AP Human Geography Chapter 4 Vocab

Culture

The sum total of the knowledge, attitudes, and habitual behavior patterns shared and transmitted by the members of a society.

Folk Culture

Popular Culture

Material Culture

The art, housing, clothing, sports, dances, foods, and other similar items constructed or created by a group of people.

Nonmaterial Culture

Hierarchical Diffusion

Hearth

The area where an idea or cultural trait originates.

Assimilation

Custom

Cultural Appropriation

The process by which cultures adopt customs and knowledge from other cultures and use them for their own benefit.

Neolocalism

Ethnic Neighborhood

Commodification

Authenticity

Distance Decay

Cultural Landscape

Placelessness

Glocalization