Folk and Pop Culture
Technology, newspaper and music are all examples of which culture?
Pop Culture
The Jones family moves from America to Pakistan around December. The Jones family is celebrating Christmas in Pakistan for their first year there. However, Christmas is not as big in Pakistan as it is in the United States. The celebration the Jones family has for Christmas convinces others to hold their own celebration next year. What kind of diffusion does this represent?
Relocation Diffusion
A force that tends to bring people together
Centripetal
Why is this definition of a language incorrect:
"A language the way a group of people can communicate by different words."
Sign language does not require any words, and only hand gestures.
In 1973, Hip Hop was born in New York City Bronx Borough during a block party hosted by Clive Campbell. This type of pop culture was influenced by...
...the ongoing issues within the neighborhood. The citizens in the Bronx faced several gang conflicts, arson, high crime rates, poverty, etc.
Culture can be affected its environment.
What are the two types of diffusion. Define them.
Expansion and Relocation
Expansion: the spread of an idea through a population and the amount of people influenced increases
Relocation: the spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another
Collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed long before recorded history
Language Family
Languages are more complex and diverse in Africa. Humans outside Africa display less linguistic diversity because their languages have had a short time to evolve into new languages than African languages
How did English diffuse?
English diffused after people from England started migrating towards North America
The idea that cultures can be separate and distinct form one another and still co-exist.
Multiculturalism
Students believe it is the most effective way to work in the global economy and in the global culture
What are the three things that were apart of the spread of pop culture?
The TV, the radio, and the printing press
Mrs. Chapin loves Chinese food, so she decides to set up a Chinese restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia. What type of diffusion is this?
Relocation Diffusion
The act of changing self to resemble another culture group voluntarily or involuntarily
Assimilation
Indo-Iranian (Persian, Hindi, Urdu)
Germanic (German, English)
Romance (Spanish, French, Italian)
Balto-Slavic (Russian, Polish, Serbian)
What might the clothing preferences in folk and pop culture reflect on the culture's traditions, environment, etc?
Folk clothing preferences is greatly affected by the environmental factors. Some folk clothings are used to maintain cultural identity or to attract tourists. Pop culture clothing preferences usually reflect on occupation and/or income.
What are the three tribes that invaded Europe and help the beginnings of English?
Angles, Saxons, and Jutes
A geographic area that has been modified to reflect a culture's beliefs and values
Cultural Landscape
Is English the institutional language in the United States?
No. However, English is used on government and federal documents.