Vocabulary
Aspects of Culture
Dialects and Migration
Effects on Culture
Language Scenarios
100
What is the vocabulary word for: a system of communication through speech, movement, sounds, or symbols that a group of people understands to have the same meaning?
Language
100
Every landscape in the world is a ______ ________.
Cultural landscape
100
Name the four regional dialects in the United States.
Northern
Western
Midlands
Southeastern
100
The biggest reason for globalization is...
Usage of technology and the internet
100
Name the type of language: a language used in education, work, mass media, and government
Institutional language
200
What is the name for a force that pulls people apart?
Centrifugal force
200
Name three things to look for when looking at a cultural landscape
Physical features, agricultural or industrial practices, religious or linguistic characteristics, evidence of sequent occupancy, architecture, land use
200
If a person in power forced all people of a state to speak with one dialect, what could this diffusion be called?
Hierarchical diffusion
200
Name a pro and a con for globalization
Pro: People all around the world have access to learning about different cultures and regions other than their own.
Con: The cost of peoples' customs seems less now, it is less unique to the group.
Other answers may vary.
200
Jean, Isabella's grandmother, knows a language other than English. Despite this, Isabella and her mother do not know the language. Many other parents and grandparents that know this language are not transmitting it to their children. What could this be an example of?
Dying language
300
What is 'the idea that cultures can be separate and distinct from one another but still co-exist' called?
Multiculturalism
300
What are some differences between folk culture and popular culture?
Folk culture is traditionally practiced by small, homogeneous groups. It does not change very quickly. These people usually live in isolated rural areas. Popular culture rapidly diffuses throughout the world and changes extremely fast. Many more people are a part of popular culture than folk culture.
300
When meeting someone who speaks the same language or has the same dialect as you in a foreign place, what happens?
You and that person are culturally banded together for speaking the same language or dialect.
300
If someone from Japan comes to the United States and completely changes their customs to fit American customs, what could this be called?
Assimilation
300
The language branch with the most users
Indo-Iranian branch
400
What is a mentifact? Is it fast, slow, or very slow to change?
A mentifact represents shared ideas, values, and beliefs of a culture. Out of the three types of recognizable cultural components, it is the slowest to change.
400
What is the difference between a custom and a habit?
Customs are actions, beliefs, and thoughts of many people in a society. A habit is an act that one person repeats often.
400
People take iconic _______ with them when they migrate.
toponyms
400
When two cultures come together to form one, it is ________.
Syncretism
400
What is the relationship between migration and language?
Two different people can speak the same language even if they're from different places due to migration. Migration spreads different languages across the world.
500
Define logogram and give an example
symbols that represent words or meaningful parts of words; Chinese uses logograms
500
What cultural landscape evidence do you see in the photo?
Some examples:
Greek columns on building
Industrialization with modern buildings surrounding the center building
Rocky cliff
Buildings can show sequent occupancy due to difference in modern and historical monuments.
500
This person took out letters from British English words to make them American English words.
Noah Webster
500
When two different cultures start to resemble each other, it is _______.
Acculturation
500
English is mainly influenced by ______ languages, but it is classified as a _______ language.
Romance, Germanic