Culture
What is a dialect?
Regional variation of a language.
Name two ethnic religions.
Hinduism, Judaism, Shintoism.
What is the combining of two or more cultural traits to create something new?
Syncretism
What is a Lingua Franca?
A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages.
What is the fastest-growing religion?
Islam
When two languages are mixed together it is called....
Creolization (informally pidgin)
What describes the existence, acceptance, or promotion of multiple cultural traditions within a single nation or region?
Multiculturalism
What is an example of an isolated language?
Basque
What is the judgement of a culture based on its unique traits without prejudice?
Cultural Relativism
Which two language families make up 2/3 of all languages spoken?
Indo-European and Sino-Tibetan
What are three universalizing religions?
What are Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism
What is the difference between acculturation and assimilation?
Acculturation is when people within one culture adopt elements of another while keeping their own distinct/unique language. ASsimilation is when the interaction of two cultures causes one culture to adopt almost all of the traits of the other without retaining its own distinct culture.
In this culture, it is taboo to eat beef.
Hindu
What are the four places where English is the primary language, but not the official language?
USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand
Where is the hearth of Islam?
Saudi Arabia (Mecca and Medina)
What is the difference between centripetal and centrifugal forces?
Centripetal forces unify a state (provide stability, strengthen, bind together, create solidarity)
Centrifugal forces divide a state (lead to balkanization/devolution, disrupt internal order,
destabilize, weaken).