Important Terms in Cultural Anthropology
Mr. Healy, Period 5
4/25/13
Chapter 4 KBAT Material Culture-The physical objects produced by a culture in order to meet its material needs: food, clothing, shelter, arts, and recreation.
Culture-The body of beliefs (values), social forms, and material traits that together constitute the distinct tradition of a group of people.
Folk Culture-Cultural traditions practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation.
Popular Culture-Cultural elements found in large, heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in personal characteristics.
Globalization-Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope.
Habit-A repetitive act that a particular individual performs.
Custom-A repetitive act of a group, performed to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group.
Taboo-A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom.
Artifact-A human-made object which gives information about the culture of its creator and users.
Built environment-The part of the physical landscape that represents material culture, including buildings, roads, bridges, etc.
Core-Domain-Sphere Model-The place where concentration of culture traits that characterizes a region is greatest.
Cultural Convergence-The tendency for cultures to become more alike as they increasingly share technology and organizational structures in a modern world united by improved transportation and communication.
Cultural Landscape-Modification to an environment by humans (including built environments and agricultural systems that reflect aspects of culture).
Cultural/ Environmental Perception-The concept that people of different cultures will definitely observe and interpret their environment and make different decisions about its nature, potentiality, and use.
Culture Complex-A related set of culture traits descriptive of one aspect of a society's behavior or activity (may
4/25/13
Chapter 4 KBAT Material Culture-The physical objects produced by a culture in order to meet its material needs: food, clothing, shelter, arts, and recreation.
Culture-The body of beliefs (values), social forms, and material traits that together constitute the distinct tradition of a group of people.
Folk Culture-Cultural traditions practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation.
Popular Culture-Cultural elements found in large, heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in personal characteristics.
Globalization-Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope.
Habit-A repetitive act that a particular individual performs.
Custom-A repetitive act of a group, performed to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group.
Taboo-A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom.
Artifact-A human-made object which gives information about the culture of its creator and users.
Built environment-The part of the physical landscape that represents material culture, including buildings, roads, bridges, etc.
Core-Domain-Sphere Model-The place where concentration of culture traits that characterizes a region is greatest.
Cultural Convergence-The tendency for cultures to become more alike as they increasingly share technology and organizational structures in a modern world united by improved transportation and communication.
Cultural Landscape-Modification to an environment by humans (including built environments and agricultural systems that reflect aspects of culture).
Cultural/ Environmental Perception-The concept that people of different cultures will definitely observe and interpret their environment and make different decisions about its nature, potentiality, and use.
Culture Complex-A related set of culture traits descriptive of one aspect of a society's behavior or activity (may