Culture
Define and explain how Cultural homogenization can be found in urban regions ?
Through cultural homogenization, many different urban regions become similar. Cultural homogenization causes regions to experience placelessness and uniform landscape, causing regions to lose distinctive features.
What is the difference between institutional language and a developing language ?
Institutional languages are used in formal settings like school, work and civic life, whereas a developing language used daily through oral communication, but doesn't always have literacy tradition.
What factors contribute to Taboos in distinct regions of the world ?
The biggest factors contributing to regional taboos are religious beliefs and environmental factors.
- Example: In Islam they can't pork due to their religious writings.
- Example: Some groups choose not to eat food because they are not sustainable.
What language is the current major global Lingua Franca.
English is currently the global Lingua Franca and is used globally for business and commerce.
In what ways is popular culture diffused globally ?
Popular culture is diffused through Contagious diffusion and Hierarchical diffusion. Through the internet and advanced communication popular culture is able to diffused all across the world, avoiding physical barriers. Starting off in hearths, with celebrity endorsement, popular culture is spread to the youth.
What type of Latin did roman soldiers speak when they occupied different provinces ?
They spoke Vulgar Latin. This is because the Roman military was very diverse, a simplified form of Latin was used as a common spoken Lingua Franca.
What is the main way Folk culture is diffused ?
Folk culture is diffused through relocation diffusion, mainly migration. When people migrate to new regions they bring along their cultures, religions and languages. The diffusion of folk culture is slower than the diffusion of popular culture.
True or false: Is a institutional language a official language ?
False: An institutional language is a language used for school work and civil life, an official language is a language chosen by the government for formal things like road signs and currency.
What is Glocalization ?
Glocalization is when a company changes something to accommodate the culture and traditions of the region they are located in.
- Example: McDonald's in India changes their menu to accommodate the tradition that people in India don't eat Beef.
What is a Isolated language ?
An Isolated language is a language that hasn't been affected by outside influence, and is not part of a language family.
- Example: The language of the Ainu people in Hokkaido, Japan is considered an Isolated language.