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| acculteration | culture change that happens when one culture adopts traits of host culture |
| artifact | material manifestations of culture that meet basic needs: houses, tools, clothing |
| carrying capacity | the maximum number of people an area can support on a continuing basis |
| cultural convergence | the tendency for cultures to become more alike as they become more connected |
| cultural divergence | the tendency for cultures to become more different as time passes |
| cultural ecology | the study of interactions between societies and their natural environements |
| cultural integration | the idea that culutre traits are interconnected: that is you cannot change one part of culture without changing others |
| cultural landscape | the natural landscape that has been changed by humans |
| culture | a societies beliefts, symbols, values, behaviors, social organizations, tools, and structures that are passed from generation to generation with slight changes |
| culture complex | a related set of culture traits: capitalism |
| culture hearth | an area where a culture or set of culture traits develops |
| culture realm | a collection of culture regions that share culture systems |
| culture region | a region where common cultural characteristics prevail |
| culture system | when two or more culture complexes are shared |
| culture trait | a single distinguishing feature of a culture |
| diffusion | the spread or movement of a phenomenom over space or through time |
| diffusion barrier | any condition that hinders the flow of phenomena |
| environmental determinism | the view that physical environment controls human activities |
| expansion diffusion | the spread of information from one culture to surrounding cultures through direct contact or exchange |
| hunter-gatherer | an economic and social system based on hunting wild animals and gathering of food, fibers, and materials from naturally growing plants |
| ideological subsystem | the complex of ideas, beliefs, knowledge, and communication techniques |
| independent invention | innovations that happen in two different locations by individuals acting independently |
| innovation | introduction of a new idea |
| mentifact | centural enduring ideas of a culture: religion, language |
| multilinear evolution | independent cultural development: similar to independent invention |
| possibilism | the view that people and not their environment dictate the activities of people |
| relocation diffusion | transfer of ideas through migration |
| sociofact | institutions of culture that link people: family structure, political ideas |
| sociological subsystem | the totality of interpersonal relations common to a given culture |
| syncretism | a new culture trait created by the fusion of two other culture traits |
| technological subsystem | the complex of material objects that people use to meet their basic needs |
