Docsity
Docsity

Prepare for your exams
Prepare for your exams

Study with the several resources on Docsity


Earn points to download
Earn points to download

Earn points by helping other students or get them with a premium plan


Guidelines and tips
Guidelines and tips

Unit 3 ap human review, Exams of Medical Sciences

culture - ANS_body of materials, customary beliefs, and social forms that together constitute the distinct tradition of a group of people

Typology: Exams

2024/2025

Available from 06/30/2025

julia-ndungu
julia-ndungu 🇺🇸

15 documents

1 / 4

Toggle sidebar

This page cannot be seen from the preview

Don't miss anything!

bg1
culture - ANS_body of materials, customary beliefs, and social forms that together constitute the distinct
tradition of a group of people
material culture - ANS_the material manifestation of culture, including tools, housing, systems of land
use, clothing, etc
nonmaterial culture - ANS_beliefs, traditions, celebration, thoughts, values and ideas of a group
cultural relativism - ANS_the culture should be judged based on its own standards, not based on another
culture
ethnocentrism - ANS_judging other cultures based on the rules of your culture
taboo - ANS_something that is forbidden by a culture or a religion, sometimes so forbidden that is often
not even discussed
cultural landscape - ANS_the forms superimposed on the physical environment by the activities of
humans
ethnic neighborhoods - ANS_neighborhood, district or suburb which retains some cultural distinction
from a the surrounding area
pf3
pf4

Partial preview of the text

Download Unit 3 ap human review and more Exams Medical Sciences in PDF only on Docsity!

culture - ANS_body of materials, customary beliefs, and social forms that together constitute the distinct tradition of a group of people

material culture - ANS_the material manifestation of culture, including tools, housing, systems of land use, clothing, etc

nonmaterial culture - ANS_beliefs, traditions, celebration, thoughts, values and ideas of a group

cultural relativism - ANS_the culture should be judged based on its own standards, not based on another culture

ethnocentrism - ANS_judging other cultures based on the rules of your culture

taboo - ANS_something that is forbidden by a culture or a religion, sometimes so forbidden that is often not even discussed

cultural landscape - ANS_the forms superimposed on the physical environment by the activities of humans

ethnic neighborhoods - ANS_neighborhood, district or suburb which retains some cultural distinction from a the surrounding area

indigenous people - ANS_a culture group that constitutes the original inhabitants of a territory, distinct from the dominant national culture

indigenous community - ANS_the community of indigenous people living together working to keep their culture alive

sense of place - ANS_a strong feeling of identity that is deeply felt by inhabitants and visitors of a location

language - ANS_a set of mutually intelligible sounds and symbols that are used for communication

religion - ANS_the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods

ethnicity - ANS_the fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition

geder - ANS_for our purposes in class, it refers to the cultural differences in how men are treated differently than women

relocation diffusion - ANS_a form of diffusion where the ideas being diffused are transmitted by their carriers as they migrate to new areas

expansion diffusion - ANS_the spread of an idea through a population in a way that the number of those influenced becomes continuously larger

contagious diffusion - ANS_transmission of a phenomenon through close contact with nearby places, like diseases

cultural divergence - ANS_different parts of a cultural region are exposed to different influences and become dissimilar

indigenous language - ANS_a language that is native to a region and spoken by indigenous people

language extinction - ANS_a language that is no longer spoken by anyone as their native language

dialect - ANS_different forms of the same languages that are all descended from an original

ethnic religion - ANS_a religion that is focused on a single ethnic group

universalizing religion - ANS_a religion that attempts to appeal to all people and has a worldwide focus as opposed to a regional focus

acculturation - ANS_adoption of cultural traits by one group under the influence of another

assimilation - ANS_the process of a person or group losing the cultural traits that made them distinct from the people around them

multiculturalism - ANS_when various ethnic groups coexist with one another without having to sacrifice their particular identities

syncretism - ANS_the blending of traits from two different cultures to form a new trait