Cultural relativism: The principle that a culture should be understood on its own terms rather than judged by the standards of another culture.
How to apply it: Use cultural relativism to explain why geographers avoid ethnocentric judgments when studying cultural practices.
Course: AP Human Geography · Unit: Cultural Patterns and Processes
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