Understanding Culture: Definitions, Institutions, Differences, and Identity, Quizzes of Geography

Download Understanding Culture: Definitions, Institutions, Differences, and Identity and more Quizzes Geography in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Culture DEFINITION 1 Shared set of meanings that are lived through everyday life -- Includes: VBIP = values, beliefs, ideas, practices --Relating to: religion, language, family, gender, sexuality TERM 2 Cultural Institutions DEFINITION 2 Economy Environments Family Identity Politics Religion PIEFER - Politics, Identity, Economy, Family, Environment, Religion TERM 3 Cultural Differences DEFINITION 3 Class Ethnicity Gender Race Religion Sexuality CRREGS - Class, Religion, Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality TERM 4 "Way of Life" DEFINITION 4 how society gets organized (Aboriginal vs. German Culture) TERM 5 "Similarities/Differences" DEFINITION 5 distinguishes people and/or brings them together (race, religion, ethnicity, gender) TERM 6 "Values, Beliefs, Worldviews" DEFINITION 6 RIP - religion, identity, politics TERM 7 "Representations" DEFINITION 7 BIP - beliefs, interests, passions (art, music, images) TERM 8 **Culture** DEFINITION 8 way of life, patterns and habits, symbolic structures --Shaped by institutions - (politics, economics) --Process/outcome of participating in social life --Negotiation of shared AND unshared values TERM 9 Culture in relation to Cultural Geography DEFINITION 9 ongoing process of producing shared meanings TERM 10 Space/Place (in relation to Cultural Geography) DEFINITION 10 dynamic setting within which groups operate to shape those meanings and practices