Cultural Terms
This is culture practiced by large, diverse groups.
What is pop(ular) culture?
This is an identity defined by culture or by a specific homeland.
What is ethnicity?
This is an independent, self-governing unit.
What is a state?
This shape is even from the center to the edge.
What is a compact state?
This religion is practiced by one ethnic group, mainly in one place.
What is an ethnic religion?
Wearing a local, traditional piece of clothing is an example of this type of culture.
What is folk culture?
This is an identity defined by physical and biological characteristics as well as ancestry.
What is race?
This is the ability of a state to govern itself.
What is sovereignty?
This state is much longer in one direction than the other.
What is an elongated state?
This is the "trunk" of the language tree.
What is a language family?
These are repeated acts, but are practiced by the large group instead of just an individual.
What is a custom?
This is an international organization committed to promoting world cooperation and development.
What is the United Nations?
This is a state that is composed of mostly one ethnicity.
What is a nation-state?
This state completely surrounds another state.
What is a perforated state?
This is a language used by the government to make laws and do official business.
What is an official language?
This is a definition of the term diffusion.
What is the spread of culture?
This was the historic separation of different races in South Africa.
What was the apartheid?
This occurs when an ethnic group does not have the majority of the population in any one state.
What is a stateless nation?
This state is in multiple, unconnected pieces.
What is a fragmented state?
This is the main way that languages diffuse (and change!) over time.
What is migration?
A challenge for this type of culture is staying relevant and keeping up with changing trends.
What is pop(ular) culture?
This court case allowed for segregation in the United States using the idea of "separate but equal."
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This is when a state has more than two ethnic groups that are self-governing.
What is a multinational state?
This state has a long territorial extension.
What is a prorupted state?
This is the world's largest ethnic religion.
What is Hinduism?