AP Human Geography Chapter 4 Vocabulary

Any item, made by humans, that represents a material aspect of culture

The man-made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity, ranging in scale from personal shelter to neighborhoods to the large-scale civic surroundings

---the ways where people organize their society and relate to one another

The loss of uniqueness of place in the culture landscape so that one place looks like the next

In the context of local cultures or customs, the accuracy with which a single stereotypical or typecast image or experience conveys an otherwise dynamic and complex local culture or its customs (think Disney's Epcot Center and the different country sections it has- how authentic?)

Process through which something (a good, an idea, even a person) that previously was not regarded as an object to be bought or sold, becomes an object that can be bought, sold, and traded in the world market

Neighborhood, typically situated in a large metropolitan city and constructed by or comprised of a local culture, in which a local culture can practice its customs

The seeking out of the regional culture and reinvigoration of it in response to the uncertainty of the modern world

Process by which outside cultures adopt customs and knowledge of another culture and use them for the own benefit

Process through which people lose originally differentiating traits (dress, speech particularities, mannerisms, etc.) when they come into contact with another society or culture; often describes immigrants' adaptation to new places of residence

Beliefs, practices, aesthetics, and values of a group of people

a group of people in a particular place who see themselves as a collective or a community, with shared experiences, customs, and trains; working together to preserve those trains in order to claim uniqueness and to distinguish themselves from others

the spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another

the spread of an innovation or an idea through a population in an area

the spatial expression of a popular custom in one location that will be similar to another