Religions
Diffusion
Language
Vocabulary
Wildcard
100

This religion has the most followers

Christianity

100

Most ethnic religions only diffuse through _______________.

Relocation diffusion

100

This is the language that is spoken the most around the world.

Mandarin

100

The adoption of cultural traits, such as language, by one group under the influence of another

Acculturation

100

Placing indigenous children in European schools in the 19th century in North America is an example of ___________________

Assimilation

200

This religion's hearth is in India and it is a universalizing religion

Buddhism

200

When the Roman Empire expanded it's territory, Christianity spread due to _______________ (a type of diffusion moving from a center of authority)

Hierarchical Diffusion

200

Which of the language families represents the most languages spoken today?

Indo-European family

200

Fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group

Cultural Landscape

200

As Islam spread to West Africa, mosques were constructed of mud brick, which is an example of _______________ (type of diffusion)

Stimulus diffusion

300

This artwork is likely from the tradition of ______________ (religion)

Islam

300
What are two ways that Islam diffused?

Trade and Conquest (wars)

300

Which of the following represents an example of relocation diffusion in the 20th century

A English in India

B French in Canada

C Hmong in the USA

D Portuguese in Brazil

Hmong in the USA

300

The contribution of a location’s distinctive physical features to the way food tastes

Terrior

300

In Hinduism, people are born into a specific social strata.  This is known as the ___________ system.

Caste

400

Name the three Abrahamic religions

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

400

 The place of origin of a religion, language or cultural traits is called.

The hearth

400

Explain the type of diffusion that led English to be the most widely spoken in North America today

Relocation diffusion as the British colonists settled in North America

400

The systems of writing used in China and other East Asian countries in which each symbol represents an idea or a concept rather than a specific sound as is the case with letters in English.

Ideograms

400

This is the specific hearth of Islam (where Muslims are expected to go once in their lifetimes, if they have the means)

Mecca

500

This image is an example of a _______________ (religious building) and represents _____________ (religion)

Mosque

Islam

500

Europeans prized Chinese porcelain, but it was quite expensive, so the European's decided to make their own type using Feldspar, a less expensive material that was readily available in Europe.  This is an example of which kind of diffusion?

Stimulus Diffusion

500

This is the official language of the internet _________________(a language), which is also known as the ________________________(one of your vocabulary words)

English; Lingua Franca


500

A form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca, used for communications among speakers of two different languages.

Pidgin Language

500

Look out the window and identify two cultural traits

Cars, the church, billboards, crosswalks, houses with private yards....anything that is a "marker" of our culture.

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