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Practices followed by the people of a
particular cultural group
Many Jews follow the custom of
being Mitzvahed. |
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Culture traditionally practiced by a
small, homogeneous, rural group
living in relative isolation from
other groups.
The customs of people in rural Africa
would be called folk culture. |
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a repetitive act that a particular
individual performs
I have a habit of procrastinating. |
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Dynamic culture based in large,
heterogeneous societies permitting
considerable individualism, innovation
, and change; having a money-based
economy, division of labor into
professions, secular institutions of
control, and weak interpersonal ties
; and producing and consuming
machine-made goods.
The US music industry could be
classified as pop culture. |
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a restriction on a behavior imposed
by a social custom
Many would consider tattoos
to be taboo. |
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the contribution of a location's
distinctive physical features to
the way food tastes
The terroir of an island may result
in salty foods. |
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Modifications to the environment
by humans, including the built
environment and agricultural systems
, that reflect aspects if their culture
The Philadelphia skyline is the
cultural landscape of the area. |
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the zone of greatest concentration
of homogeneity of the culture
traits that characterize a region
The core of Judaism is Jerusalem. |
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a region defined by similar culture
traits and cultural landscape features
Amish Country in PA is a culture
region. |
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The body of customary beliefs,
social forms, and material traits that
together constitute the distinct
tradition of a group of people
Religion is a major part of culture
in most areas. |
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The specific customs that are part
of the everyday life of a particular
culture, such as language, religion,
ethnicity, social institutions, and
aspects of popular culture
The uniform dislike of Osama
Bin Laden in the US is a culture trait. |
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Definition
the area outside of the core of
a culture region in which the
culture is still dominant but less
intense
The domain of Islam is the
Middle East. |
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Definition
the traditional symbiotic
relationship among villages,
cities, and nomadic tribes in
the Middle East, in which
villages grow irrigated crops,
cities provide the central
mosque and bazaar, and
tribes herd livestock and
provide transportation and
protection
The phenomena of ecological
trilogy only occurs in the Middle East. |
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Definition
an area in which everyone shares
one or more distinctive
characteristics
Dialect is part of a formal region. |
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an area organized around a node
or focus point
Cell phone reception is a
functional region. |
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Definition
a region defined by people's
beliefs
A perceptual region is similar
to a vernacular region. |
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Definition
an area distinguished by
cultural and physical features
The Philadelphia region has a
deep love for cheesteaks. |
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an awareness of being a part
of a group of people living in
a culture region
Religion is often centered
around a regional identity. |
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the zone of outer influence
for a culture region
Huntingdon Valley is in the
sphere of the Philadelphia region. |
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a material object that represents
some greater meaning or refers
to something else
Symbols are often used in literature
to represent a theme. |
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the development of a new form
of culture trait by the fusion of
two or more distinct parental
elements
Many modern styles were
created through syncretism. |
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