| A | B |
|---|
| Taboo | Things/actions a culture finds unacceptable |
| Culture | The shared beliefs, values, and practices of a society |
| Cultural Traits | The art, language, clothing, music, etc |
| Cultural Landscape | How a society alters the environment to fit their culture |
| Artifacts | The things a culture makes |
| Sociofacts | The systems used to keep structure in a society (government, family, religion, school, etc.) |
| Mentifacts | The beliefs and values of a culture (language too) |
| Traditional/Folk Culture | Small groups of people, slow to change, living in rural areas... very homogeneous |
| Popular Culture | Large populations, very heterogeneous, quick to change |
| Placemaking | When a group of people make and area "their own" |
| Sense of Place | When a specific place has meaning or emotion attached to it |
| Placelessness | When a place is not unique, looks like everywhere else, has no emotional quality |
| Distance Decay | The greater the distance, the less interaction |
| Time-Space Compression | Technology shortens the time it takes to travel and communicate |
| Globalization | The spreading of information, things, and people around the world |
| Urban/Suburban | City, or neighborhoods in a city |
| Cultural Norms | Agreed upon ways to behave in a society (standards) |
| Ethnocentrism | The belief that one's culture is better than others |
| Cultural Relativism | The ability to view another culture from their perspective |
| Stereotype | A generalization about a group made from a few observations (often negative) |
| Cultural Appropriation | Selecting to display only certain parts of a culture (stealing identity) |
| Assimilation | Fully adopting another culture and losing your own |
| Acculturation | Adopting some parts of another culture, but also keeping your own |
| Sequent Occupance | Many different people coming in to live in an area over time (leaving their imprint) |
| Ethnicity | Where you are from (culture) |
| Race | Color of your skin or other body features |
| Ethnic Enclave (Neighborhoods) | Where people of same culture tend to live because of shared culture |
| Ethnic Patterns | Where cultural groups historically tend to exist |
| Gendered Spaces | Places specifically set aside for a gender (ex. women's only restrooms) |
| Indigenous | People who were originally there |
