Ethnocentrism: The tendency to evaluate other cultures by the standards of one's own culture, often assuming superiority.
How to apply it: Apply ethnocentrism to explain colonial-era geographic descriptions of non-Western peoples.
Course: AP Human Geography · Unit: Cultural Patterns and Processes
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