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| 5204067598 | Assimilation | the process by which a person or persons acquire the social and psychological characteristics of a group. | 0 | |
| 5204067599 | Acculturation | the process in which members of one cultural group adopt the beliefs and behaviors of another group. | 1 | |
| 5204067600 | Artifact | an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest. | 2 | |
| 5204067601 | Built Environment | A human-made space where people live, work, and play. | 3 | |
| 5204067603 | 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. | 4 | |
| 5204067604 | Core | The zone of greatest concentration or homogeneity of the culture traits that characterize a region. | 5 | |
| 5204067605 | Domain | The area outside of the core of a culture region in which the culture is still dominant but less intense. | 6 | |
| 5204067606 | Sphere | The zone of outer influence for a culture region. | 7 | |
| 5204067610 | cultural ecology | the study of human adaptations to social and physical environments. | 8 | |
| 5204067611 | cultural landscape | the combined work of man and nature either in the form of culture or physical objects. | 9 | |
| 5204067612 | culture realm | A cluster of regions in which related culture systems prevail. | 10 | |
| 5204067613 | culture hearth | A center where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions spread outward | 11 | |
| 5204067614 | culture complex | a group of culture traits all interrelated and dominated by one essential trait. | 12 | |
| 5204067615 | culture trait | A single, distinguishing feature of regular occurrence within a culture, such as the use of chopsticks or the observance of a particular caste system. A single element of learned behavior. | 13 | |
| 5204067616 | culture region | An area in which people have many shared culture traits. | 14 | |
| 5204067617 | environmental determinalism | A point of view that states that the environment is the main factor in culture. | 15 | |
| 5204067619 | folk culture (folkways) | traditions practiced by small, homogeneous, rural groups living in relative isolation from other groups. | 16 | |
| 5204067620 | globalization | the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas and other aspects of culture. | 17 | |
| 5204067621 | habit | a settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up. | 18 | |
| 5204067622 | material culture | Artifacts of a society that represent adaptations to the social and physical environment, or artifacts that reflect the culture of a population. | 19 | |
| 5204067623 | mentifact | The central, enduring elements of a culture expressing its values and beliefs. | 20 | |
| 5204067624 | popular culture | Culture found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics. | 21 | |
| 5204067625 | possibilism | The theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives. | 22 | |
| 5204067626 | sequent occupance | The notion that successive societies leave their cultural imprints on a place, each contributing to the cumulative cultural landscape. | 23 | |
| 5204067627 | sociofact | The institutions and links between individuals and groups that unit a culture, including family structure and political, educational and religious institutions. | 24 | |
| 5204067628 | taboo | A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom. | 25 | |
| 5204067629 | uniform landscape | The spatial expression of a popular custom in one location being similar to another. | 26 |
