What is it?
Religion
Language
Cultural Change (Traditional vs Pop)
Wild Card
100

The total sum of human expression including language, religion, clothing, food, etc. 

What is culture?

100

The belief in one god or supreme being.

What is Monotheistic?

100

This language currently acts as the global lingua franca. 

What is English?

100

This is how cultural change most often occurs. 

What is technological innovation and the transfer of ideas? 

100

This type of story is based on real events or people but might have been exaggerated as it was passed down from generation to generation.

What is a legend?


200

The increasing connections between places and people across the planet, established through trade, politics, and cultural exchanges, and helped by technology and transport. 

What is globalization?

200

A person with this belief system would most likely say "God probably does not exist, but you just never know." 

What is agnostic? 

200

This type of language is grammatically simplified and used to communicate by people who do not share a common language. 

What is a pidgin language?

200

Of the types of culture we discussed this one changes very slowly over time and is primarily practiced by a small group of people living in an isolated area. 

What is traditional (or folk) culture?

200

(I don't know how to phrase this one as a jeopardy prompt)

How might physical geography influence the formation of culture? 

Where people live can determine the food they eat, the clothes they wear, and the traditions they have. 

300

The dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries.

What is xenophobia?

300

A religious sect that currently has the most followers worldwide. 

What is Sunni Islam?

300

This language family is often called Latin-based due to its origins in Rome. 

What is the Romance language family? 

300

An example of pop culture. 

What are the images we discussed in class? (Or any other correct example of pop culture)

300

Examples of factors of culture

What are clothes, religion, language, food, family, art, government, education, etc? 

400

The quality or fact of belonging to a population group or subgroup made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent.

What is Ethnicity

400

A doctrine that identifies God with the universe, or regards the universe as a manifestation of God.

What is pantheistic?

400

English is a part of this language group. 

What is Germanic?

400

An example of traditional culture.

What are the Amish?

400

Aspects of someone's culture that may not be seen at first glance without talking to or getting to know someone.

What is deep culture?

500

The heartland or place of origin of a major culture: a site of innovation from which basic ideas, materials, and technology diffuse to other cultures. 

What is a cultural hearth?

500

The ability to understand the beliefs and practices of various religions.

What is religious literacy? 

500

This is a form of a language that is spoken in a particular area and that uses some of its own words or grammar

What is dialect? 

500

A metaphor of multiculturalism that explains how immigrants to the US (or another country) can assimilate into the existing culture while retaining their original and unique cultural characteristics.

What is the Salad Bowl?

500

Commonly held opinions of an entire group that are most often incorrect. 

What are stereotypes?