Cultural Concepts
The spread of a culture's beliefs, practices, and material traits from one place to another is known as this.
What is cultural diffusion?
This language family includes most languages spoken in Europe, as well as some in Asia.
What is the Indo-European language family?
This religion believes in the cycle of rebirth known as reincarnation.
What is Hinduism or Buddhism?
This city is considered sacred in Islam, Christianity, and Judaism.
What is Jerusalem?
The type of diffusion where ideas spread from a larger to a smaller place, often associated with authority figures.
What is hierarchical diffusion?
This term describes when multiple cultures exist within a society, respecting each other's differences.
What is multiculturalism?
This theory suggests that the spread of Proto-Indo-European languages was linked to the diffusion of agricultural practices.
What is the Sedentary Farmer Theory?
This is the term for the law in Islam that governs both the public and private lives of Muslims.
What is Sharia law?
This sacred river in India is central to Hindu pilgrimage and rituals, believed to purify sins.
What is the Ganges River?
This type of diffusion occurs when people physically migrate and bring their cultural traits with them.
What is relocation diffusion?
This phenomenon describes the loss of unique cultural features when a culture is exposed to popular culture.
What is assimilation, cultural assimilation, or placelessness?
The variation of a language that is specific to a particular region or group is known as this.
What is a dialect?
This is the central prayer ritual in Christianity, commemorating the Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples.
What is the Eucharist/Communion/Lord's Prayer?
This holy site in Saudi Arabia is the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad and is visited by millions each year during Hajj, one of the Five Pillars of Islam.
What is Mecca?
This type of diffusion is represented by the spread of technology like the smartphone, which is adopted globally with slight modifications in each culture.
What is stimulus diffusion?
In cultural studies, this term refers to the evaluation of other cultures based on preconceptions originating in the standards of one's own culture.
What is ethnocentrism?
This term describes the phenomenon where a dominant language influences and sometimes replaces local languages within a community or region.
What is language assimilation?
The Protestant Reformation was initiated by this German theologian who questioned the Catholic Church.
Who is Martin Luther?
This mountain range is sacred to both Hindus and Buddhists, believed to be the home of the gods.
What are the Himalayas?
This ancient trade route allowed the diffusion of goods, ideas, and religions like Buddhism from Asia to the Middle East and Europe.
What is the Silk Road?
Name the process in which a culture’s elements spread to other regions through a dominant country’s influence, often linked to colonialism.
What is imperialism, cultural imperialism, and/or relocation diffusion?
This is the language most commonly used as a lingua franca in global trade and communication.
What is English?
This belief system focuses on achieving harmony with nature and is associated with traditional Chinese culture.
What is Taoism (Daoism)?
This is the holiest site in Islam, located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
What is Kaaba?
This term describes the influence of American culture globally, particularly through media, fashion, and fast food.
What is globalization, cultural globalization, or Americanization?