Cultural Differences
All landscapes have been shaped by human life in some way. religious or linguistic practices that show culture.
language on signs, religious symbols, places of worship, types of clothing, restaurants that have modified menus for different dietary beliefs.
if something pulls a community or culture together and unifies it, this is called:
centripetal force
Cultures have tangible and intangible things. Give one example of each.
intangible: religion, language, folk culture, moral beliefs, birth rate,
tangible: religious books, electricity powered items, bikes,
what is the most popular type of language
indoeuropian
Define each of the following terms.
language family, language branch, language group.
language family: collection of languages related to the same ancestral language that existed before recorded history.
language branch: a group of languages from a language family that are related to the same ancestral language that existed about 1,000 years ago.
language group: languages within a branch that share the same recent ancestral language.
an object or material item or technology that is used by a culture is a _____. give an example
artifact
ex. bike, electric tools, etc
English had words from which two types of languages? why?
germanic and romance, because of cultural convergence
define official language
a language a government uses to write and print documents in.
If your aunt from another country cooks dinner for the family and there are some new ingredients that you're not used to in the dish, and you respond by accepting the ingredients even though you might not like it, this is an example of:
cultural relationism
Different cultures have different beliefs and values and different views of the world. All cultures find different things more important than others. This is called ____ and an example of a ____ is:
mentifact,
Example: religion, language, opinions on government,
More specific examples would include things like: English, Hinduism, whether the death sentence is legal.
a system of communication through speech and movement sounds or symbols that groups of people understand is a language. name one or more languages that don't use (or don't have to use) sounds
sign language, braille, Morse code,
what is it called when successive societies leave behind their cultural imprint?
sequence occurrence
define vigorous language
a language used by all age groups but lacks literary tradition
define mulitculturalism
the idea that multiple cultures can coexist and be distinct
what is a threatened language and what's an example?
used in face to face interaction but is losing users
ex: latin