own customs and beliefs.
Example:Southern United States, a
different dialect, different food traditions, slower pace of life.
Acculturation When one culture is influenced and changed
by another culture (sometimes by force).
Example:European Americans forced Native
Americans to give up their culture
Immigrant acculturates
CULTURAL PLURALISM More than one culture lives side by
side.
EXAMPLE: NYC has many cultures like Little Italy,
Chinatown, etc…
Ethnocentrism Judging another culture by the standards
of your own culture.
Xenophobia
Fear of foreigners.
Three Things that can Cause Culture to Change:
technology environmental changes new ideas
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