Culture 101
Where do cultures originate?
Cultural hearths
What type of diffusion is exemplified here? News of the winner of the World Cup spread around the world very quickly via the internet and other media
contagious
What is the difference between acculturation and assimilation?
assimilation is the complete absorption of one culture group into another; acculturation the two groups can be distinguished.
Which religion's hearth can be found in present-day Saudi Arabia?
Islam
What is the largest language family in the world?
Indo-European
What term describes the ways in which a culture behaves and organizes their institutions?
Sociofacts
Eating pork is heavily discouraged in Islam and Judaism. What is this an example of?
Cultural taboo
What type of diffusion is exemplified here? Indian immigrants popularized Indian cuisine in London and curries are now available at many pubs.
Relocation
Sometimes culture groups will live in communities with others who share their same background in order to preserve their culture. What are such places called?
Ethnic enclaves
Which religion is associated with the caste system in India
Hinduism
What is the term for languages that are related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago?
Language branch
What term describes the separation of religion and the state?
Secularism
What term describes when one judges a culture through its own lens rather than their own?
cultural relativism
What type of diffusion is exemplified here? In the event of a cancellation, schools use phone trees to spread the word. The principal calls the teachers and the teachers call their homeroom students.
Hierarchical
If a society does not embrace multiculturalism, what kind of attitudes likely prevail there?
Nativism
Which religion worships in buildings called Gurdwaras?
Sikhism
What is the name of the language that linguists believe all languages are descended from?
Proto-Indo-European
What term desribes the phenomenon when one can see the influence of successive societies on a landscape?
sequent occupancy
What are the three kinds of cultural traits?
artifacts, sociofacts, mentifacts
What type of diffusion is exemplified here? Burger King locations in Canada serve their version of poutine, a traditional Quebecois dish.
Stimulus
Why is Tex-Mex an example of syncretism?
Styles of American and Mexican cuisines were fused to make a new style
One third of the followers of which religion live in the United States
Judaism
Dutch and Afrikans have many similarities in grammar and vocabulary because they are part of the same what?
Language group
What term describes a new culture trait formed from the fusion of two traits from distinct cultures?
Syncretism
What term describes the belief that although the environment impacts culture in some ways, people are the primary architects of it?
possibilism
What type of diffusion is exemplified here? Walmart began in Rogers, Arkansas but can now be found in major cities all over the world.
reverse hierarchical
What is the name of the boarding schools where Indigenous childrent were sent in order to assimilate them to Canadian culture?
Residential schools
Which religion is neither monotheistic nor polytheistic?
Buddhism
Which of these languages is NOT part of the Germanic language branch? English, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish
Portuguese
Which theory about the spread of Proto-Indo-Europea language is based on the idea of an agricultural surplus?
Sedentary Farmer Theory