This document outlines key concepts in cultural patterns and processes, including traits of culture like architecture, language, music, food, clothing, and religion. It also discusses the diffusion or spreading of cultural phenomena through various means like relocation, hierarchy, and stimulus. Acculturation is defined as the exchange and alteration of cultural features that occurs with contact between groups. Popular culture is discussed as a force that can impact the environment through modifying nature, creating uniform landscapes, and having a negative environmental impact through global diffusion.