APHUG Unit 3 Vocab questions n
answers graded A+
Long-Lot Settlement Pattern - correct answer ✔✔A linear settlement pattern in
which each farmstead is situated at one end of a long, narrow rectangular lot;
each lot has access to a major linear resource, usually a river or a major road
Material Culture - correct answer ✔✔The physical, visible objects mae and used
by members of a cultural group; includes buildings, furniture, clothing, food,
artwork, and musical instruments
Nonmaterial Culture - correct answer ✔✔Intangible elements of culture including
a wide range of beliefs, values, myths and symbolic meanings passed from
generation to generation within a given society
Cultural Trait - correct answer ✔✔A single aspect of a given culture or society
Local Culture - correct answer ✔✔Rural, ethically homogenous culture that is
deeply connected to the local land; the opposite of popular culture
Indigenous Culture - correct answer ✔✔A local culture that is no longer the
dominant ethnic group within its traditional homeland because of migration,
colonization, or political marginalization
Ethnic Geography - correct answer ✔✔the study of the spatial aspects of ethnicity
, Multiculturalism - correct answer ✔✔A set of policies that promote the active
participation and inclusion of minority groups in national histories, national
politics, and cultural institutions with the goal of embracing difference within
society
Ethnocentric Approach - correct answer ✔✔An approach to understanding other
cultures that evaluates them from the perspective of the observer's culture
Cultural Relativism - correct answer ✔✔An approach to understanding other
cultures that seeks to understand individuals and cultures from a wider
perspective of cultural logic
Placelessness - correct answer ✔✔The feeling resulting from the standardization
of the built environment; occurs where local distinctiveness is erased and many
places end up with similar cultural landscapes
Modernist Architecture - correct answer ✔✔A functional, rational and orderly
style for building designs
Postmodern Architecture - correct answer ✔✔A design style that is a reaction
against modernist architecture; it has a flair for the dramatic, creating a spectacle
while serving a variety of functions
Sequent Occupance - correct answer ✔✔Refers to the fact that many places have
been controlled or affected by a variety of groups over a oeriod of time; those
answers graded A+
Long-Lot Settlement Pattern - correct answer ✔✔A linear settlement pattern in
which each farmstead is situated at one end of a long, narrow rectangular lot;
each lot has access to a major linear resource, usually a river or a major road
Material Culture - correct answer ✔✔The physical, visible objects mae and used
by members of a cultural group; includes buildings, furniture, clothing, food,
artwork, and musical instruments
Nonmaterial Culture - correct answer ✔✔Intangible elements of culture including
a wide range of beliefs, values, myths and symbolic meanings passed from
generation to generation within a given society
Cultural Trait - correct answer ✔✔A single aspect of a given culture or society
Local Culture - correct answer ✔✔Rural, ethically homogenous culture that is
deeply connected to the local land; the opposite of popular culture
Indigenous Culture - correct answer ✔✔A local culture that is no longer the
dominant ethnic group within its traditional homeland because of migration,
colonization, or political marginalization
Ethnic Geography - correct answer ✔✔the study of the spatial aspects of ethnicity
, Multiculturalism - correct answer ✔✔A set of policies that promote the active
participation and inclusion of minority groups in national histories, national
politics, and cultural institutions with the goal of embracing difference within
society
Ethnocentric Approach - correct answer ✔✔An approach to understanding other
cultures that evaluates them from the perspective of the observer's culture
Cultural Relativism - correct answer ✔✔An approach to understanding other
cultures that seeks to understand individuals and cultures from a wider
perspective of cultural logic
Placelessness - correct answer ✔✔The feeling resulting from the standardization
of the built environment; occurs where local distinctiveness is erased and many
places end up with similar cultural landscapes
Modernist Architecture - correct answer ✔✔A functional, rational and orderly
style for building designs
Postmodern Architecture - correct answer ✔✔A design style that is a reaction
against modernist architecture; it has a flair for the dramatic, creating a spectacle
while serving a variety of functions
Sequent Occupance - correct answer ✔✔Refers to the fact that many places have
been controlled or affected by a variety of groups over a oeriod of time; those
