midterm study guide

Human Geography Midterm Exam: Study Guide Culture The specialized behavior patterns, understandings, adaptations, and social systems that summarize a group of people?s learned way of life. Cultural convergence The tendency for cultures (separate societies) to become more alike as they increasingly share technology and organizational structures in a modern world united by improved communication and transportation. Ex; McDonalds is international but in America the burgers are huge, in France they are small, and in China they have duck burgers. Cultural Divergence The likelihood or tendency for cultures to become increasingly dissimilar with the passage of time. Cultural Lag The time it takes for society to adopt a new innovation.