Cultural Concepts and Globalization

Cultural traits are almost infinite.

Folk culture refers to a culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups.

<p>A culture hearth is a location that saw the origins of a culture from which it later spread.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A cultural landscape is a geographic area including both cultural and natural resources associated with a historic event, activity, or person.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Globalization is the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Space-time compression is the increasing sense of connectivity that seems to be bringing people closer together.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An ethnic enclave is a geographic area with high ethnic concentration and characteristic cultural identity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Popular culture is based on the tastes of ordinary people rather than an educated elite.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Diffusion is the spreading of something more widely.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Relocation diffusion is the spread of an idea through the physical movement of people from one place to another.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Expansion diffusion occurs when a trend is spread from its originating place, outward.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Contagious diffusion is the rapid widespread diffusion of a characteristic throughout the population.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hierarchical diffusion is the spread of an idea from persons or nodes of authority or power to other persons or places.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Reverse hierarchical diffusion is the spread of ideas from small towns to urban areas, temporarily bypassing larger cities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Stimulus diffusion is when one culture receives a cultural element from another and gives it a new and unique form.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Acculturation is the process of social, psychological, and cultural change that stems from blending between cultures.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Assimilation is the process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Multiculturalism has a range of meanings within the contexts of sociology, political philosophy, and colloquial use.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nativism is the political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sense of place is a response to an environment, reflecting feelings and perceptions associated with particular locations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Taboos are social or religious customs prohibiting or forbidding discussion of a particular practice.</p> Signup and view all the answers