Cultural Traits & Practices
Language
Vocab
Religion
Diffusion of Culture
100
What is the traditional Mexican holiday where families welcome back the souls of their deceased relatives with offerings?
Day of the Dead
100
Term for a simplified and mixed language used for trade between speakers of different native languages. Lacks native speakers.
Pidgin language
100
This term refers to the shared customs, beliefs, traditions, and values of a group of people.
Culture
100
What type of religion tries to appeal to people all over the world/actively seeks converts?
Universalizing
100
Fashion trends start in Paris and then diffuse to smaller towns. What type of diffusion is this?
Hierarchical diffusion
200
Is the following trait an example of material or non-material culture: The way people communicate (language)
Non-material
200
Type of language with native speakers, and is widely spoken. Developed to communicate between groups with different native languages.
Lingua Franca
200
The process of learning to adapt to another culture, while still retaining some of your own traits.
acculturation
200
Judaism and Hinduism are examples of what type of religion?
Ethnic
200
What type of diffusion takes place when Christian missionaries spread their religion?
Relocation diffusion
300
Which architecture style can be seen in the following picture
Spanish colonial architecture
300
What type of language forms when a pidgin becomes a native language for a group of people?
Creole language
300
this term describes the spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another.
Cultural diffusion
300
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam originated from what similar religious hearth?
Jerusalem/Israel/Middle East
300
McDonald’s in some countries don’t have meat options because of what type of diffusion?
Stimulus diffusion
400
Which picture represents post modern architecture?
Right
400
What is the most spoken language family in the world?
Indo-European
400
When Hinduism and Islam blended both of its elements/traits, it produced Sikhism. This is known as what process?
Syncretism
400
Is this religion universalizing or ethnic?
Universalizing
400
Columbian Exchange is what type of diffusion?
Relocation diffusion
500
Guess the religion. (+100 bonus points if you can guess where it’s hearth is)
ANS: Confucianism (China)
500
This lingua franca is a native language to many in East Africa and is primarily spoken there. It is commonly used between traders with different languages. What is it?
Swahili
500
This is the term for a culture’s rules, often unspoken, for appropriate behavior.
Cultural norms
500
This universalizing religion started near the eastern Mediterranean and spread through the Roman Empire. Today, around 2.4 billion people adhere to this religion.
Christianity
500
What type of diffusion took place through the diffusion of street art and hip hop?
Reverse hierarchical diffusion